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Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010

Introspection and a Fresh Start

It may not be out of place in the beginning of the year to indulge in some introspection. We had started the year 2009 with bated breath but managed to move on without a major terrorist attack. One would, however, tend to agree with the candid assessment of the Union Home Minister that India remains vulnerable. As it has been said: “A year on, we are still sitting ducks.” Many experts have opined India was likely to face 26/11-like action again. Considering the above, IISSM started the year with a request to the corporate world to undertake security audit and suggested to the security professionals to indulge in self-audit also. Such practice would generate the required level of confidence that we are on the right track. After all, “security is, as we say, a business of all, for all and by all.

A chapter in the international scenario was closed with the LTTE supremo Prabhakaran being killed on May 18, 2009. Is that the end of LTTE? Pakistan has been at the receiving end from the Talibans in a big way, and has been assessed to be an almost “failed State”. The Russian assessment was - Pakistan was the principal nuclear threat. Yemen is now considered to be the new base for Al-Qaeda. Japan and China have come under the scanner of Al-Qaeda. A “university of jihad” has come to notice at the Darul Uloom Haggania campus at Akara Khattak. The Maoist leader in Nepal, Prachanda, had resigned the post of the Prime Minister and is now engaged in a movement for bringing in “a new communist revolution”. The Maoists in India have virtually declared an open war against the government of the land with call for blood-bath, if necessary. Incidents of Maoist violence in India recorded the highest number during the year 2009. Bangladesh had faced a serious situation of revolt in its border force (BDR) when the top leadership of the force was wiped out by disgruntled jawans. The US troops withdrew from the Iraqi cities but President Obama ordered a new surge in Afghanistan with the caution for phased withdrawal within a short period. But the next war, as the UN predicted, would be in the cyber space. US experts have, therefore, warned of what has been described as “Cybergeddon”. The United States have accordingly decided to set up an independent Cyber Command. China has been reported to have successfully infiltrated into the computer network of many countries.

The old order yielded to the new when the LDP in Japan lost control after 53 years of unbroken rule. Earlier, China and Taiwan had met at the highest political level. The European Parliament sorted out a big crisis by agreeing to elect the Belgian Prime Minister as the President of the European Commission. Israel has in principle accepted the creation of a Palestinian State. The US President in a historic speech on June 4, 2009, at Cairo, declared that US was not at war with Islam, and in a surprise of surprise, Obama was awarded the Noble Peace Prize. Russia has formally called off its 10-year long war in Chechenya.

The scientific world saw a large number of achievements. The largest scientific experiment in history, namely, Large Hadron Collider, has restarted. An IAF pilot created history by parachute landing on top of Mount Everest. Nepal held a Cabinet meeting at an Everest base, whereas Maldives had its first under-water cabinet meeting. The fastest ever 100-metre (9.58 second) has been run by Usain Bolt of Jamaica.

Developments in the last month of the year 2009 had indeed been significant. World leaders had met at Copenhagen “to save the Earth”. India signed a nuclear deal with Russia, believed to be superior to the civil nuclear deal 123 between US and India. Reiterating their faith in violence, a Maoist leader in India was on record stating that there was no need for counting the number of dead as there would be more violence. They are now credited with a fund of over INR 1600 crores. London, earlier declared to be the ‘divorce capital’ of the world, has now been described as the ‘terror capital’ of the world with the warning ‘Mumbai is going to London’. There was a serious bid to blow up a US airliner that could have created another history. The ‘virtual war’ in Afghanistan has been assessed to be a more serious threat than the physical war going on.

Mankind may soon find great relief against the most serious disease, – the scientists have claimed they have decoded ‘cancer’. Snoring has been found to be not as bad as it was thought to be. A rotating house has been devised to avail of sunshine round the clock. The booking for 3-nights’ stay in a space hotel by 2012 has been thrown open. A mathematical law of war has been developed and it might help fight terrorism. One would also like to read the story of “power of tongue” and “glass of milk” in the General File.

In a sort of records, IISSM got two very significant books on industrial security published under its aegis during the year 2009. IISSM’s XIXth Annual International Seminar (December 8-11, 2009) in New Delhi had attracted more than 200 registered delegates, coming from far and wide. Was it a reward for efforts to live up to the New Year pledge of 2009 to put in a bit extra work? Readers are the best judge. We take a fresh start now for the year 2010 and hope you all are with us.

Thanking you and with best regards,

D. C. Nath, IPS (Retd.)
Former Special Director, IB (MHA), Govt. of India,
Executive President & CEO,
International Institute of Security and Safety Management,
New Delhi, India.

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Lashkar-e-Taiba’s long arm: A View

“Very few things,” United States counter-terrorism official David Benjamin said in a recent speech, “worry me as much as the strength and ambition of the Lashkar-e-Taiba.” The arrest of Pakistani-American jihadist David Headley, alleged to have carried out the reconnaissance that enabled a ten-man assault team to kill over 160 people in Mumbai last November, could prove a significant step forward in delivering justice to the victims of the horrific attack. But the arrest has also underlined the reach of the Lashkar’s transnational networks, which give South Asia’s most dangerous jihadist group global lethality. British-born Dhiren Bharot, held in 2005 for attempted bombings in the U.S., had trained with the Lashkar and fought with it in Jammu and Kashmir. French national Willie Brigitte, held for planning terrorist attacks in Australia, was another product of the Lashkar’s transnational operations. Lebanese national Assem Hammoud, held in April 2006 for planning to target Port Authority Trans-Hudson commuter trains running between New Jersey and New York, was preparing to travel to Pakistan to acquire the expertise he needed to do so. And just this week, five Washington, D.C. men were picked up in Sargodha, Punjab, where they had travelled to acquire military training.

Sadly, policy-makers across the world have been muddled in their responses to the threat. Like all violent crime, terrorism rests on two pillars: the intention to carry out terrorist acts, and the capabilities needed to do so. That the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes it arrested Mr. Headley on the eve of another attack in India demonstrates that Islamabad lacks either the influence or the will to rein in the Lashkar. The threat will remain until Pakistan finally acts to eliminate Lashkar capabilities, in the form of its training camps, recruiting tools, and finances. In the wake of the November attacks, Pakistan promised the United Nations Security Council that it would proscribe the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the Lashkar’s parent organisation. It is yet to do so. Mr. Headley’s upcoming trial on 12 terrorism-related charges, including the murder of six U.S. nationals in the Mumbai attacks, will cast substantial new light on the planning and conception of the carnage. The American trial is also likely to proceed with un-Indian speed. India would do well to facilitate the rapid progress of these legal proceedings, and to focus its investigative resources on discovering whether elements of the network, of which Mr. Headley was a part, are still active here. The wider challenge for New Delhi will be persuading the world to work with it to compel Islamabad to give up its rationalisation of inaction and deliver on its promise to dismantle the infrastructure of terror.

The Hindu – December 12, 2009.

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Maoists attack GRP men on train, 1 killed

Kolkata – A GRP constable was shot dead and another critically wounded by armed Maoists who boarded the Katihar-Malda Express between the Bhaluka and Milangarh stations, and they took away his rifle with them.

The Indian Express – December 1, 2009.

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Maoists target cops, school buildings

Ranchi – November 30, 2009 – Maoist rebels exploded landmines, including one targeting a police patrol party, and demolished at least six school buildings during the ongoing elections. The Maoists triggered a landmine explosion in Chatra district early on Monday, injuring three police constables. The CPI (Maoist) cadres have been enforcing the 48-hour shutdown since Sunday night to press their demand for production of one of their comrades, Ashok Mahato, in court.

Manoj Prasad
The Indian Express – December 1, 2009.

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Pirates hijack oil tanker worth over $20 million

Nairobi – Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying more than $20 million of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the Unites States in the dangerous waters of East Africa, an official said on Monday. The Greece-flagged Maran Centaurus was hijacked on Sunday, said a spokesman for the EU Naval Force. The ship has 28 crew members on board.

The Indian Express – December 2, 2009.

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Suicide bomb kills NWFP legislator

Islamabad – Shamsher Khan, a member of the NWFP Provincial Assembly, was killed in an apparent targeted suicide attack in Swat on Tuesday, underscoring the continuing Taliban threat in an area that the Pakistan army wrested from the militants earlier this year. Tuesday’s attack took place in Kabal Tehsil of the Swat district, in village Dheri, the former stronghold of Fazulah. Ten people were also injured in the attack.

The Asian Age – November 1, 2009.

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South India Lashkar Chief Arrested In Meghalaya

Guwahati / Thiruvananthapuram – The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday arrested the mastermind of the 2005 attack on the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, when he was allegedly trying to sneak into India from Bangladesh through the Meghalaya border. A top intelligence official said that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief of south India, and his associate were arrested by Bangladeshi authorities. They allegedly planned and executed serial blasts in Bangalore in July 2005 that killed 15 people and also the attack on IISc, a senior police officer said.

Rahul Karmakar & Ramesh Babu
Hindustan Times – December 3, 3009.

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Bomber in woman’s garb kills 3 Somali ministers

Mogadishu – A mail suicide bomber dressed as a woman attacked a university graduation ceremony, killing up to 19 people, including three cabinet ministers, doctors and three journalists. Over three dozen students had gathered to receive their diploma at the ceremony at the Shamo Hotel. “What happened today is a national disaster,” said Somali Information Officer Dahir Mohammd Gelle, who confirmed that the ministers for education, higher education and health were killed in the blast.

AP
The Times of India – December 4, 2009

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Russia police find bomb near train station

MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Police discovered a bomb in a car near a railway station in northern Russia on Thursday, days after a train bombing killed 26 people, local news agencies reported. he car was found near a station close to Russia’s border with Finland, 900 km (560 miles) north of Moscow, Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies reported.

Email dated December 4, 2009 from Mr. Mayer Nudell, CSC, USA.

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Police in dark as Maoists celebrate

Patna – The police in Bihar remained in dark as an outlawed Maoist outfit celebrated the ninth anniversary of its foundation by organizing a ceremony that lasted for 18 hours and saw uniformed cadres seeking people’s support for the ultra-Left movement.

Age Correspondent
The Asian Age – December 5, 2009

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Pak mosque attack kills 40

Karachi – Suicide attackers stormed a mosque in Rawalpindi, close to the army headquarters, during Friday prayers and killed at least 40 people, including 10 children and some top military officials. They included Major General Bilal Umar, director-general of the Armoured Corps. There were at least four attackers who clandestinely entered the mosque and set off bombs on the first floor, apart from firing indiscriminately.

Kamal Siddiqi
Hindustan Times – December 5, 2009.

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Explosion in Peshawar market leaves 3 dead

Peshawar – December 5, 2009 – A powerful blast ripped through a busy commercial area here today killing three persons and injuring 14 others, officials said. The blast occurred at a building on University Road shortly after 11.30 a.m., sparking massive fire. A part of the three-storey building was destroyed.

PTI
The Sunday Tribune – Decemebr 6, 2009.

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Mexico clashes leave at least 14 dead

Medico City – December 6, 2009 – At least 14 people were killed in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon in clashes between the police and alleged members of the country’s powerful criminal gangs, media reported on Saturday. Two successive shootouts in the Monterrey suburb of Jaurez left 12 dead on Friday. The alleged criminals were travelling with three kidnap victims and tried to avoid a checkpoint by firing at the authorities.

DPA
The Asian Age – Decemebr 7, 2009.

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Gunmen kill 5 soldiers in attacks on peacekeepers

Cairo – December 6, 2009 – Gunmen killed five Rwandan soldiers in a series of attacks on the international peace-keeping force in Darfur, a spokesman for the mission said, marking a swift upsurge in violence in the western Sudanese region. The attacks on Friday and Saturday targeted peace-keepers from the United Nations-African Union force, which had been deployed nearly two years ago to protect civilians in Darfur-Fighting between rebels and Sudanese government.

AP
The Asian Age – Decemebr 7, 2009.

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Maoists challenge Centre, Bengal

New Delhi – December 6, 2009 – Throwing a direct challenge to both the Centre and the West Bengal government, the Maoists for the first time openly organised the foundation day of their military unit, People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army at Jangalmahal in West Midnapore district on December 2, Armed PLGA members cordoned off the entire area to counter any attack form the security forces. This has come as a major embarrassment to West Bengal’s Left Front government. Kishenji, addressing the gathering, said: “The PLGA soldiers from now onwards will protect farmers in Lalgarh and Jangalmahal.”

Sanjay Basak
The Asian Age – December 7, 2009.

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Blast kills 4 in Chhattisgarh

Raipur – December 6, 2009 – Four civilians were killed on Sunday when suspected Naxals blew up a truck in a landmine blast in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, the police said. Naxals blew up the truck near Keralapal village in the district, killing all the four persons travelling in the vehicle on the spot.

PTI
The Asian Age – December 7, 2009.

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Naxal blasts

Palamau – December 6, 2009 – Suspected Maoists, who gave a poll boycott call, blew up a poll campaign office of a JMM candidate in Jharkhand’s Bishrampur assembly constituency, the police said today. Four civilians were killed when suspected Maoists blew up a truck in a landmine blast near Keralapal village in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district today, the police said.

PTI
The Asian Age – December 7, 2009

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Maoists gun down CPM man

Midnapore – December 7, 2009 – The bullet-ridden body of Sanatan Pratihar, a CPM activist, was recovered by the police from Pingboni forest in Goaltore today, the fifth day of Shaheed Saptaha (Martyrs’ week) of the CPI-Maoist. Posters found near the found stated he had been given ‘death sentence’ for working as a police agent.

SNS
The Statesman – Decemebr 8, 2009.

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2 consecutive blasts in Sonitpur kills 2

Guwahati – Militants lobbed grenades in two markets in Sonitpur district in Upper Assam on Thursday afternoon, killing two and injuring over 35 people. The blasts within two hours of each other are believed to be a response to the recent crackdown on North-East militant leaders in Bangladesh. Unidentified assailants first struck in the Gorubandha weekly market at Missamari around 3.00 P.M. and followed it up with a blast at Rakhyoshmari near Dhekiajuli town around 6.00 P.M.

HTC
Hindustan Times – December 8, 2009

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8 kids killed in Baghdad school attack

Baghdad – December 7, 2009 – Eight children were killed and 42 wounded in a Shia district of Baghdad on Monday when a bomb exploded outside a school, the police said. The explosion occurred in Baghdad’s Sadar City slum as primary school pupils aged 6 and 12 were leaving at the end of the school day, an officer said.

Reuters
The Asian Age – December 8, 2009.

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Blasts in crowded Pak market leave 34 dead, 100 injured

Lahore – Two bomb blasts ripped through a crowded market in Lahore market on Monday, killing at least 34 people, authorities said. An officer said around 100 people were wounded. The bombings followed an attack by a suicide bomber who blew himself up outside a crowded court complex in Peshawar on Monday, killing 10 people and injuring nearly 50.

Agencies
The Indian Express – December 8, 2009.

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Blasts in Peshawar, Lahore kill 17

At least 10 people were killed and nearly 50 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a crowded court complex in Peshawar on Monday.

PTI
The Times of India – December 8, 2009.

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Maoists kill two BSF personnel in Jharkhand

Ranchi – Two BSF personnel were killed on Tuesday by Maoists in the third phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections. Maoists, who had given a call for poll boycott, fired at a BSF patrol party near the Sarsadangal forest in Dumka district, killing Head Constable Dharamvir Singh and Constable Dinesh Sharma.

PTI
The Hindu – December 9, 2009.

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Blasts rock Baghdad, 127 killed

Baghdad – Five massive vehicle-borne bombs rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 127 people and wounding hundreds others. Four of the attacks were conducted by suicide attackers driving car or minibuses, targeting key government buildings, a top security official said. One of the suicide bombers detonated his payload at an office of the finance ministry, another attacker struck at a tunnel leading to the labour ministry, and a third drove a four-wheel-drive car into a court building. A fourth suicide bomber in a car struck a police patrol in Dora, in southern Baghdad, causing 15 deaths. The interior ministry official said 127 people had been killed and 448 wounded in the bombings.

Ammar Karim/AFP
Hindustan Times – December 9, 2009.

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Maoists kill 4 CPI (M) supporters

Kolkata – Maoists killed four CPI(M) supporters at West Bengal’s Lalgarh on Wednesday night. The victims were picked up from their houses and later on their dead bodies were recovered on a road close to their Jhargram town, riddled with bullets.

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Hindustan Times – December 11, 2009

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Maoists ‘behead’ cop informer

Lucknow – December 11, 2009 – A 25-year-old man was allegedly beheaded by Maoists in Sonebhadra district on Thursday as they suspected him of being a police informer. According to police sources, a group of about 10 armed Maoists held a panchayat in Pannuganj village in Sonebhadra district after which they beheaded Shiv Prakash.

Age Correspondent
The Asian Age – December 12, 2009.

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Turkish soldiers killed in attack

Seven Turkish soldiers have been shot dead after gunmen opened fire on a military unit in northern Turkey, officials have said. According to one local television report, the soldiers were on patrol near a military outpost in a mountainous area and during foggy weather when they came under fire. The ambush came as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was preparing to meet President Barack Obama in Washington. On Sunday, one man died in clashes between police and protesters in the south-east of the country.

Email dated December 8, 2009 from Mr. Mayer Nudell, CSC, USA.

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Maoists damage police outpost in Orissa

Berhampur – Maoists damaged newly constructed building of a police outpost at Salimi under Mathili police station in Malkangiri district on Friday night. A group of about 30 Naxals and some of their supporters reached the under construction building of the police outpost and broke down a wall of the building.

Staff Reporter
The Hindu – Decemebr 13, 2009.

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Islamist ambushes kill 16 Afghan policemen

Kunduz (Afghanistan) – Decemebr 14, 2009 – Islamist gunmen stormed two police posts in the north and south of Afghanistan on Monday, killing 16 policemen and underscoring the vulnerability of local security forces. Early on Monday, militants ambushed a police post on a highway bisecting north-east Afghanistan from Kabul through Baghlan province. “Eight policemen were killed in an attack on their post,” Baghlan governor told AFP. Almost simultaneously, either other officers lost their lives in a similar attack in the province of Halmand, the heartland of Taliban revolt in the south, the interior ministry said in a statement.

AFP
The Asian Age – December 15, 2009.

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2 policemen killed in blast in Jharkhand

Two policemen were killed in a landmine blast triggered by the Maoists in western Jharkhand’s Lohardaga district on Monday. The two policemen were on a motor-cycle when the blast occurred between Banjri and Rosad village under Kisko police station.

Age Correspondent
The Asian Age – December 15, 2009.

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Pirates hijack Indian boat off Somali coast

Nairobi – December 14, 2009 – Pirates hijacked an Indian vessel off the coast of Somalia, Xinhua reported on Monday. The Indian boat was seized on Sunday but the report was received on early Monday.

IANS
The Asian Age – December 15, 2009.

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Rebels kill six in southern Thailand: police

(AFP) – 13 hours ago YALA, Thailand — Suspected Islamic insurgents have killed six civilians in a spate of attacks across Thailand's troubled south in recent days, the police said on Tuesday.

Email dated December 16, 2009 from Mr. Mayer Nudell, CSC, USA.

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Blast in Kabul diplomatic district, eight killed

Kabul – A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle outside a former vice president’s home in the heavily secured main diplomatic and governmental residential neighbourhood of the Afghan capital, killing eight people and wounding dozens.

Reuters
The Indian Express- December 16, 2009.

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Blast near Pak leader’s home, 33 killed

Islamabad – At least 33 people were killed and over 90 others injured on Tuesday when a powerful car bomb went off outside the home of a senior PML-N leader in Punjab province. The explosives were loaded in a car.

Agencies
The Indian Express – December 16, 2009.

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Indians hurt in blast

Kabul: Two Indians were injured as a suicide bomber blew up an explosives-laden car in the heavily-guarded diplomatic area of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul killing eight people on Tuesday.

Hindustan Times – December 16, 2009.

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Militants gun down girl in Keller

Srinagar – Decemebr 16, 2009 – Militants killed a 20-year-old girl Akhtar last night. A group of militants turned up at the house of Mohammad Maqbool Mir and lined up family members, official sources said. Then they called out for Sherazah and after separating him from the family, killed her by firing at her.

Tribune News Service
The Tribune – December 17, 2009.

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Hitting hard: Nepal Maoists attack convoy of minister

Kathmandu – On Friday, the Maoists attacked a convoy of the minister for energy, who however escaped unhurt. The convoy was pelted with stones during his tour of Baglung district in western Nepal and the police intervened to disperse the cadres.

 

PTI
The Times of India – December 19, 2009.

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12 killed in NWFP suicide bombing

`Peshawar/Islamabad – December 18, 2009 – Taliban militants on Friday hit Pakistan’s NWFP as a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car outside a mosque after Friday prayers at Timergarah in Dir district, killing 12 people, including a woman and two children.

PTI/Reuters
The Indian Express – December 19, 2009.

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Two policemen killed in landmine blasts

Ranchi – Two policemen were killed and two others injured in landmine blasts triggered by Maoists in West Singhbhum and Palamau district of Jharkhand on Friday.

PTI
The Hindu – December 19, 2009.

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Maoists kill 4 CPM cadres

Kolkata – December 18, 2009 – The Maoists and Maoist-backed tribal body People’s Committee Agaisnt Police Atrocities (PCPA) went berserk in the Junglemahal area, killing four (CPI(M) party members, torching three oil tankers on NH-6, a truck at Chhadra and a sponge iron factory at Jitusole on Friday.

Age Correspondent
The Asian Age – December 19, 2009.

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Maoists kill inspector in Chhattisgarh

Khammam – Maoists killed an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police at Bangapal in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Saturday at a weekly market, and a constable suffered bullet injuries in the attack.

The Hindu – December 20, 2009.

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Terrorists gun down NC activist

Srinagar – Terrorists killed two people at separate places in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district late on Friday night. Terrorists kidnapped National Conference activist, Bashir Ahmad Khan, and later killed him by slitting his throat at Dogripora in Pulwama’s Awantipora area.

Times News Network
Sunday Times of India – December 20, 2009.

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Maoists attack Orissa hydel project

Behrampur – Power generation at the Balimela hydroelectricity project in south Orissa’s Malkangiri district was disrupted following an attack by Maoists on the infrastructure of the unit on Sunday morning. About a dozen armed Maoists launched the attack at around 12.30 a.m., the police said.

Staff Reporter
The Hindu – December 21, 2009.

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Maoists attack Bengal zoo; kill scores of birds, 2 deer

Jhargram – Maoists launched a brutal assault on a zoo in Jhargram town on Saturday night, firing indiscriminately into deer and black buck enclosures, setting fire to animal cages, burning hundreds of birds and beating the beat officer and forest guards.

Sukumar Mahato
The Times of India – December 21, 2009.

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Naxals blow up school in Aurangabad

Maoists killed a college staff and blew up a school in Gaya and Aurangabad districts respectively in the last 36 hours. The bullet-ridden body of Kamlesh Kumar, an employee of Upendra Nath Verma College, who had been kidnapped on Friday, was recovered from the fields near Neota village under Imamganj police station area in Gaya district on Sunday.

TNN
The Times of India – Decemebr 21, 2009.

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Taliban storm Afghan police unit, 3 killed

Kabul – Afghan security forces killed three militants on Friday, after a group of Taliban fighters attacked a police station in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. The militants equipped with suicide vests and automatic weapons attacked a police station in the heart of Gardez city, the provincial capital of the south-eastern province of Paktika, on Monday morning.

DPA
The Asian Age – December 22, 2009.

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Clashes kill 73 Saudi security force members, official says

CNN) -- Fighting that has spilled from Yemen into Saudi Arabia has killed 73 members of the Saudi security forces since November 3, a Saudi spokesman said Tuesday. Fighting in the Saada region of northern Yemen has spilled into Saudi Arabia, forcing schools to close and sending thousands of people fleeing, the United Nations has said.

Email dated December 23, 2009, from Mr. Mayer Nudell, CSC, USA.

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3 killed in Pak blast

Peshawar – A teenage suicide bomber attacked a Pakistan journalists’ club on Tuesday, killing three people. Strapped with explosives packed with nails, the young man walked up to the gate of the press club in the northwestern city of Peshawar and blew himself up as police tried to stop him entering the building, officials said.

Agencies
Hindustan Times – December 23, 2009.

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Maoists bow up 4 schools, 1 hospital

Bhubaneswar – December 23, 2009 – Suspected Maoist rebels on Wednesday let loose a reign of terror in several tribal-dominated villages in Orissa’s Sundergarh district, blowing up four schools and one hospital. According to reports, nearly 300 armed ultras raided villages under K. Balang police station.

Age Correspondent
The Asian Age – December 24, 2009.

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Taliban blow up girls’ school

Islamabad – December 23, 2009 – Taliban militants blew up another girls’ school in Khyber area in Pakistan’s restive NWFP, officials said. Militants had packed tons of explosives at the government-run school in Bazgarah town, about 40 kms west of troubled city of Peshawar. The school building was raized to ground.

PTI
The Statesman – December 24, 2009.

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Bengal Maoists kill two CPM workers

Kolkata – December 23, 2009 - In a fresh surge of political violence, two CPM members were killed in West Midnapore on Tuesday night. Maoist posters near the bodies claimed the two were killed allegedly being police informers.

Express News Service
The Indian Express – December 24, 2009.

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Vehicles set on fire in Bihar

Sasaram – Maoists set ablaze vehicles of a private road construction firm at Badiha village in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Wednesday, the police said. Around 200 ultras stormed the office of SNP Infrastructure, confined its employees in a room and burnt the vehicles, including three roadrollers, two payloaders, and a water tanker.

PTI
The Indian Express – December 24, 2009.

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Nigeria: Another parcel bomb explosion rocks Lagos

Twenty-three years after the death of Dele Giwa, the founding editor of Newswatch Magazine, via a parcel bomb, commercial activities were temporarily stalled Tuesday on Ikorodu Road, Lagos, after an explosion rocked a nine-storey building where Superscreen Television has its offices. According to Wednesday's edition of the privately-owned Vanguard newspaper, eyewitness’ account revealed that the explosion, which was suspected to be a parcel bomb.

Email dated December 23, 2009 from Mr. Mayer Nudell, CSC, USA.

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Maoists kill three more in Lalgarh

Kolkata – Three persons were killed by suspected Maoists in two incidents in Lalgarh region of West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district since Wednesday.

Raktima
The Hindu – December 25, 2009.

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Somali pirates seize another ship

Mumbai – December 24, 2009 – Another Indian dhow MSV Nefaya with 13 Indian nationals on board was hijacked by Somali pirates on Decemebr 16, the Director General of Shipping said on Thursday. Nefaya had earlier been hijacked on July 10 and released on July 15 near Bossaso port off Somalia. The dhow Lakshmi Sagar was hijacked by pirates on December 11 and was later released on Monday, DG shipping officials said.

Dippy Vankani
The Asian Age – December 25, 2009.

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Suicide bombing in Peshawar, 5 killed

Islamabad – December 24, 2009 – At least five persons, including two policemen, were killed and several others injured on Thursday in a suicide attack in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, the police said. The blast occurred at a checkpost located near PIA (Pakistan International Airlines) building, a police official said. The attacker detonated his suicide jacked when he was stopped by policemen at the post outside the State Life Insurance Corporation building on the Mall Road in Peshawar cantonment.

Shafqat Ali/Agency outputs
The Asian Age 0 December 25, 2009.

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Woman Maoist, SOG jawan killed in gunbattle

Bhubaneswar – December 24, 2009 – A woman Maoist and a jawan of the elite-Naxalite force Special Operation Group were killed and three SOG jawans injured after a gunbattle between the two sides inside a forest at Jogipallur in Koraput district on Thursday. A group of 20-25 Maoist ultras ambushed jawans of the SOG in Jogipallur jungle when they were on a combing operation in the area, the police said.

Express News Service/PTI
The Indian Express – December 25, 2009.

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Spate of attacks in Iraq

Baghdad – December 25, 2009 – Fourteen people, including six Shiite worshippers, were killed in a spate of attacks across Iraq today. In the eastern Baghdad district of Sadr City, six people were killed and 26 others injured when a roadside bomb struck a procession to mark Ashura, defence and interior ministry officials said.

Agence France-Presse
The Statesman – December 26, 2009.

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BSF jawans injured in J&K blast

Srinagar – Decemebr 26, 2009 – Four BSF persons were injured in a powerful explosion near the international border in the Mangu Chak area of Samba sector in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Saturday, the police said. BSF officials said that the jawans were patrolling the border area when an improvised explosive device went off.

Age Correspondent
The Asian Age – December 27, 2009.

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Taliban commander dies in mosque shootout

Kabul – December 26, 2009 – A heavily armed Taliban commander was killed on Saturday during a pre-dawn shootout at a mosque in eastern Afghanistan.

Rahim Faiez/AP
The Asian Age – December 27, 2009.

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Bid to blow up US airliner

Washington – December 26, 2009 – A suspected Nigerian Al Qaeda operative today made an attempt to blow up a US airline in the air, but he was over-powered by alert passengers. The passenger, Umar Farouk Abdulmudallab, an engineering student in London, tried to ignite an incendiary device aboard the Northwest Airlines flight 253, carrying 278 passengers from Amsterdam to Detroit. The man, reportedly having links with Al Qaeda, sustained burn injuries in the failed bid. He later reportedly told interrogators that explosive powder was taped to his leg and a used a syringe to inject chemicals into it to cause an explosion on the trans-Atlantic flight. Smoke and fire erupted from his seat and co-passengers along with crew pounced on him and dragged him to the front of the plane.

PTI
The Sunday Statesman – December 27, 2009.

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Suicide attack kills 5 at Pak Shiite Mosque

Muzaffarabad – A suicide attack outside a Shiite mosque in Pakistani-administered Kashmir killed five people on Sunday. The attack in Muzaffarabad came after Pakistan put tens of thousands of security forces on alert, fearing sectarian clashes and militant attacks as millions of Shiites marked the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein. “Eighty-one people were wounded, 10 of them seriously, deputy commissioner of Pakistani-administered Kashmir told reporters.

Sajjad Qayyum/AFP
Hindustan Times – December 28, 2009.

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Terror strikes Shia gatherings in PoK, Karachi; 10 killed

Islamabad – December 27, 2009 – Two terror strikes on Sunday targeted Shia religious gatherings in the southern port city of Karachi and the capital of Pakistan, killing at least 10 people and injuring nearly 100. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives when police guards prevented him from the Pir Aam Shah Bukhari ‘imambargah’ or Shia prayer hall in PoK capital Muzaffarabad, killing 10 people and injuring 80 others. In Karachi, 20 people were injured when a bomb went off near a Shia procession in Qasba Colony area, the police said.

Rezaul H. Laskar/PTI
The Indian Express – December 28, 2009.

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Couple burnt alive by Maoists

Ranchi – December 27, 2009 – A couple was burnt alive while another member of the family was abducted after armed Maoists surrounded the Saraidihi village in the Chhatarpur area of Palamu district of Jharkhand. Maoists blew up a state run school at Birhni village in Bihars Aurangabad district in the early hours of today, the police said. Over 200 ultras surrounded the school building and detonated dynamites so blow up the school building.

SNS and PTI
The Statesman – December 28, 2009.

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Maoists set ablaze buses, mobile tower in Orissa

Bhubaneswar – December 28, 2009 – The Maoists mayhem in Orissa continued unabated as the rebels set fire to four government buses in Gajapati district and burnt down a mobile tower and a forest beat house in Malkangiri district on Sunday night on the eve of the day-long bandh in south Orissa on Monday, given in protest against the alleged police excesses against tribals. The Maoists stopped the buses of Orissa State Road Transport Corporation near Raipanka under Adaba police station of Gajapati district and set the buses on fire. Maoists also blew up a BSNL mobile-phone tower in Balimela area in Malkangiri district.

Debabrata Mohanty
The Indian Express – December 29, 2009.

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Maoists blow up school building

Aurangabad – December 29, 2009 – Armed Maoists detonated dynamites to blow up a school building at Jurati village in Bihar’s Aurangabad district early today, the police said. Around 200 ultras surrounded the school and triggered dynamite blasts.

PTI
The Tribune – December 30, 2009.

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4 CRPF jawans shot in Valley

Srinagar – December 30, 2009 – Militants on Wednesday gunned down four CRPF men in northern Kashmir’s Baramulla district, and fled with service rifles of two of the CRPF men. The attack took place on the Sopore-Bandipore highway around 2.00 p.m. when a CRPF mobile patrol was ambushed by militants at Janwara, Warpara.

Majid Jahangir
The Indian Express – December 31, 2009.

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Bombs kill 23 in Iraq, provincial Governor injured

Baghdad – Twin blasts on Wednesday killed 23 people and wounded an Iraqi provincial governor, officials said. Two bombs exploded in Anbar’s capital of Ramadi. A suicide bomber in a car caused the first blast near the provincial administration buildings. Governor Qassim al-Fahdawi was injured when he came to inspect the site and a second bomber detonated explosives.

The Indian Express – December 31, 2009.

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Maoists hit rail tracks

Kolkata – December 20, 2009 – A major train accident was averted as suspected Maoists damaged nearly 400 metres of train tracks in West Midnapore, evoking an unprecedented attack from railway minister Mamata Banerjee. A patrolling party of RPF spotted the suspected Maoists tampering with the tracks and alerted the station. This averted the derailment of Bhubaneswar-bound Purshotam Express.

Age Correspondent
The Asian Age – December 31, 2009.

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Food for Thought

To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.

Sugar Ray Robinson
(1920-1989, boxer)


If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness.

Chinese Proverb.
Courtesy: Sysman Computers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai.

 

HomeNewsletterIISSM NewsCyber Security
Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010
 

Work on super database to track terrorists starts

New Delhi – India’s biggest project to interlink nearly two-dozen databases – right from your phone and income tax records to the last time you skipped a traffic light – began on Tuesday with a tight deadline to deliver the country’s primary counter-terrorism infrastructure. That will be headed by Captain Raghu Raman, a former army man. He has to deliver the grid over the next 18 months, extendable by another six months if necessary, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on Tuesday. He added there should be no concern about loss of privacy. Firewalls and systems would be in place to ensure integrdity of the database.

Aloke Tikku
Hindustan Times – December 2, 2009

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Scouting Net for jihadi recruits

Washington – In a new trend, terror groups are turning to cyber-space to recruit cadres with the help of websites with mass appeal instead of enrolling them at mosques and community centres which are under scrutiny. The recent arrest of five American Muslim youths in Pakistan on suspicion of plotting terror attacks is an example of the new strategy adopted by the terror groups. They were lured into jihad by a Taliban recruiter who contacted one of them on popular website ‘You Tube’, The Washington Post quoted a Pakistani official as saying.

P.T.I.
Hindustan Times – December 14, 2009.

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Hackers steal S Korean-US military secrets
Seoul – South Korea’s military said on Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defence plans with the United States and may have been carried out by North Korea. The suspected hacking occurred late last month when a South Korean officer failed to remove a USB device when he switched a military computer from a restricted-access intranet to the Internet, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. The USB device contained a summary of plans for military operations by South Korean and US troops in case of war on the Korean peninsula., The Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that hackers a Chinese IP address and that North Korea is suspected of involvement.

AP Seoul
The Pioneer – December 19, 2009.

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Nuclear Attack On Nebraska US Air Force Base Foiled

Russian Space Forces are reporting to Prime Minster Putin today that the United States Air Forces’ Offutt Strategic Command Base located in Nebraska has survived a nuclear cruise missile attack directed against it after it was successfully shot down by one of the Americans particle beam weapons used to protect this most critical of US military bases. So powerful was the explosion when this attacking AGM-129A cruise missile, armed with a W80-1 variable yield nuclear warhead, was destroyed.

Note: A particle beam weapon uses an ultra high energy beam of atoms or electrons (eg., a particle beam) to damage a material target by hitting it, and thus disrupting its atomic and molecular structure

Email dated December 18, 2009 from Mr. Rakesh Goyal.

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Food for Thought

Treat your life

“Be wise in the use of time. The question in life is not how much time do we have. The question is: what shall we do with it?”

- Anna Robertson Brown

“It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

- W. Somerset Maugham

Email dated December 5, 2009 from Good Thoughts and True Words Mission.

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HomeNewsletterIISSM NewsCyber Crime
Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010
 

Beware of cyber villains

The ever-increasing dependence on the Internet in all walks of life today has thrown open new gateways for cyber villains across the globe to perpetrate a wide range of crimes. While cyber space has virtually blurred the boundaries between nations through seamless connectivity, it has also presented an opportunity to tech-savvy criminals to operate incognito.

A number of cyber crimes are hate offences or individual cases of cheating and fraud. It is relatively easy for the law enforcement agencies to trace the offenders in such cases. However, there is another anonymous category that deals in organised crimes like child pornography, hacking, identity theft, money laundering, drug trafficking and large-scale economic frauds. All these crimes generate huge sums of money without much investment.

“Cyber crime today is worth over $100 billions,” says Satheesh G. Nair, a cyber crime expert working with Truth Labs, the country’s first private forensic investigation laboratory. Referring to the infamous Nigerian e-mail scam, Mr. Nair says there are shady cyber parlours in that country which charge money from gangs for sending out nefarious e-mails in bulk offering gifts and prizes and duping the recipients into shelling out large sums of money.

These unsolicited bulk mails sent indiscriminately are called spam. This technique has become a most popular and potent tool for criminals.

Mr. Nair says a spam may contain a malicious script created by the perpetrators to gain assess to your computer’s hard-drive. “Once such a mail is opened, the script gets downloaded into the system, allowing the sender to clandestinely extract any information stored in it. This may also happen while surfing any seemingly innocuous website. For instance, a pop-up will suddenly appear on the screen seeking an action. The scripts are so designed that any action, even closing the pop-up, would eventually infect the system,” he says, adding that the perpetrators can even track mouse movements in an infected system. Once the damage is done, the system can be controlled by the perpetrator through the Internet, sitting in the remotest corner of the world.

The same way, the script attached to the spam can also “steal” e-mail addresses from an Internet account and propagate it further. Since most websites generate revenue through advertisements that are directly proportional to the number of clicks, Mr. Nair says many agencies, including those running social networking websites, might indulge in sending out spam containing invitations to a large number of people using e-mail addresses of known persons to join the network, and thus swell their membership. Many websites draft their terms and conditions for membership in such a way that they remain protected legally.

Concerned over the ramifications of the issue, veteran journalist and author M.B. Lal points out that the amount of personal data and other information that would automatically flow into the cyber coffers of a networking website and the variety of uses to which this information could be put has serious security implications. It indirectly provides access to data bases of individuals who unsuspectingly join supposedly social popular cyber networks for fun and self-education.

Nevertheless, Mr. Nair says an Internet user can secure the system using anti-spam software and intrusion detection systems that are readily available in the market. “They are available at a price ranging from Rs.700 to 2,000. Internet users should install multiple security systems for effective protection.”

Given the option, net users would also do well to tag unsolicited mails originating from a particular source as spam to block them.

Devesh K. Pandey
The Hindu – December 5, 2009.

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Videogame technology to re-create crime scenes

Live for an ideal, and that one ideal alone. Let it be so great, so strong, that there may be nothing else left in the mind: no place for anything else, no time for anything else. – Swami Vivekananda

“Uttishthata, jaagrata, praapya varaan nibodhata” – Arise, awake and stop not till the great is reached!

Email dated December 26, 2009 from Mr. Sachin Gupta.

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HomeNewsletterIISSM NewsIndustry News
Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010
   
 

Herewith a Press Release from South African Institute Of Security on Safety And Security 2010 FIFA World Cup

The recent senseless attack on the Togo football club at the CAF cup in Angola has to all intents been blown out of proportion by the international media in regard to the safety and security of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

South Africa is NOT Angola. We do not have terrorists roaming the streets. We have a sophisticated infrastructure that cannot even be compared with that of Angola.

The Safety and Security Plan for 2010 by the South African Police Service is of the highest standard ever for a World Cup and has been approved by FIFA.

The South African Police Service during the world cup will be supported by the South African National Defence Force as well as thousands of Private Security Industry Officers. Our Security Officers have a high visibility in all our major centres.

So, let us put things into the proper perspective. All safety and security contingencies have been covered in the Safety and Security Plan to ensure we all here and our overseas visitors enjoy the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

TERRY SCALLAN
FIS(SA), MSyI, AISM
CHAIRMAN
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF SECURITY

Email dated January 13, 2010 from Terry Scallan

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IISSM’s Certification Courses in 2010
Security Professional Certification (SPC)

Venue: Conference Room of IISSM Office Complex, New Delhi

Dates:
February 10-13, 2010
April 21-24, 2010
July 7-10, 2010
August 25-28, 2010
October 20-23, 2010

Who Should Attend:

  • Chiefs of Security and other senior executives in Private & Public Sector establishments.
  • Heads of Administration overseeing security & safety functions.
  • Entrepreneurs desiring to run and manage their own companies.
  • Security Consultants.
Qualification and experience criteria of the applicant:
  • A graduate from a recognised university.
  • Serving security and safety practitioners with minimum of four years’ experience in security industry.

Methodology

  • The training will be through a judicial mix of lectures, case studies, analytical discussion and practical exercises with participants.
  • The programme will be primarily based on power point presentations.
  • Relevant learning resources would be provided.


Faculty

The course faculty will be reputed security experts and practising executives with years of experience.

Course Benefits:

IISSM’s Professional Certification, highly regarded in the profession as it is, adds to the career value of security and safety practitioners. They will have more professional respect and acceptability in the competitive market for betterment of career prospects.

Certification Fee:

The registration charge for this non-residential 4-day long programme is Rs.15000/- per participant with following discount options (only one best option is available):
  • There will be a 20% discount in registration charge for valid IISSM members.
  • There will be 15% discount in registration charge for individuals registering 21 days prior to commencement of programme.
  • A group discount of 25% will be offered to companies / organisations nominating three or more participants.
For registration details, contact IISSM secretariat at:

International Institute of Security and Safety Management
Nehru Bal Samiti Complex, Masjid Moth, South Extension-II,
Near Jain Mandir, New Delhi – 110049
Tel: (011) 32495574, Fax: (011) 26256123
E-mail: helpdesk@iissm.com

Email dated Novemebr 11, 2009 from Mr. Ajai Chowdhry.

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Training Courses by Premiershield

In addition to other regular courses in Institute of Fire Safety and Security, Premiershield group are conducting eight DLP (Distance Learning Programmes) courses in partnership with CII, and these courses are IGNOU approved and certified. The exams are conducted by IGNOU, as such the successful students get IGNOU certificates. For further details, please contact: Col. Pradeep Bajaj, Director Education, Premiershield (NISSMAT and IFFS), Mobile No: 09958694210, email: pbajaj@premiershield.net

Email dated December 17, 2010 from Col., Pradeep Bajan.

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SECUREX-ASIA 2010















Email dated January 20, 2010 from Seatro International (S) Pte Ltd.

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WHAT A GOOD SECURITY CONSULTANT CAN DO FOR YOU (A – Z)

ASSESS THREATS AND ADVISE MANAGEMENT ON WHAT IS CURRENT.

BUILD BRIDGES BETWEEN SECURITY AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

CLARIFY AND RE-WRITE SECURIYT POLICIES, PROCEDURES ET AL.

DEFINE ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND MISSION STATEMENTS.

EXPEDITE SECURIYT PROJECTS.

FORECAST PROTECTION NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE.

GUIDE MANAGEMENT IN ITS SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICVES.

HELP HIRE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS.

IDENTITY PROBLEMS.

JUDGE PAST AND PRESENT PERFORMANCES.

KINDLE NEW ENTHUSIASM AND INTEREST.

LAUNCH NEW PROGRAMS BY CONDUCTING ORIENTATION MEETINGS.

MODIFY SECURITY OPERATIONS WHEN AND WHERE APPROPRIATE.  

NEGOTIATE, ON BEHALF OF MANAGEMENT FOR OPTIMUM CONTRACTS.

OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF PRESENT AND FUTURE SECURITY PROGRAMS.

PRESEENT NEW IDEAS AND STRATEGIES- STATE OF THE ART SOLUTIONS.

QUALIFY SENIOR SECURITY CANDIDATES FOR MANAGEMENT’S CONSIDERATION.

REVIEW SECURIY BUDGETS.

SUPPLEMENT THE SECURITY MANAGEMENT STAFF ON TEMPORARY BASIS.

TRAIN SECURITY EMPLOYEES.

UNCOVER UNPRODUCTIVE POLICIES, PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS.

VALIDATE EXISTING OR PLANNED ACTIVITIES.

WARN MANAGEMENT OF RISKS.

X-OUT POOR OR OBSOLETE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

YEARLY CARRY OUT SECURITY AUDIT AND REPLAN REQUIREMENTS.

ZEALOUSLY PROVIDE THE HIGHEST ORDER OF PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANC AND  GUIDANCE TO EACH CLIENT.

Email dated December 22, 2009 from Brig.(Retd.) P.N. Rao.

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Sparsh Press Release for Best Security System Award

Sparsh wins the prestigious
EFY Reader’s Choice 2009 Award for
Best Security System

Sumit Behl - Operations Manager
91- 99990-54856
info@sparshsecuritech.com

Press Release : NOIDA, UP, December 17th, 2009  

Sparsh has been awarded the prestigious EFY (Electronics For You Magazine) Reader’s Choice 2009 Award for Best Security System. This award is given to the most popular brand of the year as voted by the readers of EFY magazine. Companies competing for the coveted award included Godrej, Zicom, Alba Systems, Bosch, and Sparsh. Previous year winners include Honeywell, Alba, Sony and Zicom. Previously, Sparsh had been nominated for this award in 2005, 2007, and 2008. “This is a great honour for us and we are thankful to our customers, partners, and the industry for their support and encouragement”, says Sanjeev Sehgal, Founder & MD of Samriddhi Automations. “Our mission is to make India a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of innovative and high quality security devices. In our pursuit towards this mission, this year we have obtained RoHS, CE, EMC, and FCC certifications for our various product lines. This award recognizes our team’s hard work over the years and provides the right motivation for reaching our mission” Some of our 2009 achievements that have contributed to this award include indigenous development of mid-resolution 480 TVL and hi-resolution 540 TVL cameras, expanding range of offered cameras to 70, and launch of OmniSurv- enabling real-time video surveillance anytime, anywhere including low-bandwidth mobile networks like GPRS. In addition, this year Sparsh became the first Indian security firm to achieve CE, FCC, TUV EMC and RoHS certification for security cameras. This will enable us to expand our market reach beyond India and serve global markets as well.
For more information about Sparsh and our services,
please visit our website:
http://www.sparshsecuritech.com

Email dated December 29, 2009 from Mr. Indraneel Bose

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HomeNewsletterIISSM NewsQuestions & Answers
Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010
   
 

Questions and Answers File

After having started the Question and Answer File, we have received some questions and obtained expert comments (answers) for the benefit of al. A senior colleague, Col. (Retd.) R.S. Bhandari, General Manager, Securities and Exchange Board of India, handed over a note on “Outsourcing and Security Management “ while attending IISSM-2009. He has raised a host of issues which deserve serious consideration. Instead of obtaining comments of some select experts on the subject, we thought it better to throw open the issues raised for any friend to respond in any manner he/she would like. We shall, of course, look forward to considered opinion of our expert friends who would also see this in this Newsletter.

“OUT SOURCING & SECURITY MANAGEMENT

1. Outsourcing of services and manpower in Govt / Statutory organisations is a common practice. The physical security of such organizations is also a matter of concern. The employees of these organizations are bound by their service rules. This ensures their background check and compliance with the rganizational security policy. The same is not true in case of manpower deployed at a site by outsourced service / manpower providing agencies. The discomforts are as follows:-

(a) The service providers do not carryout thorough background check of their employees as it costs and the attrition rate. The attrition results in recurring expenditure.
(b) The security policy varies from organization to organization and is dynamic in nature. The manpower so deployed is not aware of security policy of the organization where they are deployed.
(c)The business needs of the service provider over rides the security needs of the organization which is outsourcing. Therein, all possible short cuts are taken, flouting the security drills.
(d) The outsourced services / manpower is internally controlled by different departments. The departments have their own perception about security vis a vis meeting their departmental needs from such personnel.
(e) The outsourced personnel by the very nature of their job can not be centrally made available for coaching on security procedures by a competent security professional in the organization.
(f) Impersonation of identity by using somebody else?s Entry Slip / Access Card.
(g) Proof of a person?s presence in the building in case some incident takes place / during evacuation etc.

2. So how does the organization outsourcing the services / manpower, ensure security compliance/ accountability by such personnel? These could be as under.

(a) Incorporate necessary clauses in the contract.
(b) Cause awareness of security procedures / drills through:-
  • Very regular talks.
  • Printed material being pasted on notice boards which are frequented by all, outsourced staff.
  • Providing a booklet on code of conduct by the service provider.
(c) The service provider taking an undertaking from each of its employee, to abide by the code of conduct relevant to the organization outsourcing the services / manpower. 
(d) As regards background check is concerned let Police Verification be mandatory or the organisation outsource background check services. 
(e) An outsourced person be removed in case of non compliance of security policy by the service provider at the instance of the organization. (This does not include offences for which an individual has to be dealt through the Police procedure).
(f)     Keeping attendance records in registers or electronic form for accounting & payment of compensation. 
(g)    Maintain their profile record for accounting & records purpose.
(h)    Biometric record for security & attendance purposes.

3. The above approach to tacking this aspect may throw up certain legal / labour / industrial relation issues. Therefore, how best can the security needs of an organization be met within the legal framework of outsourcing services / manpower.
4. Deliberately the existing administrative apprehensions have not been listed so as to get fresh ideas of tackling this problem judiciously in the best interest of the organization and the nation at large.
5. Sir, hope you will consider this issue worth examination, whenever convenient, not necessarily now. Regards,

Col Bhandari

Email dated December 30, 2009 from Col. R.S. Bhandari

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Food for New Year thought

"He who 'knows not' and 'knows not' he 'knows not' is a fool . Shun him"
" He who 'knows not' and 'knows' he 'knows not' is simple. Teach him"
" He who 'knows' and 'knows not' he 'knows' is asleep. Wake him"
" He who 'knows' and 'knows' he 'knows' is wise. Follow him"
CONFUCIOUS

Let me know what is he who knows, but does not want to know nor be woken up?

Email dated December 29, 2009 from Shri Hari Kak

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HomeNewsletterIISSM NewsGeneral Information
Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010
   
 

Al Qaeda Africa runs drugs?

Mali – More than two weeks after a Boeing 727 was found in Mali, West Africa, the cause of the plane’s demise is yet to be revealed, triggering questions about whether it really crashed or was torched to destroy evidence. The cargo plane had been used to transport cocaine into Africa from Latin America, probably Venezuela, that was bound for the streets of Europe. From West African coastal states, such as, Guinea-Bissau, the drugs pass through Mauritania, Mali and Niger before ending up in Libya or Egypt. From there, law enforcement officials suspect the drugs are hidden in containers on board cargo ships, which are less likely to be searched than those from Latin America.

Intelligence agencies are studying claims that the airstrip in Mali is under the control of one of Al Qaeda’s most powerful franchises, raising concerns that Africa’s burgeoning role in the cocaine trade is now funding terrorism.

Jamie Doward/The Guardian,
Hindustan Times – December 1, 2009.

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Many Chinese think India greatest security threat after US: new poll

New Delhi – Decemebr 1, 2009 – A rare opinion poll conducted in China has revealed that India is seen as the greatest security threat to its citizens after the US with 40 per cent of those who took the survey saying India poses a direct security challenge. The survey, which was conducted by Sydney-based Lowy Institute of Foreign Policy this September, is based on an opinion poll in urban and rural communities of China.

Express News Service
The Indian Express – Decemebr 2, 2009

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ULFA chairman held in Dhaka, ready to talk

New Delhi / Guwahati / Kolkata – With strong reports coming from Bangladesh that Arabinda Rajkhowa, Chairman of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), had been arrested, the government on Wednesday announced that the ULFA was expected to come forward for talks in the next few days. According to sources, Rajkhowa was picked up on Monday from the Dhaka residence in Bangladesh. Home Secretary, G.K. Pillai, and his counterpart Abdus Sobhan Sikder – who is in Delhi for talks – said, however, they did not have official confirmation of Rajkhowa’s detention.

HT Correspondent
Hindustan Times – December 3, 3009.

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30k US troops for Afghan war, exit to start in 18 months

New York – US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that he would dispatch 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan in the coming months, but he vowed to start bringing American forces home from Afghanistan in the middle of 2011, saying the United States could not afford and should not have to shoulder an “open-ended commitment”.

NYT News Service
The Times of India – December 3, 2009.

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40 pc spike in Naxal violence this year

New Delhi - In a year that saw the government plan its biggest surge of central police forces in Naxal-affected areas, Maoists have hit back hard. There was a 40 per cent increase in the number of Maoist incidents this year, pushing the violence profile of the Naxals to a new high. By October end, the Maoists were responsible for 1,817 incidents that killed 455 civilians and 287 policemen. Over the next 20 days alone they carried out more than 100 attacks that killed 30 villagers and tribals. Minister of State in the Home Ministry told Parliament on Wednesday that 1,920 incidents had been reported till November 20, 2009. Explaining the central approach, Home Minister pointed out on Wednesday that it was no use pumping in crores of rupees into areas held by Naxals if the money was going to go into naxal pockets. The government, he added, intended to use the minimum force necessary to restore the rule of law in naxal-infested areas and then deliver a heavy dose of development.

Aloke Tikku
Hindustan Times – December 4, 2009

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The Secret To Effective Time Management

The best time management lesson you can ever learn is that you cannot manage time.

No matter how many books you read or how many seminars you attend, you will never be able to gain an extra second in a day, bring back a moment that has passed, or make time move more quickly.

Despite all our best efforts to manage it, time continues to flow with complete disregard for our complex time management techniques. Does this mean that time management is a pointless exercise?

No – not at all… What it actually means is this:

What we commonly refer to as time management is not really about managing time
– It is about managing ourselves.

Here’s an example that illustrates why this is so important:

Ben was an accountant in a prestigious accounting firm who was working very long hours in order to move ahead in his career.

One night over a late dinner, his wife said, “Be careful honey, one day you’re gonna wake up and your little girl will have gone off to college and you will have missed everything.”

This comment really struck a chord with Ben. He knew he needed to spend more time at home but he didn’t know what else he could do to manage his time better. He was already utilizing his mobile phone, an electronic organizer and a calendar on his computer.

The next day, Ben chatted to his dad who advised him that effective time management was not about managing time, but rather, about managing himself.

Ben took this idea on board and instead of looking for external ways to control his time, he began to focus internally on finding better ways to manage himself.

  • Instead of spending the first twenty minutes of his day chatting with his colleagues in the tea room, he picked up a coffee on the way to work and headed straight to his desk.
  • Rather than spending the first hour of his day answering emails, he wrote down a list of the most important things he needed to achieve and immediately began working on the first task.
  • He also closed down his Internet browser so that he would not be distracted by Facebook, Twitter, or the ebay auction he was watching.
  • When printing his documents he realized he should check the print queue before walking across the office and standing around waiting for other people’s documents to be completed.

Ben was genuinely surprised by how many ways he found to improve his productivity simply by shifting his focus from managing time to managing himself. His new mantra became that he would:

Spend Quality Time at Work in Order to Spend Quantity Time at Home

With this new approach to managing himself, Ben developed the view that any time he wasted at work was time he was taking away from being with his family.

This new perspective made him more motivated and productive than ever before. By getting more done during work hours, he was able to cut down on his overtime and ultimately spend more time with his family.

So today, I’d like to encourage you to realize that while you cannot manage time – you can manage yourself.

Instead of looking for additional ways to regulate your time, turn your focus internally and look for better ways to manage yourself and your actions.

By improving the way you manage yourself, you will greatly increase your productivity. This is in turn will help you accelerate your progress towards achieving your most important life goals.


Email dated December 4, 2009 from Mr. Rakesh Goyal.

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Nepal cabinet meet at Everest base

Kathmandu – With icy winds blowing on a sunny morning, 24 of Nepal’s 27 ministers held a historic meeting at a Mount Everest base camp in Nepal’s symbolic attempt at attracting worldwide attention on the threat posed to Himalayan glaciers by global warming, a day ahead of the Copenhagen meet on climate change, and they adopted a Mount Everest Declaration announcing setting up of Gaurishankar conservation Area. “It is not a Nepali issue or the concern of countries in the Himalayan region alone. The impact of global change on the Himalayas would impact 1.3 billion people living in South Asia,” said the Prime Minister of Nepal.

Utpal Parashar
Hindustan Times – December 5, 2009.

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ULFA sticks to ‘sovereignty’

Guwahati – United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Chairman Rajib Rajkonwar @ Arabinda Rajkhowa and two others were remanded to 12 says in police custody on Saturday. Rajkhowa, ULFA deputy commander-in-chief Raju Barua and ‘sergeant’ Raja Gogoi were officially arrested earlier in the day after they declined to delink the issue of Assam’s sovereignty from peace talks.

Rahul Karmakar
Sunday Times of India – December 6, 2009.

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Maoist strike cripples Nepal

Kathmandu – A nation-wide strike on Sunday called by the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in protest against police action on squatters on government land disrupted life across the country. Office, schools and colleges and business establishments remained closed and public transport remained off roads. Protesters clashed with shopkeepers and motorists in Kathmandu and other towns. They also damaged vehicles and vandalized property.

Utpal Parashar
Hindustan Times – December 7, 2009.

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World meets to save Earth

New Delhi – “India must clearly convey it is not part of the problem, but position itself as a problem solver.” That is the advice offered by Veerabhadran Ramanathan, head of the US Climate Change Science Programme and one of the world’s premier climatologists, as the last chance to save a historic 12-year-old global agreement and the Earth from overheating. The much-awaited global meet begins on Monday.

Samar Halarnkar
Hindustan Times – December 7, 2009.

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World’s hawala king Naresh Jain held

New Delhi – Naresh Chandra Jain, the alleged head of global hawala racket of over Rs.5,000 crore, was arrested on Sunday by the Narcotics Control Bureau and the Enforcement Directorate. Jain has also been on the watch list of security agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom for his alleged links with the underworld and Al Qaeda.

Manish Tiwari
Hindustan Times – December 7, 2009.

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Rotating house that follows Sun

Sydney – An Australian couple has constructed a rotating house that can get proper light all day long by following the Sun just at the touch of a button. The octagonal home is set on a turntable and spins around a central core of plumbing and electrical fittings. The entire structure is powered by two electric engines not much bigger than a washing machine motor. Rotating is controlled using a touch panel on the wall of the living room, which can be pre-programmed or operated manually.

ANI
The Times of India – December 7, 2009.

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White House security breached 91 times

Washington – A secret report compiled by the Secret Service reveals the security surrounding America’s President has been breached at least 91 times since 1980, The Washington Post reported. A summary of the 2008 report, obtained by the leading US newspaper, contains accounts of many breaches, including a family who were allowed to the White House grounds in minivan, a man believed to be a delivery driver, and a woman previously known to Secret Service agents after she had falsely claimed a “special relationship” with Bill Clinton.

PTI
Hindustan Times – December 8, 2009.

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N-deal with Russia goes beyond 123

Moscow - Russia will continue to supply India with nuclear fuel even if India carries out a nuclear test in future, but does not favour amending the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) to grant India the status of a full-fledged nuclear weapon’ state. The civil nuclear deal signed in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday is being described as “better than the 123 agreement” that was signed with the United States because it binds Russia to carrying on supplying nuclear fuel and technology to India even if the pact is cancelled for any reason.

Arnab Mitra
Hindustan Times – December 8, 2009.

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‘Philippines expert, LTTE cadres trained Indian Maoists’

Gadchiroli – Decemebr 7, 2009 – Maoists groups in India have been known to collaborate with their counterparts across the border in Nepal and also occasionally with sympathizers elsewhere in South Asia. A senior Naxal leader who surrendered in Maharashtra last week ha claimed that a warfare expert form the Philippines visited and stayed in Bastar Naxal camp in Abujmad for about a month to train cadres, indicating the global reach of the extremist movement. “It was way back in 2001 that a man form the Philippines had come to train us in South Bastar,” Naxal leader Rainu told The Indian Express. “Also, two LTTE men had come twice for the same purpose,” he added.

Vivek Deshpande
The Indian Express – December 8, 2009.

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Don’t lose sleep over snoring, it makes heart and brain stronger

It might be frustrating for the partner, but it seems snoring is actually good for health. That’s the controversial suggestion to have emerged from a recent study on sleep apnea. The Israeli study of 600 people over the age 65 has claimed that the risk of early death in people with moderate sleeping apnea was less than half of that of people with no history of snoring, the Daily Mail reported.

Agencies
The Times of India – December 9, 2009.

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The Power of Tongue

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit. When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead. The two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all their might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop, that they were as good as dead. Finally, one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up. He fell down and died.

The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally made it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, "Did you not hear us?" The frog explained to them that he was deaf. He thought they were encouraging him the entire time.

This story teaches two lessons:
1. There is power of life and death in the tongue. An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them up and help them make it through the day.
2. A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them.

Be careful of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path. The power of words... it is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that tend to rob another of the spirit to continue in difficult times. Special is the individual who will take the time to encourage another.

Email dated December 12, 2009 from Mr. Rakesh Goyal.

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Radical Islam gaining ground in US

ashington – Long-feared by US intelligence, Muslim radicalization is gaining momentum in the US, hit by a spate of recent cases featuring youths recruited and trained overseas for jihad, analysts say. The latest case – five US nationals arrested in Pakistan on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting an attack – deepened concern that militant Islamist groups are successfully enlisting potential attackers inside the US, much as they have in Britain. “We have known for several years that Al Qaeda and its allies like Lashkar-e-Taiba have put a high priority on recruiting assets in the Pakistani communities in the US, and the UK, the rest of the world,” said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA official.

NYY News Service
The Times of India – December 12, 2009.

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Australia will try to censor the Internet

THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT has decided that the land Down Under will become the only Western Democracy to attempt to censor the Internet.

Despite warnings that the government is committing political suicide and the technology will not work, the Rudd government is insisting that filtering a blacklist of banned sites will be accurate and won't slow down the Internet.

Email dated December 15, 2009 from Mr. Mayer Nudell, CSC, USA

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Red alert: Maoists seize Kathmandu

Kathmandu – Maoists on Wednesday announced the seizure of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu declaring it as an autonomous region, after storming into heavily guarded Durbar square, in a development that could trigger a new political confrontation. Waving red flags, 5000 militant cadres forced their way into the Durbar Square city centre where their chief Prachanda declared Kathmandu valley as the Newa Autonomous State.

PTI
The Times of India – December 17, 2009

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Drug cartel “boss of bosses” killed

Mexico City – Arturo Beltran Leyva, a Mexican drug kingpin nicknamed the “boss of bosses”, has been killed in a dramatic shoot-out between cartel members and the military south of Mexico City, said the Navy. He was the third most wanted man, with a $1.5 million reward on offer for information leading to his capture.

AFP
The Hindu – December 18, 2009.

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Cancer decoded, better cures coming

New Delhi – British scientists have unlocked the genetic code of lung and skin cancers in a break-through that is expected to transform the way cancers are diagnosed and greatly improve the efficacy of their treatment in the near future. Published in the journal Nature, the study was carried out by scientists at the Welcome Scientist Sanger Institute, which was part of the international Human Genome Project that first cracked the human genome in 2003. Scientists are predicting that by 2020, all cancer patients could have their tumours analysed to find the genetic defects that drive them. The findings identified specific DNA mutations in genes that were triggered by environmental factors such as tobacco smoke, harmful chemicals or ultraviolet radiation, causing the fells to grow out of control and cause deadly tumours.

Sanchita Sharma
Hindustan Times – December 18, 2009.

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No need to count the dead, there will be more, warns Maoist leader

Kolkata – There will be killing in Lalgarh as long as the security forces stay there, according to Maoist leader Koteswara Rao @ Kishenji. “There is no need to count the deaths because there will be more. I give my word that we will stop killing if the state withdraws the joint forces from Lalgarh,” the senior Maoist leader told HT.

HT Correspondent
Hindustan Times – December 19, 2009.

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A maths model to outwit terrorists

Washington – A maths model developed by researchers can outwit terrorists by predicting the likelihood of attacks, their timing and strength. The model was developed by researchers at the University of Miami (UM). Their finding supports the belief that insurgent wars represent “fourth generation warfare” with different dynamics from conventional wars. The unified model of insurgency demonstrates that it behaves like a “soup-of-groups, with no permanent network or leaders, but with common decision-making processes,” says Mr. Neil Johnson, UM Professor of Physics and principal study investigator. This “mathematical law of war” challenges traditional ideas of insurgency based on rigid hierarchies and networks, explains Mr. Johnson.

IANS
The Asian Age – December 19, 2009.

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Climate accord at a glance for you

The following are the broad contours of the accord reached by the United States, China, India, Brazil, South Africa and several other countries at the U.N. climate talks — along with current elements in place earlier:

Emissions
The deal does not commit any nation to emission cuts beyond a general acknowledgment that global temperatures should be held along the lines agreed to by leading nations in July. There are no overall emissions targets for rich countries.

The already agreed-upon emission cuts fall far short of action needed to avoid potentially dangerous effects of climate change. These cuts are to be made by 2020:

U.S.- a 17 per cent reduction from 2005 levels (or 3-4 per cent from 1990 levels).

China- a cut of 40 to 45 per cent below “business as usual,” that is, judged against 2005 figures for energy used versus economic output.

India- 20 to 25 per cent cut from 2005 levels.

European Union-20 per cent cut from 1990, and possibly 30 per cent.

Japan- 25 per cent cut from 1990.

Verification
Countries are to list actions taken to cut global warming pollution by specific amounts.

Method is agreed upon for verifying reductions.

Developed nations already covered by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (the U.S. is not included) will have their emissions cuts monitored and will face possible sanctions if they fail to meet them.

Funding
Wealthy nations will raise $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poorer nations cope with the effects of climate change, such as droughts and floods. This is contingent on a broader agreement, including some kind of oversight to verify China’s emissions of greenhouse gases.

Short-term funding of roughly $30 billion over three years beginning in 2010 to help developing countries adapt to climate change and shift to clean energy.

AP
The Hindu – December 20, 2009.

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London warned of 26/11 return

Scotland Yard has warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style attack. In a briefing in the City of London 12 days ago, a senior detective of SO15, the Metropolitan police counter-terrorism command, said: “Mumbai is coming to London.” He added companies should anticipate a shooting and hostage-taking raid “involving small number of gunmen with handguns and improvised explosive devices:.

David Leppard
The Times of India – December 21, 2009.

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Maoists paralyse Nepal

Kathmandu – With talks with three major parties failing to end the ongoing political deadlock, Maoists in Nepal started their three-day general strike across the country on Sunday. Offices, schools and colleges and businesses in Nepal remained closed and all public transport remained off roads as Maoists blocked highways. Thousands of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (M) workers blocked roads in Kathmandu and other towns. Nearly dozen vehicles were attacked. The strike is the last part of the third phase of agitation by UCPN (M), Maoists in Nepal have taken umbrage at Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor’s comments on integration of the Maoist with the Nepal Army.

Utpal Parashar
Hindustan Times – December 21, 2009.

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Maoists’ huge cash reserves worry agencies

New Delhi – December 20, 2009 – The Maoists’ annual “extortion industry” is worth nearly Rs.1,600 crores, according to the latest estimates available with the Union Home Ministry. A significant portion of this “collection money” of the banned CPI (M) goes into “reserve funds” and “emergency expenditure”, a cause of concern for the security agencies which worry about the outfit’s immense financial backup.

Namrata Bui Ahuja
Hindustan Times – December 21, 2009.

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Philippines declares holiday truce with Maoist rebels

Manila – Decemebr 23, 2009 – Philippines security forces will unilaterally suspend army offensive against Maoist-led rebels for 60-hours over Christmas, but will maintain defences, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Manila will also observe 24-hour cease-fire on New Year, Executive Secretary told reporters. Since 1986, the government has observed a holiday ceasefire with Communist rebels as the mainly Roman Catholic state celebrates one of the world’s longest Christmas seasons.

Reuters,
The Statesman – December 24, 2009.

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NSG shops for ‘360-degree’ bulletproof vests

New Delhi – December 25, 2009 – The elite National Security Guard (NSG) is planning to procure bulletproof jackets”360-degree all round upper torso body protection”. The NSG sources said the decision was prompted by the manner in which NSG commando Havaldar Gajendra Singh was killed at Nariman House, Mumbai. The Ministry of Home Affairs is learnt to have cleared these quality requirements for bullet-proof jackets, allowing all the para-military forces to go in for similar equipment.

Raghvendra Rao
The Indian Express – December 26, 2009.

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Londonistan: Terror capital of the West

London – December 27, 2009 – Britain has now emerged as the “terror capital of the West” as whenever a major terrorist attack attempted, suspicion swings on this country, a media report said today. “For years now, Islamic extremists wanted on terror charges in their own country have taken sanctuary in Britain. Our judges say it would be cruel to send them back to their own countries, in case they are tortured,” the News of the World quoted the Editor of Spectacle, Fraser Nelson, as saying. Years ago, the CIA had a name for it “Londonistan”.

PTI
The Statesman – December 28, 2009.

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After AfPak, Yemen is Qaeda’s new hub

Washington – In the midst of two unfinished wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen. A year ago, the CIA sent some of its top field operatives with counter-terrorism experience to the country, according a former top agency official. Some of the most secret Special Operations commandos have begun training Yemeni security forces in counterterrorism tactics, senior military officers said. As American investigators sought to corroborate the claims of a 23-year-old Nigerian man that Qaeda leaders in Yemen had trained and equipped him to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines jet on Christmas Day, the plot casts a spotlight on the Obama administration’s complicated relationship with Yemen. “Yemen now becomes one of the centres of that fight,” said Sen Joseph I. Lieberman,, I-Conn., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, who visited the country in August.

Eric Schmitt & Robert F. Worth
Hindustan Times – December 29, 2009.

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25 Brit Muslims plotting to bomb Western airlines

At least 25 British-born Muslims are plotting to bomb Western airliners, the police in London have claimed. The fanatics, in five groups, are now training at secret terror camps in Yemen, The Sun quoted them. The British extremists in Yemen are in their early 20s and are due to return to the UK early in 2010. The 25 suspects, of Pakistani and Somali descent, were radicalised in UK mosques.

ANI
Hindustan Times – December 29, 2009.

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A Glass of Milk
Unknown Author

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry.

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a glass of water! She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, "how much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to accept payment for showing kindness."

He said ... "Then I thank you from my heart."

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man grew stronger. He had been ready to give up and quit, but not now.

Many years later that same young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes.

Immediately he rose from his chair and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once.

He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to her case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won and the lady fully cured.

Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge, and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She read these words ...

"Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.

Email dated December 29, 2009 from Shri Dinesh Agrawal

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Food for Thought

Think

“Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date.”

- Dale
Email dated November 10, 2009 from Good Thoughts and True Words Mission.


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Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010

IISSM-2010

As per decision of the Board of Governors of IISSM, the XXth Annual International Seminar of IISSM, IISSM-2010, will be held in New Delhi, between Diwali and Christmas (with enough intervals from either festival). The actual dates will be decided after the availability of the venue is confirmed.

The theme for IISSM-2010: “Private Security Industry in the Next Decade – Role, Responsibilities and Methodologies to Enable Business and National Security”.

For further details, contact IISSM secretariat at:

International Institute of Security and Safety Management
Nehru Bal Samiti Complex, Masjid Moth, South Extension-II,
Near Jain Mandir, New Delhi – 110049
Tel: (011) 32495574, Fax: (011) 26256123
E-mail: helpdesk@iissm.com

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What IISSM has been doing and can do

  1. IISSM conducts short-duration training courses / workshops / seminars on both tropical and customised themes.

  2. IISSM Offers Consultancy Services on security and safety management.

  3. Following professional presentations are offered at client’s location:

    1. Security Concepts Analysed
    2. Industrial Security - A Total Management Function
    3. Threat Analysis and Planning Countermeasures
    4. Industrial Security: An Investment in Profit
    5. Intelligence and Business Espionage
    6. Science and Technology in Security
    7. Information Security and Cyber Crime
    8. Industrial Security and Terrorism
    9. Industrial Security and Terrorism in Banking Industry
    10. Terrorist Threat Analysis
    11. International Terrorism: Current Trends and Status

  4. Note:
    1. Most of these presentations are suitable for both senior level non-security executives and security professionals.
    2. rofessional fees are reasonable as mutually agreed upon.
  5. ISSM also organises specific customized tailor-made training programmes to suit customer's interests.
  6. ISSM offers Professional Certification Programmes.

For details, please contact
International Institute of Security and Safety Management
Nehru Bal Samiti Campus, Masjid Moth, South Extension Part – II,
Opposite R-2 Block, New Delhi – 110049
Tel: 91-11-32495574
Email: helpdesk@iissm.com

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Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010

Walled – Israeli Society at an Impasse- by Sylvain Cypel; Other Press

The author who now lives in Paris and is the senior editor at LeMonde lived in Israel and served as a journalist.

As I read the Sunday paper today, I am reading an article about Sec. of State Clinton meeting with the Israelis and Palestinians regarding settlements and the peace process. She was trying to get them to the table and more importantly to reach a compromise. The struggle goes on. This was fresh in my mind as I completed the review on this book. This book “ Walled” goes beyond the normal historical review of the conflict. The book focuses on the history but goes beyond to the relationship between the Israelis and Palestinians or as some of the people who contributed to the book put it “ between the oppressor and the oppressed”. There is also conflict between the groups as to which of them is “the victim”. At the end of the day, each group views the other differently and believes that the other group does not share the same human values as the other; let alone different religions and cultures.

From the point of view of the author, there appears to be an ongoing demonization of the Palestinians as well as a denial of the history as how Israel was formed and its effect on the Palestinian people. “ You cannot trust an Arab”, “ The only good Arab is a dead Arab” These are some of the clichés quoted in the book is use by some Israelis. There appears to be a definite attitude of moral superiority. Sadly, I was reminded of our own tragic history in the US involving our civil rights struggle. While there were many legal obstacles to blacks getting their civil rights, there were many social “ myths” and prejudices that blacks were genetically inferior to white people, and blacks were intellectually inferior, and were all prone to criminal activity, etc. Ultimately, the civil rights laws were passed and the majority of people in America continue to assimilate. However the opposite appears to be the case in Israel. While the Palestinians may be dependent on the Israeli economy, it appears that with Israel being a “ Jewish” state, assimilation by Arabs is not part of the overall plan. The book refers to the current situation as the” Algeriazation of the Israelis “.

It seems clear that as long as both sides harbor such malice, distrust and prejudice towards each other on a personal or cultural level, they will never to be able to come to a meeting of the minds on a political level to resolve their differences. While the message in the book may be depressing , the book is one well worth reading. While most books deal with the history or the politics of the situation, this book addresses the conflict from a different perspective ; one which many of the players would probably not publically want to confront.

Email dated December 3, 2009 from ELLIOTT GROLLMAN, MAJ., MPC, USARNG ( RET.), ADJUNCT PROFFESSOR .

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Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010

Thanks Sir.

I am already in your mailing list at saibal_security@rediffmail.com since 2005. Request you to delete this mail id, as I had used it once to communicate for participation in IISSM 2009, from your data base to avoid duplication.

I will be waiting  every month to receive my news letter from IISSM, which is extreamly helpful to go through the security developments across the world during the last One Month.

Regards-

Capt. Saibal Ghosh
AXIS Bank,
Kolkata

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Dear Sir,
I had just gone through the News Letter for Dec 2009.
It is a treat to read the absorbing contents which have been put across with such a clarity...
The Report on just concluded Annual Seminar is extremely well composed.. Well done Sir..
  

Warm Regards,
Nagu Rao...

Brig (Retd) P.N.Rao, VSM,
Certified Security Consultant,
418, Lift 8, Mansarovar Heights, Phase I,
Manovikas Nagar, Tirumalgiri,
Secunderabad 500009.

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Mr. Nath

It is with great interest that I always read the newsletters.
It feels like yesterday that we here in South Africa feared attacks as is the case in India and other countries around the globe.
The changes in our country has bought great relief in this regard but we face another "terrorist" in the form of crime, that leaves as many people loosing their lives as in some war ridden countries.

Lets wish for a  more peaceful and prosperous 2010 for all humans around the world.

Kind regards and best wishes for 2010.

John Piek M.I.S (SA), AISM
National Security Risk Manager
South African Institute of Security,
South Africa.

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Dear Mr. D.C. Nath

Thanks for extending the IISSM Newsletter for DEC 09.

IISSM must be congratulated for such an informative and very useful newsletter. I enjoyed the articles and found them very useful for my knowledge on International terrorism as well as a reference for my daily working as MD of Premier Security. I don’t think there is any similar newsletter  being circulated for free with so much information and guidance for security practiseners.

Keep up the good work and you are a great source of inspiration to all of us.

Saraj Din
Managing Director

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Thank you Mr. Nath

Raj Lakha
Chief Executive,
Safety Solutions (UK) Ltd.

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31 December 2009

Dear Dhanesh,

It is amazing that you and your team could bring out such a good issue (IISSM Newsletter, Dec 2009) on time, despite the intense pre-occupation with the annual seminar. Congratulations and thanks.

With affection,

Swami
R. Swaminathan, IPS (Retd.)
Chairman, IISSM.
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Dear Shri Nath
Thanks for the newsletter for Dec.2009." A Year on we are still sitting Ducks" was  interesting but I disagree with Vir Sanghvi when he appreciates US and UK Intelligence agencies.While their agencies may be better than us there have been lapses with their functioning too. The shoot out by Major Nidal Malik Hassan, an american of jordanian descent, at Fort Hood Military base in Nov.2009 and the recent foiled attempt by Abdul Faroukh Abdul Mutallab, a Nigerian student show that the US Intelligence agencies failed to take action on intelligence available to them.Major Nidal was in touch with Islamic fundamentalist on email and Father of Abdul Muttalab had himself spoken to CIA operatives a couple of times about the possible link of his son with Al Qaeda elements.Such information was either taken lightly or there was no coordination among US Intelligence agencies.These are not small incidents and highlight that there are major flaws everywhere...only we see that the grass is greener on the other side

Suresh Mandan
USA


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Volume No. 8,   Issue No.8,   January 2010

CASE STUDY ON INDUSTRIAL SECURITY



- S. BALAMURUGAN
(Ex. Dy. Commandant, CRPF),
                                                                          Manager (Protocol & Security),
Reserve Bank of India,
Chandigarh – 160017.

As you appreciate, the word ‘Security’ came from the Latin word ‘Securus’ meaning “being free from worry or tension”. Security can thus be enumerated as an activity or group of activities through which a person or an organization can remain free from tension. Recent era faces waves of tensions both on the personal as well as on the group front owing to ‘n’ number of reasons, resulting in the mounting importance of Security in all the spheres including ‘industrial sector’- that which enjoys the lion’s share, as far as application of Security is concerned in all developing nations including India.

On the whole, Security of industrial sector assumes multifarious role because of the existence of multi-faceted industries like IT industry, Banking industry, Automobile industry, Hotel industry etc. Industrial Security can thus be defined as that portion of internal security which refers to the protection of industrial installations, resources, utilities, materials, and classified information essential to protection from loss or damage.

Since case study is a careful study of a social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) in order to determine the factors that led to its success or failure (or) a detailed intensive study of a unit, such as a corporation or a corporate division, that stresses factors contributing to its success or failure, we can substantiate the present Industrial Security scenario in our country taking into account of the cases in IT and hotel sector in particular and other sectors like banking sectors in general.

In India, the industrial and agriculture sector together comprises of more than half of its GDP which amounts to 51.16% in 1998-99 and around 50.38% in 2008-09.Thus if one perceives on the National front, it is evident that the security of Industrial sector really safeguards our economy from any kind of economic drain owing to Loopholes in security. (More so the author is experienced personally both as a Paramilitary Officer and as a Security Officer in Vital installations like VSNL at AP, Centaur Hotel at J&K, Petroleum & Oil company at Assam, IT industry at Bangalore etc. and now in Banking industry).

Taking the cases of ‘Security in Tidel Park (IT company) at Chennai’, ‘Security in five star hotels like Hotel Ista (Amritsar), Hotel Taj (Chandigarh) and ‘Security in HSBC bank in Mumbai’ an analytical study has been conducted thereby depicting the following points (a) Need for Professionalism in Industrial Security Management. (b) Application of Professionalism with the aid of a Security Consultant (c) Carrying out Security Audit and moving from ‘Classical to Neo’ Security measures. (d) Organising, Staffing and Directing security operations. (e) Emergency Preparedness and Executive protection. (f) Need for an All India Body of Industrial Security Professionals in par with International Standards.

Security set up in the cases mentioned above: The prevailing security system in Tidel Park, Hotel Ista & Taj and that the foreign Bank has its own arrangements depending upon the topographical location of the industry, number of employees of the industry, types of visitors/guests visiting their office etc Let us take the case of Hotel Security wherein we can analyse it based on the above said methods. Hotel Ista at Amritsar is a five star hotel and its security system starts much before their physical security at the gate starts. The Hotel Security Managers are responsible for everything in their hotel. Their job involves making sure guests are happy with the service, recruiting the right staff, ensuring the hotel has all the supplies and equipment it needs, and hotel security systems. It is the hotel manager's job to keep the business running smoothly and profitably. This means making the hotel welcoming, comfortable and safe, and keeping a close eye on income and expenditure.

Selecting the right security firm is crucial and hoteliers may request tenders from numerous of firms before deciding upon a company that they are confident can fulfill their brief. Hotels are perhaps more vulnerable to security breaches than other establishments: multi-access points, free-flowing traffic and large numbers of staff all contribute to this vulnerability. Because of the high volumes of traffic it is imperative that hotel security systems have the ability to identify an unauthorised intruder as early as possible. The technology is now available to reduce that risk, with fully integrated and programmable systems that are able to screen all those entering and exiting, which means that security staff are able to set the hotel's system to monitor any selected area of the hotel. Thus Professionalism plays an important role in Hotel Security Management.

Now comes the application part and the need for Security consultant on the whole. Theft prevention has rendered security safes a requirement for any hotel. The needed security afforded by hotel safes completes existing Hotel security systems. Hotel security safes offer protection of personal documents, jewelry and irreplaceable items. Hotel safes are a major advantage to any guest. Throughout history there has been an enduring need to protect irreplaceable possessions from theft and the devastating effects of fire. With technological advances, today's safes have tempered steel walls with fire-retardant material interspersed within the walls, affording a deterrent to theft and fire. Thus Hotel Ista has Godrej Company as their sole consultant as far as the “safe” management is concerned.

Then comes the importance of Security auditing. It consists of risk evaluation and risk analysis of the industry by security experts which Hostel Ista does through professional security groups like Group-4 securitas.Through constant analysis of disaster and risk creating factors the security set up under the Chief Security Officer of Hotel Ista has constantly convinced the management about the need to spend money on security.

With Integrated Security Solutions in place, Hotel Ista has moved from classical type of physical security to that of Neo-Security System wherein all the security measures like vehicle checking to personal checking has been integrated in one particular place. The baggage screening has been done at the gate in a separate chamber away from public visibility. The boom barrier, the under vehicle surveillance system has been interlinked through electronic security system. The door frame metal detector along with the hand held metal detector has been fused to get the desired result of frisking at one point itself.

As far as Close circuit television is concerned, it has been placed in key points based on the recommendations of the security review committee that which takes place constantly. There is a sink of duties between the fire safety operations and that of the Physical security, as it is evident from the lift safety operators present in an alert condition round the clock. As hotel Ista, almost Hotel Taj at Chandigarh also has similar security set up and both of these industries do have a strong disaster management plan. They do have an emergency preparedness group consisting of private security guards and volunteers from their industry.

Hotel Ista (Amritsar) and Hotel Taj (Chandigarh) has a corps of well-trained dogs which they are using for guarding, sniffing out explosives and personal protection purposes. Apart from this, both these hotels adapt computer security techniques through highly motivated computer engineers.

Thus we can summarize that in the above said cases, physical barriers like perimeter wall, fencing, perimeter lighting, watch towers, patrolling by security personnel, electronic surveillance system and intruder alarm system has been used by these hotel industries in order to strengthen their security set up. From this case study one can visualize that the future of private security whether it is hotel industry or IT industry or banking industry etc. relies purely on adapting a professional outlook towards security. The slogan for the private security industry, through the case study analysis carried out here one can opine that, is “Professionalise or Perish”.

The geo-political factors, economic factors, emerging crime scenario factors makes it a necessity for the private security agencies ‘to pull up their socks’ which is evident in the case study depicted in the above paragraphs in connection with providing a sound security set up in industrial sector also. Other than the said factors, creation of common training and laboratory facilities, formulation of code of conduct & ethics plus frequent meetings to exchange experiences will surely fill up those gaps created in the deliverance of a hi-tech security by the private security agencies in the industrial sector.

Last but not the least, it is reiterated that the followings points may be imbibed in order to curtail the loopholes created in the security of industrial sector, which has come to light through the case study report as whole: Formulate standards for recruitment of security guards, formulate training frame work for security guards, adopt unified wage structure for the industry, determine the administrative costs, create common training centres and finally a gentleman’s agreement of not snatching ‘personnel & business’ from one another.

I would conclude this case study report on industrial security with a three worded mantra for the private security agencies that are looking forward with an ardent fire in the belly to achieve the unachievable of taking over the task wholesomely from the government security forces, that is, “PREPARE, PROFESSIONALISE AND PROGRESS”.

Email dated November 30, 2009 from Mr. Balamurgan.

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Preparing for the Next Wave

There is of course a certain semantic opportunism in the claim that there has been “no terror attack” in India for more than a year after 26/11. The South Asia Terrorism Portal database tells us that there have been at least 2,197 terrorism-related fatalities across the country through year 2009 (till December 28) – with the bulk of these coming from the Maoist conflict, accounting for 977; Manipur, 415; Assam 389; and Jammu & Kashmir, 373. Obviously, “terror attack” in this interpretation refers narrowly to Pakistan-backed Islamist terrorist attacks in major urban centres outside Jammu & Kashmir – an interpretation that provides a window into the minds of those who rule India, and their attitudes to what they regard as the country’s ‘periphery’. Nevertheless, there is cause to appreciate Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s candour in admitting that the absence of even such a ‘terror attack’ must be credited largely to “dame luck” rather than any extraordinary initiatives by India’s security establishment.

Such sagacity of perspective, however, does not encumber leaderships elsewhere in the country. In Mumbai, crucially – the location of the 26/11 attacks – the administration boasted of new protocols to respond to “a nuclear, chemical or biological attack”. The fact that this was considered a subject suitable for public mention indicates a degree of unfamiliarity with reality that is, indeed, astonishing. Protocols or no protocols, the truth is that no country in the world is actually or sufficiently ‘prepared’, in any meaningful sense, to thwart or to respond to a WMD (weapon of mass destruction) attack, and for Mumbai to see fit to brag about new and untested SOPs (standard operating procedures) in this context is certainly disingenuous. Worse, virtually every intelligence and security agency in the countries targeted by Islamist terrorists now concedes not only the possibility, but, indeed, the imminence of a future catastrophic attack, potentially involving WMD technologies. In some such countries certain systems for the containment of the impact of such an attack have been put in place. There is, however, at this juncture, a comprehensive vacuum in terms of any strategy of response to such an attack. The tremendous dispersal and decentralization of Islamist terrorist forces across the world make the design of an effective, targeted, response nigh impossible, exponentially multiplying the uncertainties that would necessarily result from a catastrophic or WMD attack anywhere in the free world.

There is, in India, little comprehension of the magnitude and the evolving nature of the threat of terrorism, and this takes much of the discourse on the subject into the realm of make-believe. Administrations continue to quibble over institutional forms – a bifurcated Home Ministry, a National Counter-terrorism Centre, National Intelligence Grids, and so forth – or to focus on incremental augmentations in capacity, with little reference to the fact that contemporary terrorism has engineered a generaltional shift in the fundamental nature of warfare, and this has disempowered even the most powerful states in the world. This, indeed, is the core lesson of the current campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Notwithstanding the overwhelming technical, technological and resource superiority of US and coalition Forces in these theatres, victory remains elusive and most analysts would suggest that the US has, in fact, suffered significant reverses. It is useful to recall, crucially, that this pattern of irregular warfare, sometimes referred to as Fourth Generation Warfare (4GW), even without recourse to WMD technologies, “stands unique thus far as the only type of warfare that has defeated a superpower, and it has done so on two occasions” – in Vietnam and in Afghanistan. Contemporary terrorists use asymmetric warfare strategy and tactics within a protracted war model, and systematically elaborated over time, which seek to evade decisive engagements with a more powerful enemy, to gradually erode the political will of the enemy, rather than to control or administer territory. The essence of this method is ‘disruptive dominance’, the capacity to ensure that the stronger side – the state and its agencies – is unable to exercise the minimal functions of governance and the protection of life and property over the jurisdictions it controls. The objective is not to defeat the enemy militarily, but “to convince the enemy’s political decision makers that their strategic goals are either unachievable or too costly for the perceived benefit.” The increasingly importunate advocacy within the Indian policy establishment, of the necessity of a ‘compromise’ on Kashmir and a ‘negotiated solution’ with Pakistan, is an index of the degree to which this objective has already been consolidated.

With rare exception, India’s strategic and policy establishment continues to prepare to counter nothing more than the last terrorist attack, substantially oblivious of the continuous process of reinvention that terrorists are engaged in. Islamist terrorist ideologues and leaders, for instance, have been evolving theories of war that rely on the use of “the most deadly weapons possible”, and have created a new model aimed at drawing individuals and small groups into a ‘leaderless’ global jihad. One of the architects of this new way of warfare, Mustafa Sethmariam Nasar aka Abu Musab al-Suri, is known to have been involved in efforts in Afghanistan, during the Taliban regime, to train fighters in the use of “poisons and chemicals”. A 1,600 page document on ‘Global Islamic Resistance’, authored by Nasar, was long in circulation on the internet, and ideas such as these have been widely disseminated among Islamists and their handlers for years now.

While India continues to rely on ‘luck’ to come to terms with the fallout of a conventional attack by ten terrorists, equipped with small arms and grenades, it is useful to look at emerging projections of the potential of catastrophic terrorism, which we continue to refuse even to contemplate. Specifically, the greatest potential lies in the sphere of biological weapons which, commentators note, “have the capability to kill many more people than a nuclear attack.” One study, Dark Winter conducted in 2001, for instance, simulated a smallpox attack on three U.S. cities. In a period of 13 days, smallpox ‘spread’ to 25 states and 15 countries in several epidemiological waves, after which one-third of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who contracted the disease died. It was estimated that a fourth generation of the disease would leave 3 million infected and 1 million dead. The exercise was terminated at that time.

Terrorism is undergoing radical, generational shifts, and when this transition manifests itself in a new wave of catastrophic attacks, the resultant shocks could destroy almost all capacities of response within the target systems. Our conceptualization of counter-terrorism, however, remains trapped in the past, as we equivocate over the definition of terrorism and over ‘developmental’ and ‘political solutions’ to the global jihad. India’s security apparatus must prepare, not for the possible recurrence of another 26/11 – which currently exhausts our efforts and vision – but with the challenge of neutralizing the exponentially evolving threats of this new way of warfare.

Ajai Sahni,
Executive Director, Institute for Conflict Management
The Pioneer, December 31, 2009

Email Dated December 31, 2009 from Mr. Dinesh Agrawal.

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