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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has published its first three-year strategic plan outlining its overarching direction and vision to improve safety standards and galvanise culture change. The plan ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Guidance Note has been prepared by a Special Interest Group (SIG), comprising representatives of FIA member companies, other invited experts in the practice of fire risk assessment in housing ...

Gerry Dunphy, Strategy Director for IFSEC International, explores the role of surveillance technology in modern society, and why the conversation has been highlighted once more with the onset of the ...