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What are the characteristics of an excellent corporate security department?

December 22, 2014 Amy Randall Leave a comment

The latest findings from the Security Research Initiative (SRI) revealed that the top three most valued characteristics of a corporate security department are: understanding threats, having an effective security strategy and having objectives aligned with that of the company. 489 corporate security personnel and security suppliers from around the world were asked to rate various characteristics of outstanding performance. While overall […]

Security Science: The Theory and Practice of Security

September 30, 2014 perpetuity-research Leave a comment

Security Science: Theory and Practice of Security is a book from Clifton Smith and David Brooks that integrates the multi-disciplined practice areas of security into a single structured body of knowledge. It gives a scientific perspective on security challenges based on robust theories, principles, models and frameworks. It presents an approach to each core security function within the context of both […]

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Counterfeiters Beware of this Tiny Technology

September 30, 2014 Ruth Crocker Leave a comment

A new breakthrough in microparticle technology may help to prevent the forging of currency and the sale of counterfeit, sub-standard and unsafe goods to unwary customers. Scientists and engineers at MIT have developed a new microscopic barcode that can be embedded into currency, credit cards and industrial packaging. Although these tiny barcodes are invisible to the naked eye, they reveal […]

Stoptober Returns

September 30, 2014 Charlotte Howell Leave a comment

The approach of October heralds the return of Stoptober – a 28 day challenge providing support to those who would like to stop smoking: Visit the website for more information Perpetuity has undertaken a number of projects evaluating initiatives to prevent both the uptake of smoking amongst young people and exposure to second hand smoke. We have found that […]

Latest Security Research Initiative Project: What are the broader benefits of security?

September 21, 2014 Charlotte Howell Leave a comment

The focus of the new Security Research Initiative (SRI) topic this year, is to establish the broader benefits of security. In both corporate security departments and amongst security suppliers, there has been a very narrow focus on the benefits from services provided; in fact most often that focus has been on security benefits. But there is evidence that a host […]

Meet Sarah Webb Our Senior Research Officer

August 29, 2014 perpetuity-research Leave a comment

Having previously worked with Perpetuity as a valued associate, we are delighted to welcome Sarah as an official member of the Perpetuity Research team on the Organised Crime Project. Sarah Webb has been a social research and evaluation consultant since 1995. Sarah has completed a number of significant projects for government departments, local authorities, and national umbrella organisations mainly involving […]

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Extracting Audio from Visual Information

August 29, 2014 Ruth Crocker Leave a comment

This month a group of researchers based at MIT successfully demonstrated an algorithm that can capture audio information using video content alone. By analysing the tiny vibrations of objects caused by nearby sound waves, the team was able to translate these to recover the sounds causing these vibrations. “When sound hits an object, it causes the object to vibrate. The […]

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Interviewing Burglars: Can you Help?

August 29, 2014 perpetuity-research Leave a comment

We are currently conducting a study where we plan to interview burglars about topics such as; how they choose targets, what makes them vulnerable, the sorts of goods that are attractive to steal and the reasons for their selection. All that will be involved is a phone interview that will last approximately 30 minutes. We would be happy to offer […]

Survey Now Closed – Thanks for Your Help

March 24, 2014 perpetuity-research Leave a comment

Our security excellence survey is now closed. This years SRI study on security excellence is progressing well. We are asking what does an excellent security contractor look like? And what does an excellent security function look like? One of the most important issues is to distinguish between what you get from a good service that you don’t get from a […]

Perpetuity Welcomes New Staff for Organised Crime Project

March 24, 2014 perpetuity-research Leave a comment

The Perpetuity team will be welcoming two new staff members. Sarah Webb, Ruth Crocker will be starting at the beginning of April. Their focus will be on our latest research project: Reducing The Impact of Serious Organised Crime in Local Communities. We are undertaking this work with the Police Foundation. As volume crime continues to fall, concern about serious organised […]

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