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LONDON 2012 WEBINAR / Send Word Now: "Let the Business Continuity Exercises Begin - Preparing for the Olympics"

Yesterday, CSARN member Send Word Now ran a successful webinar with Justin Crump, CEO of Sibylline Ltd and Editor of the CSARN Security Risk Monitor, on the likely impact that this year's Olympic Games will have on UK-based businesses. The webinar addressed;

• The real nature of the security threats from the London 2012 Olympics
• What every business continuity planner and security professional should know about preparing for a large-scale event
• How the UK plans to mitigate risks
• Why effective communications should play a critical role in your preparedness plan

To hear the webinar again online and to view the slides click here

 

GLOBAL / ch-q security services: 9/11, A Decade Later - Perspectives on terrorism from across the Atlantic

Pre 9-11, the security community in Europe assumed that individual terrorists wanted to attack from afar and take part in more than one operation. The danger had been mainly from the Provisional IRA and Basque separatists.

Since the 2001 attacks, however, authorities have confronted threats not just in territories which are the subject of religious or political dispute (Northern Ireland and the France-Spain border), but also in countries existing peacefully, where immigrants or foreign nationals have adopted radical ideologies.

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MEMBER / Case study: How Virgin Atlantic Airways Uses Send Word Now to Communicate During Emergencies

Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the world’s leading long-haul airlines, was founded in 1984 and currently
has 38 aircraft in its fleet. From its main base in London, Virgin Atlantic services destinations as far apart as Las Vegas, Tokyo, Delhi, Boston and Shanghai. The airline offers service from ten U.S. cities to London and onto a range of long-haul destinations worldwide. With such an expansive network, the organization places special emphasis on safety, security, and crisis management. At London headquarters, the company’s central crisis management team is responsible for developing crisis management plans for Virgin Atlantic locations worldwide. There, Resilience Manager Tiggy Thiagarajah depends on Send Word Now’s on-demand notification and response software to communicate with his staff, and local crisis teams, whenever there is a major disruption.

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US - GLOBAL / Al-Qaeda posts fresh warning from al-Zawahiri to US

In a statement posted on Jihadist websites Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's number two, has warned that Osama Bin Laden will continue to "terrify" the US from beyond the grave.

Source: BBC

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USA / Counter-terrorism course sharpens police skills

A counter-terrorism program conducted in a building that overlooks the site of the Oklahoma City bombing is training front-line police officers from across the nation how to collect and report suspicious activity in neighborhoods and communities to prevent future terrorist attacks.

The 1995 bombing killed 168 people and injured hundreds more and was the worst terrorist attack on American soil prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Survivors and victims' family members will observe the Oklahoma City bombing's 16th anniversary on Tuesday.

Government urges removal of extremist web videos

Government ministers have asked the US to order American websites hosting al-Qaeda videos to remove them.

Bill Would Establish Global Biosecurity Body

U.S. Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) last week introduced a bill aimed at establishing a new international body charged with bolstering global preparations for biological threats, the International Security and Biopolicy Institute announced (see GSN, June 11).

US, EU must join to stop homegrown terror

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and its European allies must work together to stop radicalized Westerners who travel to terrorist training camps and return home to wage attacks, counterterrorism experts said in a new study.

Al-Qaeda affiliate calls for strikes on U.S. targets such as D.C. restaurants

Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen urges followers to strike U.S. targets, including restaurants in Washington, in a new edition of an English-language publication that the group posts online.