IFSEC Insider, formerly IFSEC Global, is the leading online community and news platform for security and fire safety professionals. Choosing fire extinguisher types for the relevant class of fire ...

The Security and Fire Excellence Awards run in partnership with IFSEC and FIREX. First Response Group and ZAM Facilities Management were this year’s headline sponsors. Other partners included Axis ...

The fire that gutted Eastbourne pier’s Grade II listed Victorian dome is the latest in a litany of blazes on seaside piers down the years. From the 1976 blaze on Southend Pier to the 2010 Hastings ...

Access control systems have come a long way from the traditional mechanical lock and key. There is greater demand than ever for convenient solutions to enter and exit buildings and facilities from ...

We’ve all heard the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’, or ‘AI’ for short. There is a widespread acceptance that it is set to have a significant impact on the physical security sector in the years to come ...

A tech writer specialising in cybersecurity, working with Redscan on this and a number of other GDPR, MDR, and ethical hacking projects. Starting out as a bit of a practical joke between colleagues ...

Peter is an expert in the physical security industry having spent 35 years gaining considerable knowledge and understanding of security technology and the principles and practices of protecting people ...

In the second in a series of three articles (read the first one, here), Simon Ince of UL examines what must be done to get firestopping right in new buildings. He offers a step-by-step analysis of the ...

Loss Prevention Standard, or ‘LPS’, 1175 is one of the many standards published by BRE (Building Research Establishment) Global through the LPCB (Loss Prevention Certification Board), which has been ...

It has been nearly two years since the last State of Physical Access Control Report and much in the world has changed since then. Not least the aftermath of a global pandemic which has, for many of us ...

Speaking at the High Rise Construction Fire Safety Conference held alongside FIREX in London last month, Matthew Pearce and Andy Lack from Skanska outlined the hazards of Lithium-ion batteries on ...

Hunter Seymour explores the many fire safety hazards and challenges involved in repurposing commercial premises for residential housing – an activity that has become more commonplace following the ...