We are pleased to be supporting an IFSEC webinar on the new “Martyn’s Law Protect Duty” with our our partner Peoplesafe.
With the recently published Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, also known as Martyn’s Law, the government have finally started to outline what is expected of Publicly Accessible Locations (PALs). Organising a response and communicating clearly was one of the key issues outlined in the enquiry and is now part of the draft bill.
Communicating across an organisation to ensure the command teams are mobilised quickly and effectively is a vital part to reacting well to a crisis, as is getting the right type of communication to every level of your organisation. With clearer outlines in this draft bill on what is expected by PALs, it is now something that will come more into focus for all those affected by this forthcoming legislation.
When you attend this webinar, you will learn:
- The key expectations from the draft bill
- What the bill expects from PALs with regard to communication
- How to mobilise and communicate to different response levels across an organisation
- How to ensure all communications are clear and consistent
- Ways to audit communications
- Best practice from a real-life case study
Please use this link to register: https://www.ifsecglobal.com/resources-1/webinar-preparing-for-the-terrorism-protection-of-premises-bill-the-role-of-critical-communications/
If you are unable to attend but would like to discuss this subject further, please click here.
During 2022 Callmy were also awarded G Cloud 13 supplier status, which is helping to support the digital transformation of the UK Public Sector.
The G-Cloud framework first opened in 2012 and has now reached its 13th iteration – G-Cloud 13. This latest iteration very recently went live for all suppliers and buyers.
It’s come a long way since its humble beginnings, and even between G-Cloud 11 and 12 we’ve seen progress and positive change to procurement with the framework. There have been 12 calls for contract, so far, in which suppliers were able to list their services on G-Cloud.
You will find Callmy Alert’s services via Lot 2 and please use the links below to access all the details required to procure our services and preferential price packages for the Higher Education sector:
Callmy Alert Mass Notification
Callmy Alert Lone Working
” As well as providing our customers with options to procure Callmy Alert either directly, or from one of our resellers“, commented Tony Watson Founder and CEO of Callmy, “G-Cloud 13 also enables the UK Public Sector to access preferential pricing and terms, to simplify the procurement process. With the advent of the new Protect Duty, and the need to deliver staff safety being more important than ever, we hope G-Cloud will continue to be a useful option“.
About Callmy. Callmy are a UK based technology company who specialise in the development and secure delivery of a mass notification service with integrated personal safety applications. Founded in 2014, the company has developed its capabilities which are deployed in some of the country’s leading financial institutions, the NHS, Central and Local Government, the education sector and various commercial organisations.
Please contact us if you would like to discuss your requirements for mass notification, BS8484 certified lone working security and the delivery of personal safety.
Callmy recently supported their partner, Kings Secure Technologies, at an event which introduced their customers to the benefits of cloud based security solutions.
Callmy presented solutions for lone working security and mass notification – these are both essential to help organisations comply with Health & Safety legislation, the new Protect Duty and the BS22301 standard – BusinessContinuity Management.
The audience heard how Callmy’s cloud based technology can be deployed securely and managed at scale, with the added benefit of a 24×7 monitoring being provided by Kings – the end-to-end capability is also BS8484:2022 certified.
The Callmy Kings partnership is now delivering benefits to organisations in Government, Education, the NHS and commercial sectors.
On Monday 19 December 2022, the Government announced details for the Protect Duty, now to be known as ‘Martyn’s Law’ in tribute of Martyn Hett, who was killed alongside 21 others in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack in 2017.
It will place a requirement on those responsible for certain locations to consider the threat from terrorism and implement appropriate and proportionate mitigation measures.
The legislation will ensure parties are prepared, ready to respond and know what to do in the event of an attack. Better protection will be delivered through enhanced security systems, staff training, and clearer processes.
A driving factor behind the proposal is the fact that counter terrorism security efforts often fall in the pecking order when compared to other, legally required, activities. Plus, during the consultation, 7 in 10 respondents agreed that ‘those responsible for publicly accessible locations should take appropriate and proportionate measures to protect the public from attacks.’
In this article we provide some practical information on what organisations may need to consider when drafting a plan to meet the requirements of the new Protect Duty.
Background
After a terrorist suicide bomb attack in the lobby of an arena in Manchester in 2017, several inquiries highlighted a range of security-related failings. As a result of both official findings and public pressure, heroically led by the mother of one of the 22 victims, Figen Murray OBE, a public consultation and pending draft legislation will put some responsibilities for terrorism security onto organisations who own and operate publicly assessable locations (PALs).
Callmy are pleased to announce they are now a partner with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the UK’s pioneering personal safety charity and leading stalking authority, established in 1986, following the disappearance of 25-year-old Suzy Lamplugh, an estate agent and lone worker who went to meet a client and never returned. Suzy was never found and eventually declared deceased after seven years in 1993.
Suzy Lamplugh Trust is widely regarded as a field expert in lone-working and personal safety training, stalking training, as well as consultancy, campaigning, and support services. It has a long history of working within the Violence Against Women and Girls sector,
COUGAR MONITORING LTD ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH CALLMY
29 July 2021 – Kings Secure Technologies group company, Cougar Monitoring Ltd has announced it has signed a strategic partnership with leading provider of secure app-based lone working and mass notification services, Callmy. The partnership allows Cougar to extend its service capability by offering Callmy’s full portfolio of lone working and mass notification services to its clients.
The partnership opens up a new and innovative solution to Cougar’s clients, who range from the Health, Logistics, Education, Finance and Retail sectors. Clients are now able to reinforce their response to business continuity events, Health & Safety compliance, civil contingencies and aid their organisational resilience using Callmy Alert as a means of emergency communication. Applications include:
Callmy announce they are now an integration partner with Monitor Computer Systems
Monitor Computer Systems Ltd has been a premier supplier of the Sentinel alarm monitoring system to the UK and international markets since its founding in 1984. Their customers include major security companies, local authorities, telecoms companies, financial institutions and police authorities.
Sentinel has the ability to simultaneously monitor an organisation’s security equipment and systems, providing single point of management and control. Currently around 600,000 live signalling systems are monitored to the relevant British, European and US standards with software provided by Monitor Computer Systems.
The Callmy Alert SOS service is part of this portfolio and will offer Sentinel users the ability to triage Callmy Alert SOS activations and provide a new managed service option for our Lone Working capability.
The Callmy Alert personal SOS app enables organisations to comply with Health and Safety legislation whilst also looking after the wellbeing and welfare of their staff. The app is a great alternative to hardware based solutions and has the scope to introduce significant cost savings too!
Users can set a timer, in the app, that automatically activates their SOS alert if it is not cancelled. Alternatively, users can manually activate their Callmy Alert SOS if they are in a dangerous situation.
The activation instantly notifies a response team who can view the user’s contact details and locate them via their precise GPS coordinates. The end user can also be tracked to help direct security staff or the emergency services.
Additionally, the response team can access the microphone on the end users device, whilst the SOS is active, to listen to ambient noise at the scene – this helps to mobilise the most appropriate response.
All SOS usage and activation data is securely stored for audit and evidential purposes.
Being a global provider of pioneering engineering, research and test services to the automotive, defence, aerospace and rail sectors, HORIBA MIRA know the importance of emergency planning and preparedness.
With this in mind Callmy Alert was put to the test during an exercise, which involved HORIBA MIRA staff and a joint response from the West Midlands Fire and Ambulance services.
The test scenario was based around a vehicle accident on HORIBA MIRA’s proving ground and as this extends to some 100km is a challenging event to plan for.
Callmy Alert was used to help mobilise key responders and escalate communication to Bronze and Silver teams. Emergency messages were sent from emergency control directly to the Callmy Alert app. As the app is reserved for urgent situations, an open rate of 86% was achieved within a few minutes of sending – faster and more secure than email, WhatsApp or SMS and delivered with a complete audit trail via the Callmy Alert Management Portal.
HORIBA MIRA are now looking to use their Callmy Alert service to contact and locate first aiders, as well as deploying the desktop version of the app, to deliver urgent messages to locations where mobile phone use is not permitted.