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Gone are the days when a bomb was placed in a litter bin and a warning was given to evacuate. The ‘new style’ terrorists often use suicide bombers, give no warnings and have no regard for their own lives, never mind those of their innocent victims.
This makes our job much harder and increasingly clients are asking us in our role as security professionals to ensure every possible step has been taken to prevent a suicide bombing or terrorist attack on their premises. But if we’re honest, how many of us have altered our security practices to reflect the mind set of today’s terrorist?
In my role as an advisor to the authorities, I’ve recently seen examples of inadequate security measures that have been put in place by security companies for their customer. |
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A common example of this is where the security company has continued to rely on CCTV surveillance and only taken very simple steps to improve security, such as the removal of litter bins from public areas.
So what should we be advising our customers? Two key steps in particular can substantially reduce the likelihood of an attack.
The first, although it sounds obvious, is to ensure that security officers and your customers’ staff are increasingly vigilant about what goes on at customers’ premises.
Previous experience has shown that prior to a terrorist attack some form of covert reconnaissance will be undertaken. This may be implemented from vehicles or on foot by people recording and documenting details about a location. So we need to be able to identify anyone acting suspiciously.
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