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Danger in Dubai?

2008-06-17 17:57:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Dubai could be forgiven for thinking that this is an Oasis in a peaceful desert. In reality though, they would do well to remember that this Oasis is located in the middle of a volatile region I came to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates a week ago to promote an International Executive Protection course that we are holding here later in the...
 
Tags: dubai, luxury carschop shops, sexton executive security, middle east, bright lights fool, middle, executive protection specialists, international executive protection, hill street blues
 
 
 
 
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Central Bank of the UAE reports ATM fraud to lenders

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2008-03-03 11:41:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...DUBAI, UAE on 3 March 2008 at 16:50 UAE time Also it is high time one gets to know which bank / where etc rather than wait to go to the ATM and find out your account has been 'swiped' out All the more reasons for this information to be given ASAP, considering the pathetic customer service in most banks Posted by Avikul Hemmad, Dubai, UAE on...
 
Tags: bank card details, card details, bank, bank card, atm, regular card reader, reader, customers, bank customers
 
 
 
 
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Perhaps it should be "Homeland Insecurity" in Britain.

2008-06-15 15:02:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Dubai this afternoon and surprised to hear that a second British Government official had lost Top Secret papers on the train - two in less than a week Like a lot of people, I misplace things all of the time. Sometime it can take me several minutes to find where in the house I left my car keys. There is of course a huge difference here. My...
 
Tags: security, security line, line, major wake-up call, security checker, british government official, keys, car keys, retirement plan
 
 
 
 
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In the Air: United, V Australia, Jazeera

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2008-03-31 16:09:56 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Dubai airline will upgrade its six Airbus A320 planes; 34 more A320s are on order, which will have the gear installed during manufacture. Service will launch later this year. This article notes a detail I've seen elsewhere: up to 12 voice calls can be carried at the same time. That's using the older Inmarsat system that was supposed to be...
 
Tags: time, one-time club pass, includes free wi-fi, lounge users, free, long-time t-mobile customer, airline, lounge, australia airline
 
 
 
 
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More Schneier Talks

2008-05-23 12:09:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Here's an audio of my talk at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis on March 27 And a video from my talk at the Hack-in-the-Box conference in Dubai on April 16
 
Tags: weisman art museum, hack-in-the-box conference, talk, video, minneapolis, audio, april, march, dubai
 
 
 
 
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The power of communication.

2008-06-13 17:24:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Dubai listening to the BBC and Sky news talking about the after effects of Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon treaty. That got me thinking. The only time we really ever had any problems with a client involved communicating, or a lapse on somebody's part. It is amazing how large the repercussions can be when you are talking about a whole...
 
Tags: fast irish speech, irish, irish referendum, lisbon treaty, irish slang words, importance, extreme importance, words, ireland
 
 
 
 
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Worry Over Fate Of Nuke Bomb Data

2008-06-16 10:51:59 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Dubai, Malaysia and Thailand. The blueprints are electronic and could be rapidly reproducible for creating a weapon relatively small and easy to hide, making it attractive to terrorists The revelation over the weekend that the Khan operation even had such a blueprint underscores the questions that remain about what the Pakistani metallurgist...
 
Tags: weapon, compact nuclear weapon, atomic black market, blueprints, abdul qadeer khan, pakistans nuclear-weapons program, operation, khan operation, rapidly reproducible
 
 
 
 
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How safe is "safe"?

2008-09-07 03:56:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Dubai. Yet the murder of Lebanese pop singer, Suzanne Tamim would indicate otherwise The unfortunate singer appears to have been the victm of a well orchestrated murder plot. It is believed that her killer, alleged to be a former Policeman, was paid $2 million to kill her. If the local rumours are true, then she would have had an idea that...
 
Tags: john lennon, lebanese pop singer, lennon, require personal protection, murder plot, murder, singer appears, safe, personal safety
 
 
 
 
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Female Bodyguards Get the Job Done.

2008-09-28 21:45:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Dubai are like night and day Unfortunately, if the agent does not receive proper training, they may very well fail to realise the difference. There is one type of training needed for a Hostile environment such as Iraq or Afghanistan and a completely different one for the corporate/private sector. A security contractor coming fresh out of a...
 
Tags: john sexton, sexton, lisa baldwin, baldwin, sexton executive security, middle eastern clients, clients, protection, executive protection
 
 
 
 
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"Would you feel safe with this man looking after you?

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2008-09-28 20:44:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...Dubai next month where he will not only learn first hand the Art of Personal Protection, but he will also learn about Middle Eastern Cultures, Tradition and Religion Unfortunately, there's no way of predicting how much culture we may be able to pass on to Mr. Nugent, as the course is only a little over a week long. We will also be teaching...
 
Tags: ted nugent, nugent, ted, dirty harry, deer, sir paul mccartney, mccartney, celebrity deer hunters, professional police academy