CPA Bulletin

16 CPA Bulletin > November 2020 www.cpa.uk.net PLANT THEFT PLANT THEFT: 1 Thefts and Frauds Since the last edition of the Bulletin, there have been two suspected fraud incidents. Once concerns a Daniel Mancinelli who claims to be based in Slough but works in Hull. The other is Mark - claiming to work for JS Construction. We had circulated a warning about him back in February. There have been 3 reported thefts - two involving Bomag Rollers, and one Thwaites 6-tonne dumper. The thefts occurred near Burnley, and in Nottingham and Leadgate respectfully. New anti-terrorism guidance for operators and drivers The Department for Transport (DfT) has issued new guidance designed to prevent terrorists obtaining access to commercial vehicles. DfT worked alongside security experts fromCounter TerrorismPolicing to create an industry-specific guidance document to help transport businesses, operators, managers, and drivers mitigate the threat of their vehicles being used in an attack. The guidance covers all aspects of vehicle and site security, including a handy 10-point checklist for vehicle security for commercial drivers, which will help prevent crime and acts of terrorism, protect an organisation’s reputation, and keep everyone safer. The guidance can be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-guidance-for-goods-vehicle New prospective CPA Member So-Trak recovers a Bomag 120 Roller On Saturday 10th October 2020, So-Trak alerted one of their customers that a machine was being used ‘out of hours’. With police assistance, So-Trak immediately recovered it from a trading estate two miles away from its original location. First ‘CESAR Champion Award’ is Presented The recently announced CEA’s ‘CESAR Champion Award’ for police officers has had its first recipient. The winner of the first of the exclusive pin badges is Detective Constable (DC) Chris Piggott who is attached to the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS). Chris had completed over 200 machine checks on the CESAR (the Construction & Agricultural Equipment Security and Registration) database to help identify suspected stolen machines. Cybersecurity breach sackings during COVID-19 It has recently been reported that 39% of UK companies have dismissed staff due to them breaching the company’s cyber security policy since the COVID-19 outbreak began. In addition, 65% of companies have made substantial changes to their existing cyber security policy in light of COVID-19, and staff who work from home. Regrettably however, 58% of companies believed that their staff would attempt to circumvent the company’s security practices when working from home. To avoid unnecessary breaches of policy, over half the companies are implementing additional methods, e.g. fingerprint and facial recognition to ensure employee authentication. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has produced an in-depth report on managing cybersecurity during COVID-19, and this can be found at https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/impact-of-covid-19-on-cyber-security.pdf