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How to be security minded

Our infrastructure – both physical and digital – faces a range of threats from terrorism, to state and commercial espionage, 'hacktivism' to criminality. Amongst others. The question is how do we guard against these threats? For those involved in the transport sector this means adopting a ‘security-minded approach'.

CIHT podcast - How to be security minded

This CIHT Podcast includes interviews with Alex Luck, Hugh Boyes and Gary Heward who all work on security or infrastructure projects that require security mindedness.
Issues discussed include physical security of transport systems and the public realm, risks associated with 'smart cities' and data aggregation and issues associated with BIM.

Useful advice

The following links provide useful advice and information:

Further information on Protective Security can be found on the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) website.
The Engineering Council has produced Guidance on security for engineers and technicians. It sets out six key principles to guide engineers and technicians in identifying, assessing, managing and communicating issues about security. These can be found on the Engineering Council website.
Cyber essentials is a government-backed, industry supported scheme to help organisations protect themselves against common cyber attacks. Further information is available here: Government’s cyber essentials and cyber essentials plus.