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Cyber centre
Former head of sector for the Bank of
England’s cyber functions, Phillip Larbey,
and colleagues Anthony Long and Fiona
Paterson joined NCC Group to head the
company’s new Centre for Evolved Nextgeneration
Threat Assurance (CENTA).
Phillip Larbey, associate director of NCC
and managing principal of CENTA, said:
“If countries are to achieve a consistent
unified approach with regards to cyber
resilience and the implementation of best
practice, it’s important to start taking the
relevant steps at ground-level to prime us
for the future.”
FCA chair
Tom Brookes is the
new chair of the Fire
& Security
Association (FSA),
taking over from Pat
Allen of Abel Alarms.
Brookes has 25 years’
experience in the fire
sector, having started
work as a fire engineer in 1992. He
bought Lincolnshire firm Lindum Fire
Services in 2002. He’s been involved with
industry bodies, as a technical committee
member at the British Standards Institute,
and British Fire Consortium chairman.
Technical sales
Evolution, the
Buckinghamshirebased
security and fire
installer, has
appointed Paul
Atkinson as a new
technical sales
engineer. Paul has
experience of intruder,
fire and CCTV
systems, most recently
within the pharmaceuticals industry. He
originally trained as a carpenter and
joiner, gaining a City & Guilds before
studying for a C&G electrical engineering
qualification leading to a 23-year career in
electronic security. He reports into
business development manager Russell
Loneragan.
Director of the year
At a dinner the evening after the Retail
Risk conference in Leicester last month,
Tim Edwards of JD Sports was named
director of the year. Among other awards,
Express Gifts was made online profit
protection team of the year (runner-up;
The Body Shop); and Game Retail the
in-store profit protection team (runner-up;
Compass Group UK and Ireland). More
inside.
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NOVEMBER 2017 PROFESSIONAL SECURITY
New MD
Incentive Lynx Security, part of
Incentive FM Group, has
appointed Conrad Dean as its new
Managing Director. Conrad,
pictured, joins the security
contractor from Mitie’s Client
Services division, where he also
held the role of Managing
Director. His previous positions
include Customer Business Director at Johnson
Cyber directors
Pictured left to right are Phil Johnson, Tom West,
Tim Charrot and Rob Brewer, founders and
directors of Titan Labs, in Malvern, which is
opening an office in Milton Keynes. Titan is
developing a cloud-based software, using
algorithms to help detect threats. The product,
Titan View, is due for launch shortly. They have
been using income from consultancy work to fund
the company, but plan to seek backing from
investors after launch for work on artificial
intelligence and machine learning. Rob Brewer
says: “The cyber security threat is growing
exponentially and regular attacks are bringing
chaos to organisations at all levels. Big firms can
spend six-figure sums on hiring teams of
professionals. However it is a real problem for
small firms who typically have one person to
manage all aspects of their IT.”
Event talk: Richard Latham, Head of Security at The
O2 at Greenwich did not have far to go when he
gave a talk at an event safety and security day last
month as ILMC ran it at the Intercontinental Hotel
– The O2, down the road. Other speakers included
Andy Palmer, Border Security Lead, Gatwick
Airport; and Duncan Cullen, former Leicestershire
Police superintendent, now business development
manager at event security firm TSG.
Teams hailed: At the Retailers Against Crime 20th
anniversary conference in Glasgow in mid-
September, awards went to the Next security team
(pictured) Scott Russell and Jim Burnie of
Iceland; Jane Parker of Scotmid; Bill Ireland of
Rejects Department Store; Stevie Whitefield of
Controls and Operations Director
at Vacherin. At London-based
Incentive Lynx Security, Conrad
will cover the company’s front of
house services and technical
security proposition. He takes
over from Craig Pickard, who
steps down from his role at the
end of September after 16 years.
Craig will continue to work with
the firm in a consultancy capacity.
In brief: Among the speakers at the Best Bar None
conference in Glasgow last month were Scottish
Business Resilience Centre chief exec Mandy
Haeburn Little; and SNP Holyrood minister for
community safety Annabelle Ewing ... brand
protection speakers at the Anti-Counterfeiting
Group annual conference in London last month
were Louise Butler (Diageo) and Chloe Long
(Michael Kors) ... and UK speakers at an ATM
security conference in London included Andy
Pope, head of risk at the Co-op, and David
Milner of cash in transit product protection
company Spinnaker who chairs EURICPA, the
European Intelligent Cash Protection Association.
Risk consultant
SGW Safety & Security
Limited has appointed
Alan Meyrick as Security
Consultant. Alan, pictured,
has 14 years’ experience.
He was at G4S. His focus
has been on delivering
risk assessments and risk
analysis products for
transnational clients, and
providing and supporting
fee-paying consultancy
work in several industries. His areas of expertise
include the application of Risk Management and
the Risk Assessment cycle (ISO 31000), Crime
Prevention Through Environmental Design
(CPTED), Situational Crime Prevention and
counter-terrorism. Alan has several academic
qualifications including an MSc in Security and
Risk Management from Leicester Security, and
ASIS’ CPP. He has done research and consultancy
for the Home Office and the SIA.
Sainsburys; Morrison’s and Asda security teams;
Dean Hutchings Bon Accord shopping centre in
Aberdeen; and in north west England, Paul
Gardiner and Paul Livesey of Iceland. RAC will
present Northern Ireland awards at a conference
in Lisburn on November 8.
www.professionalsecurity.co.uk
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