Industrial Insights
Industrial Insights
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- Deblina Roy
- Security
- Topic: Security
- Date: 20 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
Ievo Ltd, the Newcastle-based manufacturer of fingerprint biometric solution, has appointed Network Information Technology (NIT) as a new distribution partner for its biometric recognition products in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region
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- Deblina Roy
- Industrial
- Topic: Industrial
- Date: 19 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
Rental Solutions & Services (RSS), the go-to partner for temporary power and cooling rental solutions in the Middle East, has achieved ISO 9001:2015 accreditation for providing quality, health and safety protocols in the industry
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- Kestell Duxbury
- Industrial
- Topic: Industrial
- Date: 18 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
Restrata was selected to design, develop and install the first of seven multi-million dollar, high security checkpoints that will protect the entrances to the Bismayah City, Iraq, an US$8bn dollar project, creating 100,000 housing units south of Baghdad, designed as a self-contained ‘safe city’ where all entry and exit into the area is controlled
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- Kestell Duxbury
- Industrial
- Topic: Industrial
- Date: 18 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of commercial and community ports within the emirate of Abu Dhabi, in addition to Fujairah Terminals at the Port of Fujairah, and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), has been accredited with the ISO 28000:2007 certificate of Security Management System for Supply Chain by global certification provider, Lloyds Register Quality Assurance (LRQA)
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- Kestell Duxbury
- News
- Topic: Events
- Date: 17 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
Here is a brief overview of the week’s news on Health Safety Security Review Middle East, from 10th - 14th September 2017
Good Samaritan principles in the UAE
How one should respond to an emergency situation in the workplace is a question asked daily in workplaces across the UAE, and which our clients are increasingly asking Clyde & Co • "Should I help or wait for the police / ambulance?" • "Can I be prosecuted if I administer first-aid and the injured dies?" • "Can I be prosecuted if I do not administer first-aid?" Clyde & Co previously published the below article to address these questions and provide a practical guide to those facing these decisions in the course of their employment. At the date of this publication no "Good Samaritan" law exists in the UAE and so the guidance set out below remains an essential guide for those faced with these challenges. Click here to read the full story.
Kentec launches Taktis fire detection and alarm system for large buildings
Kentec, the global independent fire control panel manufacturer, has recently launched new Taktis fire detection and alarm system, aiming to produce a powerful control and indication system for larger buildings. Click here to read the full story.
DNV GL and Gexcon collaborates in large-scale dust explosion research
DNV GL has partnered with Gexcon in a collaborative project to investigate dust explosions at a larger scale and produce new guidelines for industry on how best to mitigate these events. Click here to read the full story.
Global cyber attack biggest in history
The global malware attack that affected more than 200,000 organisations in 150 countries has brought cyber crime to the top of the risk news agenda. Click here to read the full story.
DNV GL introduces recommended practice to fight cyber threats in oil and gas
DNV GL’s new DNVGL-RP-G108 cyber security aims to help the operators, system integrators and vendors to manage and prevent emerging cyber threat in the oil and gas industry, which is caused due to the increased digitalisation in the sector across the world. Click here to read the full story.
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- Kestell Duxbury
- Industrial
- Topic: Industrial
- Date: 14 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
How one should respond to an emergency situation in the workplace is a question asked daily in workplaces across the UAE, and which our clients are increasingly asking Clyde & Co
• "Should I help or wait for the police / ambulance?"
• "Can I be prosecuted if I administer first-aid and the injured dies?"
• "Can I be prosecuted if I do not administer first-aid?"
Clyde & Co previously published the below article to address these questions and provide a practical guide to those facing these decisions in the course of their employment. At the date of this publication no "Good Samaritan" law exists in the UAE and so the guidance set out below remains an essential guide for those faced with these challenges
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- Deblina Roy
- Fire Safety
- Topic: Fire Safety
- Date: 13 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
Kentec, the global independent fire control panel manufacturer, has recently launched new Taktis fire detection and alarm system, aiming to produce a powerful control and indication system for larger buildings
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- Deblina Roy
- Industrial
- Topic: Industrial
- Date: 12 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
DNV GL has partnered with Gexcon in a collaborative project to investigate dust explosions at a larger scale and produce new guidelines for industry on how best to mitigate these events
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- Deblina Roy
- Security
- Topic: Security
- Date: 11 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
DNV GL’s new DNVGL-RP-G108 cyber security aims to help the operators, system integrators and vendors to manage and prevent emerging cyber threat in the oil and gas industry, which is caused due to the increased digitalisation in the sector across the world
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- Kestell Duxbury
- Security
- Topic: Security
- Date: 10 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
The global malware attack that affected more than 200,000 organisations in 150 countries has brought cyber crime to the top of the risk news agenda
Wanna Decryptor, also known as WannaCry, started taking over people’s computers on 12 May 2017, demanding payments of US$300 to restore access to the files it encrypted. It threatened to delete files within seven days if no payment was made, and threw the UKs National Health Service into chaos.
While it is difficult to prevent determined, well-resourced hackers from launching a technical attack on a network, the truth is that most ransomware attacks generally rely on an interaction with our own users, says Mike Gillespie, IIRSMs Cyber Security Expert and Director of security consultancy Advent IM.
“Cyber attackers usually need to download the malicious software onto a computer, phone or other connected device, including – in the case of the NHS – such things as medical imaging devices and laboratory analysers to name a few, combined with many organisations failing to apply appropriate system and security patches. This combination effectively presents a much more vulnerable environment to the potential attackers, yet without organisations fully understanding the inherent risk.”
The most common ways of installing malware – malicious software – which includes the ever growing family of ransomwares, are through compromised emails and websites. For example, hackers could send an employee a phishing email that looks like it comes from their boss asking them to open a link – but it actually links to a malicious website that surreptitiously downloads the malware onto their computer.
The WannaCry ransomware appears to have used a flaw in Microsofts software, discovered by the National Security Agency and leaked by hackers, to spread rapidly across networks locking away files. While the exact means of delivering the payload is not yet known, WannnaCry is especially interesting for the manner in which it spread, acting more like a worm than most other ransomware does.
A security expert managed to stop the attack by triggering a kill switch about 24 hours later but it continued to wreak havoc, with a second variant being released hot on the heels of the original one.
“All organisations need to become much more familiar with threat and vulnerability, two key components of risk,” adds Mike. “There is a growing need to fully understand the increased connectivity of everything, the convergence of physical and cyber threat and the significant vulnerability that under-aware staff can introduce. Cyber security is no longer in its own silo, but rather it is all-pervasive and affects almost everything we touch and interact with.”
It is time for organisations to realise that the threat is holistic, and so too must be the defence, Mike concludes.
Risk Reducing tips from IIRSMs cyber security expert:
- Educate all staff ... this includes senior management. Education should be targeted, pertinent, interesting, ongoing and effective.
- Make information asset ownership an integral part of all senior management roles.
- Protect especially sensitive information assets as identified by Information Asset Officers more rigorously, using a range of blended technical defences including network access controls, protective monmitoring and regularly updated anti-malware software.
- Implement an effective and risk based backup strategy to ensure that all vital information assets can be recovered in the event of a compromise. This should be an integral part of your business continuity, resilience and forensic readiness planning.
- Never, ever pay a ransom.
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- Kestell Duxbury
- News
- Topic: Events
- Date: 10 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
Here is a brief overview of the week’s news on Health Safety Security Review Middle East, from 2nd - 7th September 2017
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- Kestell Duxbury
- News
- Topic: Events
- Date: 7 September, 2017
- Year: 2017
The Global Marine Group (GMG), a market leader in offshore engineering services to the renewables, telecommunications and oil and gas industries, has achieved the Order of Distinction Award (18 consecutive Golds) in the prestigious annual scheme run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)