The inaugural UK OSPAs were deemed an outstanding success by an elite group of well over 300 attendees.
Nick Ross, the former Crime Watch presenter hosted the event and spoke about his own views on security from his widely acclaimed book on reducing crime.
Attendees included representatives from the Romanian and Norwegian OSPAs and Andrew Woodward from Edith Cowan University the trophy sponsors who travelled from Australia just to present an award.
The judges were all in attendance and noted they had a difficult job given the high calibre of entries across categories.
The award of Lifetime Achievement went to Martin Smith MBE who said he was ‘extremely honoured’.
The other winners are:
Outstanding In House Security Manager/Director
John Reading – Director, Corporate Security & Business Protection – Jaguar Land Rover
Outstanding In House Security Team
Retail Security Team, William Hill
Outstanding Contract Security Company
Ultimate Security Services Ltd
Outstanding Security Consultant
Praemunitus Ltd; Police Capacity Building Team – Somaliland
Outstanding Customer Service Initiative
CIS Customer Experience Programme
Outstanding Security Training Initiative
HM Revenue and Customers – Think Before You Click (staff educational campaign about phishing)
Outstanding Security Installer
2020 Vision Systems
Outstanding Security Partnership
SmartWater and the Metropolitan Police Mettrace Team Partnership
Outstanding Investigator
Praemunitus Ltd; Police Capacity Building Team – Somaliland
Outstanding Cyber Security Initiative
Cambridge2Cambridge Cybersecurity Challenge – University of Cambridge
Outstanding Information Security Company
Darktrace
Outstanding Security Equipment Manufacturer
Bradbury Group Ltd
Outstanding Security Officer
Michael Foster – CIS Security
Congratulations to all the Finalists and Winners of the 2017 UK OSPAs.
