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The alaarm monit toring and respons is very complex and ted
d se y dious
function of secu
n urity mana agement. Fraught with Fals Alarms and
se s
entailed resourc
d ce-mobilizaation, ala
arm monittoring als means that
so
systems need to be constantly upg
s o graded an proced
nd dures chec cked.
There is also neeed to constantly audit the efficacy of the sys
a o stem,
return-o ment and the integrity of the data for very effi
on-investm e r icient
alarm monitoring Since all these activities occupy lo of attention
m g. a a ot
and priorities of the organiz
p zations, the forw ward loo oking
manage ements st tarted off-
-loading these acti
t ivities to third-part
ties –
speciali in the field. Thi turns out to be cost effec
ist is o ctive and very
dependabl option w
d le which enhhances the level of security preparedne
e s p ess.
Spearhead
S ding this phenomenon are f few secur rity agenc
cies in soome metro where they
os
establishe their Ce
e ed entral Monnitoring Sttations. Th
hese metr cater t big offic
ros to ces, indus
stries
as well as individu reside
a s ual ents who wish to avail the service Lead article of this
eir es. f
newsletter is on the subject of establis
n r o shing Cent Monito
tral oring Stat
tions.
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2. Cash-in-trans (CIT) or Cash / valuables-in
sit r n-transit (C
CVIT) are tterms
use to refer to the phy
ed ysical trans of bank
sfer knotes, coins and items of
value from on location to anothe Traditio
ne n er. onally, both terms re
h efer to
trannsfer of ccash and valuables between cash cen ntres and bank
braanches, AT points, large ret
TM tailers and other pr
d remises ho olding
larg amount of cash. Most of Cash in T
ge ts Transit (C.I.T.) comppanies
are security companie offering cash ha
e es g andling as part of their
s
serrvices. The major tu
e urnover is usually g
s generated with guarding.
Looomis is todday the on company which iis fully ded
nly dicated to cash
hanndling afte the spli from Se
er it ecuritas. BBrinks spun off its home
About the authhor
ecurity divi sion setting the focus as well o cash handling.
se s on
An infaantry officer and
By the indu
y ustrial tren the CIT compan
nd, nies are seen as lo
s ogistic
go-gette Major Ian Kerr
er,
has bee distinctive in
en coompanies in the priv vate secur industr and the
rity ry erefore haave to
accomplishing most coomply with transport and security legisla
h ations. In some coun
s ntries,
ging tasks in
challeng the transpor rtation of cash has its own le egislation. Legislation and
n
equally more challeenging
re
egulations may impo ose require ements an restrictions on use of
nd
circumsttances!
fir
rearms, typ of vehi
pes icles, minim
mum numb of crew members and
ber w s,
A cerrtified Seecurity
Manage he poss
er, sesses us of Intellligent Ban
se nknote Ne eutralisation Systems CIT ser
n s. rvices
Diploma in Industrial
a ca be car
an rried out in soft-skin nned, sem mi-armoure or armo
ed oured
Security
y & Safety
S veehicles. Th use of soft-skinn
he ned vehicle is norm
es mally only used
Manage ement. He is also
when altern native security meth hods, such as Intelligent Banknote
h
holder o Post Gra
of aduate
Diploma in Pers
a sonnel Neutralisatio System are al
on ms, lso used. Such CIT is comm
T monly
Manage ement & labor re
eferred to a “Light CIT”.
as
Welfare.
At
ttacks on security vehicles ca
v arrying cas and va
sh aluables po
ose a
He is p presently he
ead of
Adminis stration and major risk t life and property that end angers no only se
to d y ot ecurity
security of one o the
of pe
ersonnel b also members of the pub
but m o blic who find thems
f selves
prestigio
ous facilitie of
es ca
aught up in these violent crimes
n s.
Ranbaxy y in Punjab.
Known for his gen nerous Evvery day th industry transport well ove billions in cash in a fleet
he y ts er n
nature and helping
h
attitude, he is well
of vehicles. This presents an attractiv target for organ
f . p a ve nised,
recogniz zed in se pr
ecurity rofessionall criminals for whom the poten tial reward often jus
ds stifies
fraternity
y. the use of eextreme violence. These robb
T beries plac the indu
ce ustry’s
He can be contac cted at co
ouriers at daily risk from shoo oting, stab
bbing, pisto
ol-whipping and
g
ian.kerr1958@yahoo
o.com beeatings wit weapon such as baseballl bats. The outcome can
th ns s e
ra
ange from death and permane incapac to bro
d ent city oken bones and
s
post-traum matic stres which inflict a lasting eff
ss, fect on th individu
he uals involv
ved, their work
colleague and the families and frien ds. By th
es eir heir very nature, ma
n any such crimes occ in
c cur
public pla aces such a high str
as reets, supe
ermarkets and filling stations, pputting ord
dinary memmbers
of the pub at simil risk.
blic lar

3. Cash-in-tr ransit robb
bery is a far more pro
olific crime than
many peo ople appre eciate. All parts of th country are
he y
affected a although the threat is particullarly sever in
re
areas like industrial hubs and trading c
e l d centres as well
as banking secto ors. The security industry has
campaign ned for ma any years for help iin tackling this
menace. Considera able investmment has been mad byde
the secu urity indusstry in th introdu
he uction of new
technolog gies to det and detect attac
ter cks, increaased
implemen ntation of best practice for cash-in-transit
deliveries by the b banking in ndustry an conside
nd erable imp
provements in comm
s munication and
n
intelligenc sharing between the various stakehold
ce s ders.
Services
Inside CIT the com
T, mpanies are special ized in the transpor
e rtation and processin of cash and
d ng h
valuables, precious metals. They tran
s nsport ban nknotes, coins, bulk cash, diamonds, non-
c k d
personalis
sed smart cards, no on-persona
alised pas
ssports and other va
d aluables. That is wh in
T hy,
many couuntries, the service was rename ‘Asset handling’ or ‘Asset-in-
ed h -transit’.
The actio plan co
on omprises four distin considerations
f nct
- Reduc cing oppor rtunities through imp roved secu urity,
creating a saf fer environ nment, reeducing re epeat
victim
misation, bu uilding str
ronger com mmunities and
lookin to impro regulat
ng ove tion.
- Reduc cing incen ntives by seizing c criminal as ssets
and faacilitating c asset recovery in
civil r nitiatives.
- Increaasing deterrencee thro ugh better
b
comm munication, enforrcement and the
mana agement of offenders.
f
- Suppo orting part tners through increa asing the capacity of local d deliveries, identifying and
g
dissemminating g good prac ctice, makiing cash-in-transit a priority, encouraging better data
analys and res
sis search and improving performa
d g ance mana
agement.
Vehicles Parking
The subje of park
ect king enforc
cement has raised va need for publica
s alid f ation of the cash-in-t
e transit
charter. I is sugge
It ested that adequate lloading an unloadin facilities be provid for cas
a nd ng s ded sh-in-
transit vehhicles in pedestrian areas and that consideration be given to granting exemption from
a b o n
parking reegulations. This mo has cle implica
. ove ear ations for the effectiive implem
mentation o the
of
action pla since it has a dire bearing on two of its four ke element - reducin opportu
an, ect g f ey ts ng unities
for crime and supp porting parrtners by making ca ash-in-transit a priorrity and deeveloping good
practice. The curre situatio where by each lo
ent on, ocal authoority make its own decision a
es about
exemption for so-c
ns called ‘bul
llion vehic
cles,’ leads to a com
s mplex and bureaucra situati
atic ion in
which ser rvice providders have to conduct multiple negotiations with indi vidual councils, often with
t t n n

4. completely different outcomes Some local auth
t s. horities hav unders
ve stood the unique risk and
u k
have agre to prov
eed vide exemptions but many hav not. The result is t
ve e that the ris of attack can
sk
differ from place to place, potentially even on parts of th same s
m o p he street divided by a local
authority b
boundary.
The issue cries out for urgent action. T
e t The cash-in n-transit bu
usiness, by its very nature, req
y n quires
that its ve
ehicles-par as close as possib to customers’ pre
rk e ble emises. T This is both an opera
h ational
requireme for veh
ent hicle crews and a co
s ommon se ense preca aution to rreduce the risk of a
e attack.
Many cas deliverie and collections oc
sh es ccur on bu high st
usy treets and the fact is that acce is
s ess
frequently made dif
y fficult by parking reg
p gulations that fail to differentia betwee the pub at
ate en blic
large and a high risk operation that is ty
k n ypically con
ncluded in a very sho time. The result is that
ort T
cash-in-traansit crew either in
ws ncrease thheir vulner
rability to attack or risk being issued w
g with a
parking tic
cket.
Risk Reduction
In terms o the num
of mbers of of obberies, according to security analysts, appear to have
ffences, ro a
reduced eeven when no officia figures are availa
n al able. Desp this go
pite ood work, it is more than
e
evident th attacks against cash-in-tra
hat s ansit crews still need to reduc significa
s d ce antly further. In
order to a
achieve th the res
his, sources b eing put into lowering the fig ures by th government,
he
police and other stakeholders must be m
d maintained to continue to bring t figures down.
the s
Cash Pro
ocessing
Cash proc cessing is an industr process far remo
rial s oved
from traditional ban nking activ vities and culture. The
T
internal orrganization of cash handling w
n h within bank is
ks
often obsoolete and inefficient, inherited f
from old bank
organizatiions and further co omplicated by mergers,
acquisition and r
ns restructurin
ng. This has led the
majority of banks to opt for the ou
f utsourcing of
wholesale cash pro
e ocessing. Banks purs
B sue severa objective when th choose to extern
al es hey nalize
their cash processin
h ng:
 Cut costs by streamlin
y ning proceessing stru uctures an implem
nd menting hig gher througghput
sorrters.
 Ach hieve econnomies of scale thank to large and more efficient c
s ks er e cash centrres.
 Re educe inves stments required by a increas
an singly capit
tal-intensiv industry.
ve
 Re educe the rrisks assoc
ciated with cash.
 Op ptimize the supply cha manag
ain gement.
 Foc on the core busin
cus e ness.
There are on the oth hand in
e her nherent dif
fficulties as
ssociated with outsou
w urcing. One of them is the
loss of coontrol and t reliance on exter
the rnal provide In som cases, banks no longer hav the
ers. me ve
know-how in relatio to cash handling. Cash pro
w on ocessing has evolved from a labour inte
d ensive
activity focused on the transportation of cash to a capital-intensive ind
f dustry offe
ering end-to end
o
solutions. Transpor no longe constitu
rt er utes the va alue added in the b
d business but continu ues to

5. structure the organi
ization. Th CIT’s fo
he ootprint rem
mains a ke factor o selection by banks and
ey of n s
retailers.
The indus is generally divid into the following activities:
stry ded e g
 Tra
ansport
 Pro
ocessing
 AT servicing
TM
The qualit of produ the str
ty uct, rength of k
keys, the security of codes and the histor and ped
d ry digree
of the naame it ens
sures that solutions are tailor
red to nee and bu
ed udget, are available with
e e
technical research and suppo to pro
ort, otect the tr
ransaction and stora age of cas or impo
sh ortant
document whether in the Hig Street, a part of daily life, or in appare secure locations.
ts, gh as d o ent e
Industrial Locking Solutions
s
CIT vehic manufa
cle actures and other sy
d ystem provviders have a wide
e
range of key swit tches, cam m-locks a and specia alist self-p
powering
electronic combinat
c tion locks to secure such equ uipment as integral
s
afes, drop safes and transfer ha
vehicle sa atches. Se
ecurity soluutions for
most of th services undertak within the CIT se
he s ken ector such as high
h
street collection, tru
unking, bu coin ca
ulk arrying, ca park me
ar eter and
ATM serv vicing are e
easily available in the market.
e
 Co
ontrolled hig
ghly secure access t Cash in Transit Ve
to ehicles, buiildings, offi
ices and plant
 Ma
aximum ease of use
 Aesthetically sympathetic to envir
ronment
Future of CIT
f
CITs are attemptin to mov away fr
ng ve rom this product or
p riented org
ganization to custommized
sourcing m
models. Pr rotect from intent wit hin, is as critical as defence ag
m c d gainst outs
side aggresssion.
There hav been great losses of cash while in-tr
ve ransit and hurt the r reputations of
s quite a few
agencies in the field Lots of innovative and out-o
d. e of-box solu utions have been ma
e ade availab to
ble
mers!
the custom
In short, the battle has yet to be won and all th stakeho
o he olders are determine to achie
ed eve a
further re
eduction in attacks during 20
n 012, through continued innovvation in technology and
t y
practice a the dep
and ployment of major res
o sources.
These eff forts demaand suppo not on within the existing partners
ort, nly t ship, but also from other
a
interested parties, m
d most notab local go
bly overnment There is no doubt that conc
t. s t certed actio on
on
this issue could hav a beneficial impac and man people are surpris
ve ct ny sed that lo
ocal governnment
has not been more active in addressing the issue, not least given its c
a g clear intere in creat
est ting a
safe and ssecure pub realm.
blic

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7. Qaida h
had urged brothers with deg
gree in microbiolog or che
gy emistry... to develop a
t
weapon of mass d
destructio
on.
A crude but effect
tive weapo can be made by using wid
on e dely availa
able pathoogens and d
quipment
cheap eq
: Hillary Clin
H nton
Geneva: T United States calle on Wedn
The ed nesday for closer intern
c national coo
operation to prevent te
o errorist
groups from developin or using bio- logicall weapons, a threat it said was gro
m ng s owing. US secretary of state
s f
Hillary Clin
nton said co
ountries must strengthe their ability to detec and respo
en ct ond to susppicious outb
breaks
of infectiou disease t
us that could be caused b pathogen falling into the wrong hands.
b by ns g
"Unfortuna
ately the ability of terro other non- state actors to develop and use these weapons is
orists and o s p
growing. T
Therefore th must be a renewe focus of our effort
his ed o ts," she sa in a spe
aid eech in Geeneva.
"Because tthere are w
warning-sign and they are too se
ns y erious to ign
nore." She s
said al-Qaid in the Ar
da rabian
Peninsula had urged "brothers with degree in micro
es obiology or chemistry ... to develop a weap pon of
mass destrruction".
A crude bu effective terrorist we
ut eapon can be made by using a sample of w
b widely avaiilable patho
ogens,
cheap equ uipment and "college-le
d evel chemis
stry and bioology", she added. Sta
ates must do a better job of
d
reporting o measure being ta
on es aken to gua against the misuse of biologiical weapon and scie
ard e ns entists
should excchange view on threa Clinton said. She was addres
ws ats, w ssing a glob conferen to revie the
bal nce ew
Biological Weapons C Convention banning biiological an toxin wea
nd apons, whic has bee ratified b 165
ch en by
states. She called for maximizin benefits of scientific research and minimiizing the ris that it w be
e r ng c sks will
misused. TThere was a need to balance the need for scientific innovation wit the need to guard against
b th
such risks, she said.
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