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INTRODUCTION
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s 2015 passes its mid-point we highlight some of the key issues for the Security industry and the sectors served by it. Our industry has a crucial role to play in protecting development throughout the region as the importance of lowered risk for investment is paramount. With the UN aim of `Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030’ the Addis Abba conference in July stresses a combined effort of private sector as well as current agencies and donors to create solutions which are sustainably driven by increased tax revenues. The relative strength of Africa in a time of global slump was recognised as a magnet for investors. In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on a Tunisian resort that left 38 dead, we consider the repercussions for the growing African tourist industry together with the role of surveillance technology to minimize threat.
and increased demand for protective clothing as the Oil and Gas industry continues its drive for enhanced health and safety. With risk governance and cyber security issues are moving further up the agenda of board level executives, MIS Training Institute’s three day conference from 16th to 18th September in Kigali, Rwanda, will address the current African threat landscape. Airlive brief us on their new wireless security system and Biomaster introduce their revolutionary approach to integrating their technology with existing systems. Also included is the announcement of the new deep sea port in Nigeria which should will become the largest of its kind in the continent.
As the Ebola crisis draws to a close, we highlight the new strategic locations being set up along the west African coast which will enhance response times in future emergency situations. We also consider the growing importance of cybernetic innovation in driving productivity in the mining industry
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Tunisia: Secure the Beach. In the aftermath of the attack that left 38 dead in Tunisia we assessthe implications for African tourist industry and the role of surveillance and security technology. Nigerian Megaport: Nigeria Unveils Africa’s Biggest Deep Sea Port in Badagry. We discuss the implications for the surrounding area, which covers over 1000 hectares. Biomaster set out their full product range and world class understanding of access control solutions: revolutionary security, access control and employee management solutions. Airlive brief Security Africa on their new wireless security system and take us to the lively capital of Santiago de Chile to demonstrate Cyber Crime Africa Summit & Roundtable: African nations come together to strategise against cybercrime.
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Special purpose armed forces secure strategic locations along Africa’s western coast Productivity drives in mining increasingly reliant on cybernetic innovation: what are the economic stakes of this new movement towards computer aided mining. Update on the potential for growth in thermal, mechanical and chemical applications which utilize protective clothing.
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Tunisia: Secure the Beach 26th June 2015. 38 dead. After the devastating attack at Port El Kantaoui, the Tunisian goverment reassess the tourist security provision.
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rotecting the Tunisian Tourist Industry On 20th July Tunisia’s Transport minister, Mahmoud Ben Romdhane, a member of a delegation who met families of the victims of the Sousse 26th June attack, asked Tobias Ellwood, the Foreign Office minister to drop its warning not to travel to the north African country in the aftermath of the shootings. The Foreign Office had updated its travel advice in July . “Further terrorist attacks in Tunisia, including in tourist resorts, are possible,” it says, “including by individuals who are unknown to the authorities and whose actions are inspired by terrorist groups via social media.” Romdhane argued that “This decision will make Tunisia a remote country that no one goes to: it is the exact hope of the terrorists.” He added that Tunisia had followed British security services advice and taken immediate steps to improve security for tourists including placing armed guards and security cameras in hotels and on beaches. Tunisia’s tourism ministry had pledged to deploy 1,000 armed officers from 1 July to reinforce the tourism police, who will also carry guns for the first time. Armed officers will be deployed inside and outside hotels, on beaches and at tourist and archaeological sites.
Short-term reaction Foreign tourists are important to Tunisia’s economy, it accounted for 14.5% of GDP last year.
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But recent research has questioned whether terrorist attacks have a long term effect on the tourist industry.
political unrest leading to changes to Foreign Office advice for UK citizens,” it added.
“Short-term, it would put some people off,” says Yeganeh Morakabati, an expert in risk and tourism at Bournemouth University. “Longer-term, people have short memories. A lot of people will forget.”
Egypt, which has experienced several years of political unrest, saw an average annual decline in UK visitor numbers of 18.5% from 2010 to 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The Foreign Office had already warned of a “high threat from terrorism” in Tunisia before the 26th June massacre. “Attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places visited by foreigners,” it said, urging people to be “especially vigilant”. It specifically mentioned a prior attack on the Bardo Museum in the capital Tunis, which left 22 people dead in March this year.
But no other major tourist destination frequented by Britons suffered in the same way. British visitors to Tunisia dropped from 423,000 in 2010 to 360,000 in 2011, the year of the so-called Arab Spring, in which pro-democracy activists toppled several countries’ governments. The figure has since picked up, reaching 440,000 last year. However, the amount spent by UK tourists fell from £178m to £143m from 2010 to 2014.
“If it’s a one-off attack, people forget,” says Morakabati. “With Tunisia we’ve had, in a matter of months, two of them - sending the signal that it’s frequent.”
Tourists prepared for some risk The Bardo Museum in Tunis was the focus of a terrorist attack in March 2015. In its 2014 tourism market report, the Association of British Travel Agents found the popularity of a “number of popular holiday destinations were affected by political, social and economic unrest... The most prominent of these was Egypt which started the year [2013] with high visitor numbers but suffered a significant drop-off due to 5
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“A very good way of getting people to go to destinations which have suffered at the hands of terrorists is to cut prices,” says Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent. “It does seem to lure the British back and I don’t say that at all disparagingly. We can make a cost-risk analysis. As long as we know the risks, that’s a reasonable thing to do. “Look at it as a mathematical equation,” says Morakabati. “Sometimes the attractiveness of a destination is higher than the level of risk.” There was strong growth in the number of UK nationals going to Morocco, rising from 308,000 in 2010 to
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460,000 last year. This included a 51,000 increase in 2012, the year after the Marrakesh bombing, which killed 15 people. Yet, after the London bombings of July 2005, in which 52 people died, the number of people visiting the UK did not decline, according to official statistics. Overall, the figures suggest that the tourism industry in countries enduring long-term strife, such as Egypt, suffers more than those affected by individual terror attacks.
There is no doubt that the tourism industry will be increasingly aware of the need for vigilance Even then, promoting individual destinations within countries can help overcome this, says Morakabati. “Egypt has in the past done isolated marketing with Sharm el-Sheikh. For many tourists, who are not so strong with geography, they might almost not see it as part of Egypt. So if something happens to Egypt, they see it as separate.” But governments have a financial incentive to protect tourist hotspots. On the Foreign Office website’s colour-
coded travel map of Egypt, Sharm el-Sheikh is a small haven of “green” surrounded by “orange”, which advises against all but essential travel. Enhanced Security key to long-term prospects. Calder thinks that Tunisia’s tourism industry, “ will suffer in the short term and then recover. There are still hotels,” he says. “There are still close to half a million people dependent on tourism for their livelihood.” The direct contribution of travel and tourism to Tunisia’s GDP was expected to grow by 3.6% a year until 2024, according to a report published last year by the World Travel and Tourism Council. This, of course, was before this year’s attacks. Governments respond with high profile answers to tragedies such as the Sousse attack. Long-term the solutions to `lone-wolf`’terrorist attacks are less straightforward. There is no doubt that the tourism industry will be increasingly aware of the need for vigilance with regard to security in order to reassure travel companies and foreign governments of lowered levels of risk. Maintaining troops on tourist beaches is a reminder of the horror of previous attacks and can create panic. Large resort areas across the African continent are likely to invest in the most advanced surveillance installations and access control technology in the months and years to come in order to survive. SA SA June/July 2015
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Nigerian Megaport Nigeria unveils Africa’s biggest Deep Sea Port in Badagry covering over 1000 hectares of land.
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he Lagos State Government disclosed in July that it would commence the construction of the biggest deep sea port in Africa, which it said, would be situated on over 1,000 hectares of land in Badagry with the capacity to create thousands of employment opportunities. The state government also announced that a good number of foreign and domestic investors including Maersk Group “have already signed on to the project,” thereby suggesting that the state would have largest cargo container port in Africa. The state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, disclosed the plan during a visit to the site of the project in Badagry alongside some top state officials, promising that the port project would have begin in the next two months. After inspecting the project site, the governor said the proposed site for the biggest deep sea port in Africa “is over 1,000 hectares of which we have just been told that there is going to be a free trade zone and a container terminal.” He added that the investors “have done the best they can. We have Maersk Group in the bouquet of foreign investors that have signed on to this project. We are going to have the largest cargo container port in Africa situated in Badagry. “That means a lot to us in terms of employment generation. It means a lot to us also in terms of new
settlement. Like it has been said, we hope that in the next two months we are coming back here to kick-start this project,” the governor explained. Ambode promised to bring development to about 12 communities in the area and ensure that every community “is duly compensated. In any direction that we have one or two that are still dialoguing, we would protect their interests. We would ensure that their interests are protected. “It will be long-lasting for generation yet unborn. I want to assure the Aivoji community that they are safe and that our administration will continually support them and protect their interests. Like we have been told, this project is 500 metres away from the point of no return which is also a tourist attraction for us. “So, we have decided to protect that particular place to make sure that tourism is complemented. With a deep sea port project, it means there will be new settlements in Badagry, new towns and the standard of living is positively affected by this kind of project. “Before I came here, I inspected the Mile II-Badagry expressway. There is no way we want to do the deep sea port project here if we do not finish the Mile IIBadagry expressway. I assure you that the two projects will start simultaneously. We will use that to create jobs and increase the GDP of Lagos economy. Within the next four years, there will be a dramatic change in this axis of Lagos.” SA
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Airlive: Cutting Edge Security Systems Airlive brief Security Africa on their new wireless security system and take us to the lively capital of Santiago de Chile to demonstrate. Due to its mobility and convenience, wireless IP cameras are widely used by people who what to make sure their family or asset safe when they are away from home. Although this kind of IP camera also allows wired connection, using Wi-Fi will be a much easier way to stream video, which avoids the complexity of wiring and gives users more freedom of deployment. But the critical issue is whether the quality of Wi-Fi is sufficient for video streaming, which may severely impact the video quality consumer received. A robust wireless network could be a prerequisite for a home security system working efficiently. And the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology is regarded as the ideal solution to meet this need. New Wi-Fi technology underpins wireless security system 802.11ac Wi-Fi technology, presented some time ago is getting into devices for home users who need higher performance and stability of connections, as well as more bandwidth and efficiency. AirLive, a world-class surveillance and networking equipment provider has launched the new Wi-Fi enabled devices, supporting 802.11ac technology - AC-1200R AP router, whose theoretical data rates of Wi-Fi AC standard is 1200 Mbps, are 3 times faster than Wi-Fi N technology. Moreover, with high power radios and MIMO technology, it is able to provide up to 2 times coverage compared to other wireless routers. These features benefit video transfer
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and allow users to install wireless IP cameras at more locations. Users can exploit the full capabilities of 802.11ac standard while maintaining backwards compatibility with previous wireless technologies, which makes it an ideal solution to improving an existing wireless/wired network.
Dual band supports various devices In addition to its superior speed and coverage, the 2.4 GHz/5 GHz dual band of AirLive AC-1200R is another advantage for building home security system. The 5 GHz network is less vulnerable to interference and provides stable bandwidth up to 867 Mbps - therefore, it is suitable for video streaming and on-line gaming. The 2.4 GHz radio provides a separate network for computers, tablet PC, and smart phones. By supplying separate network bandwidth for each of the two types of links, the AC-1200R provides maximum flexibility in setting up a home security network. Both radios can be connected with wireless IP cameras depending on their compatibility.
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clinic and hospitals. The Built-in Gigabit PoE port delivers both electricity and data over single Ethernet cable which makes installation much easier. Both AC.TOP and AC-1200R can be managed by AirLive Central management software, which can discover AirLive AP automatically, and allow users to change settings, upgrade firmware across multiple AirLive products at the same time. AirLive AC-1200R and AC.TOP are
Case study: Santiago de Chile The KSA YOUR APARTMENT building located in the city of Santiago de Chile, a hotel and apartment lease, installed a surveillance system and monitoring based on AirLive cameras and equipment backed by a major network infrastructure. The hotel area ranges from the 1st floor to floor 7 and the remaining floors will be used to lease apartments to private individuals for residential purposes.
The Challenge According to the project managers, the surveillance system should consider the following points: a) Sufficient cameras for visibility of all the corridors on each floor and underground. b) Minimum capacity of 1 megapixel and minimum
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range of 15 meters. c) Centralized recording system to allow for pre-event recording (changes of light, movements, etc.). d) The event recording a few seconds before and after the event occurred. e) Monitoring Concierge Room more access system should facilitate verification of recordings and transferring them to other storage devices. f) The shape and position of the camera system should have the ability to track people inside the building.
The Solution The integrator Evolution Ingeniería Limitada recommended the implementation of an IP video surveillance system composed of 52 security cameras to monitor the corridors. This system includes three types of cameras: 23 cameras 360 degrees with segmentation capabilities (for floors 1 to 23), the fish eye model AirLive FE-200VD, 23 cameras (floors 1 to 23) model AirLive DM-720 and 6 cameras for underground (1 to 3) AirLive BU-720. In order to supply power PoE (Power Over Ethernet) to cameras 11 POE-FSH808AT switches were installed. For recording images a system composed of 4 NVRs, AirLive NVR 16 were installed with a continuous recording capacity exceeding 30 days, with 3 TB disks 3 and 4 monitors each LED full HD.
The Result After the tests, the video surveillance system widely responded to the expectations of management of the building, integrating seamlessly with wired network infrastructure (Cat.6) to all floors. This was also designed to support Internet telephony, wireless and IP television services. The most important point is the interconnection between floors and the equipment room, located on the 1st underground, was fitted with ring-fiber links, in order to deliver a high back to services. Besides a power system with UPS distributed between floors is able to ensure continuity for more than an hour every building communications systems. Besides a racks located on floors through the building from the 1st floor to floor 23 were considered. SA AirLive products
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Cybercrime Meeting Cyber Crime Africa Summit & Roundtable
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ith African economies continuing to grow at higher rates compared to other emerging markets and as the continent surges forward, information risk governance and cyber security issues are moving further up the agenda of board level executives. Clearly there is a greater need for companies and government bodies across Africa to address these ongoing challenges and to collaborate more effectively. Building upon successful and well-established CISO Summits held across EMEA and Asia Pacific, MIS Training Institute’s upcoming Cyber Crime Africa Summit & Roundtable event seeks to do just that. Taking place on 16th to 18th September in Kigali, Rwanda, the three day conference will address the current African threat landscape, to identify potential challenges on the horizon across the next 12 months and to equip all those involved with the practical guidance needed to reinforce their information risk, security management and business continuity programmes. The key themes for 2015 include Analytics, Big Data and Forensics, Cloud, Mobile and Social Media Security, Identify Theft, Hacking and Risk Mitigation controls, Business Continuity and disaster recovery. However,
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these are just the tip of the iceberg as attendees are encouraged to share and discuss the issues they are facing in roundtable debates and lively discussions. Lead by prominent African and International professionals, the lineup of speakers is very much a who’s who of the information security community in Africa. With representatives including senior figures from Kentrade, BT, Union Bank of Nigeria, Sasfin Bank, Defence and Security Forum and Nedbank Limited, the speakers are the foremost authorities in ICT security, information security and senior IT risk professionals and will be met by their counterparts in government offices and private sector organisations across Africa. The event also attracts Political Appointees and Committee Members, who are keen to grasp the issues at hand and their effects.
Keynote speakers: > Hon. Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and ICT, Ministry of Youth and ICT, Government of Rwanda
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This year’s event also benefits from the co-location of MIS Training Institute’s 10th Annual Audit, Risk & Governance Africa Conference, allowing attendees a rare opportunity to swap notes with their colleagues in related disciplines and get a fresh perspective on how the work they are doing impacts on other areas of their organisations. SA About MIS Training Institute
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Marines on Standby Special purpose armed forces secure strategic locations along Africa’s western coast
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roops from the Marine Corps’ Spainbased crisis response force for Africa will be visiting the continent more regularly since the service developed three new forward staging locations for use in emergencies. Located in Gabon, Senegal and Ghana, the three cooperative security locations will be visited by detachments from Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force–Crisis Response–Africa every six months, said Col. Thomas Savage, the unit’s commanding officer. While in the three countries, all of which are along Africa’s western coast, the Marines will build relationships with local troops and leaders and keep the bases ready for use, Savage said. The Marine Corps has also made agreements with leaders in Niger said 1st Lt. Danielle Dixon, a spokeswoman for the task force. Dixon said U.S. Africa Command will make future announcements about new cooperative security locations there and elsewhere as they come online. These cooperative security locations, or CSLs, will help the Marines avoid lengthy trips from Europe to respond to crises across the vast African continent. In 2014, for example, Marines with the Morón, Spain-based unit flew 4,200 miles to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in South Sudan amid civil unrest there.
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Established for use by the Marine Corps last year, the CSLs consist of little more than an austere fenced-in space the size of a football field, Savage told Marine Corps Times in an interview at his unit’s headquarters in Spain. But in a crisis such as an embassy reinforcement or humanitarian intervention, the locations can be readied within hours to host nearly 200 troops for as long as they need to stay. Marines tested the CSLs in Ghana and Gabon for the first time earlier this year, Savage said. Teams of crisis response Marines converged on Ghana for a little more than four weeks in March and just recently returned from a three-week test in Gabon in June. In each case, he said, an advance team of five to 10 Marines arrived early to arrange diplomatic permissions, secure contracts for food and other services, make contact with the local embassy and turn the sparse locations into fully functioning forward bases. “It’s kind of like a [forward operating base] without getting shot at,” Savage said. “We brought porta-johns, we even brought washers and dryers, power generators ... then we’re operational.” In terms of equipment, Savage said the Marines kept
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their footprint small. The task force sent 186 troops to Gabon with four MV-22B Ospreys and two KC-130J Hercules jets, but brought no vehicles.
As the Marines return to the new staging locations, Savage said they will develop a playbook for making the area operational. Though Savage said most State Department-directed missions that would require Marines to forward-position at a CSL would run about 30 days, the only real challenge to keeping the troops there longer is tied to aircraft maintenance. “It’s very difficult to keep your aircraft in peak condition when you can’t bring them out and take them apart,” said Savage, adding that limited space and resources made repairs and maintenance a challenge. Ultimately, the host nations and U.S. Embassy determine the length of stay.
Embassy in Libreville, the country’s capital, to build familiarity with the layout and meet staff members. They also trained with about 60 Gabonese troops, holding courses in non-lethal weapons employment and generator maintenance and logistics, and an enlistedto-officer transition program. Meanwhile, Savage and other task force leaders were building friendships with Gabonese military leadership, even offering Osprey rides. While the three CSLs the Marines are using were chosen because of the strong relationship the U.S. maintains with each country, Savage said the reception in Gabon was especially warm. “Those guys were man-hugging you and trading coins,” he said. As the Marines return to the new staging locations, Savage said they will develop a playbook for making the area operational. The playbooks will also document what training has been conducted with local troops, so new Marine teams can pick up where the last one left off. Marines from SPMAGTF–Crisis Response–Africa will visit Senegal for a dry run in that location when the next unit rotation, led by 6th Marines, takes over next month. SA
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The Mining of Tomorrow Productivity drives in mining increasingly reliant on cybernetic innovation
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ining may be a highly industrial endeavour that hasn’t changed dramatically over the decades, but sophisticated new technologies are starting to play ever-greater roles in improving productivity and miner safety. In the future, the mining houses that are deploying the latest technology in the areas of robotics, sensors, automation, wearables, and connectivity will likely emerge as the winners in the unceasing quest for operational excellence within the sector. Taking a step back for a moment, historically, mining companies had very little technology at the “stope level”. The physical work of blasting, breaking rock, clearing sites and then extracting ore, has remained a very low-tech activity. To use an analogy, it was like a blind man guided by a simple walking stick. But with new technology monitoring, all sorts of data at stope level, we can contrast the example of the blind man, with a highly-skilled surgeon that deftly operates with full visibility, and with all the tools he needs close at hand. Sensor and tracking technology at mine sites provides real-time data on everything from ore samples, temperature, air quality, ground stability, staff
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movements, staff fatigue to medical issues and much more. Combined, these information feeds give mining managers a rich view on the state of operations ‘at the coalface’ – as the mine develops something akin to a central nervous system, which constantly gives feedback on its own health and performance. With this, mining firms can profitably operate at deeper Net2 is designed to work levels, make better predictions about ore grades and productivity levels, tailor their outputs more accurately seamlessly in the event of to market demands, and better ensure the safety of its staff.
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For thecontinue mining houses, It will to permit it possible to as orbecomes deny access to users start measuring labour productivity One area that has grabbed the imagination of miners around the world is that of advanced robotics. Initial trials from mining giant Anglo American and US-based University Carnegie Mellon have already produced a working prototype that enters mine sites immediately following a blast, navigates on its own, conducts
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measurements, and takes readings. The robot is able to go into dangerous areas where it’s not safe for humans to enter. Ground penetrating radar technology can be used to rapidly gather high resolution subsurface information. This technology can help in determining mining safety (like rock bursts, fractures, and shear zones), mapping rock quality and establishing where mineral and metal deposits exist – enabling faster adjustments to mining plans. In the arena of wearable technology, miners can track various environmental conditions with embedded sensors, and transmit information relating to their health and stress levels. Wearable technology can also be used to push relevant information down to the miner while he is underground. To enable this, connectivity solutions like Fibre, WiFi and RFID need to be established to carry these various streams of information. These information highways, the nerves linking the various functions in our ‘central nervous system’ analogy, are critical in delivering the right data to the right individuals.
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