Security & Policing Event 2014 - What to Expect?

What is Security & Policing?

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For those who missed Security & Policing this year, make sure to book a place for next year's edition. Meanwhile, here is an overview of the event and what makes it so appealing to the security community.

The Home Office Security & Policing exhibition at the FIVE expo site in Farnborough, Hampshire UK is an essential trade show for the industry of defence, security and governmental bodies attracting global audiences and providing opportunities to showcase sensitive products in a safe environment. 

Delivered in partnership with the ADS (UK Aerospace, Defence, Security & Space) Group and UKTI DSO (UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation), the event has been running for 30 years, with the aim of providing the UK government with a platform of engagement with world leading security providers and professionals.  

In order for the show to be secure and comfortable, given the sensitive nature of the information and the profile of the attending audience, there are strict criteria for visitors. Please read the guidelines, in order to avoid disappointment.

What to expect?

The showcase is only one aspect of the event. Security & Policing also opens the conversation on national security aspects in the government and industry briefing sessions. Aside from being free to attend, these sessions bring solutions from governmental officials, as well as the opinions of security experts with long-standing experience in their field.  

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Discussions, this year, are fueled by the possibilities opened by the world of digital and what the latest technological contributions bring to the defence industry. The conference briefings include talks on the use of social media in crime-fighting (Simon Imbert, I-Risc), cooperation in terms of threat-sharing (John Atherton, Surevine), protecting the critical national infrastructure, from the perspective of the telecoms provider (James Todd, BT), innovation for the US cyber defence community from a UK SME (Andy Williams, Titania) and “real-time” intelligence solutions on the frontline (Nichola Bates, Repknight). There is a strong emphasis on cybercrime, information security and technological progress to the benefit of the defence forces.

Other initiatives?

The other noteworthy event brought by Security & Policing is the International Security & Policing Summit; a conference setup in association with CityForum. Last year’s agenda looked at future planning and strategies that would incorporate technology with security and policing, and security measures for major events (lessons learnt from the 2012 Olympic Games).

For the 2014 session, the theme is Safer Cities - combining people, technology and security. The agenda facilitates a dialogue between UK policy makers, businesses and intelligence chiefs and international government and agency representatives. Predictions for 2020 and changes anticipated in the cybercrime landscape also feature on the agenda.

The Security Innovation Awards

The Security Innovation Awards are a way of recompensing UK businesses for any developments which bring significant improvements to crime prevention and the defence sector. All the while it rewards any partnership efforts between defence operatives and pioneering developers of technology. 

Altogether the Security & Policing trade show is a great way of attracting new business, the best way to keep up to date with the latest trends in terms of defence and policing advancements and a chance to listen to opinion leaders discussing risks and opportunities ahead.