Transport security on the agenda

Transport security will be thoroughly explored at next week’s IFSEC 2011 Conference at the Birmingham NEC.

As part of Wednesday’s (May 18) conference sessions, Richard Bell, security risk and assurance expert for Transport for London (TfL), will present ‘Combating the terrorist threat to transport networks’.

He will discuss strategies for identifying, shaping and providing assurance on security risks. He will also explain what protective security assurance is and the essential tools and techniques; in addition to how to deal with high-profile and significant security risks, such as insider threat.

The conference, chaired by Chris Lynch, transport security lead at Deloitte, will also hear from Erik Bladh, technical sales manager, Northern Europe, at Axis Communications who will discuss safer and more efficient public transport with digital surveillance, using Storstockholm’s Lokaltrafik AB, which operates metro, buses and rail and carried 700,000-plus passengers per day as a case study.

He will address the security project (Trygghetsprojektet) that was implemented with the intention of creating a safer travel and work environment, minimising interruptions in traffic and lowering the high costs of graffiti and vandalism control, as well as the use of surveillance cameras to prevent crime, reduce unexpected interruptions to traffic, improve the user experience and drive down costs.

The 2011 conference programme also covers corporate crime, cyber terrorism, retail security, IP-based technologies, security in the finance sector, IT security, business continuity management and the latest on CCTV and video surveillance.

The IFSEC conference and exhibition takes place from May 16-19.

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