Now in their fourteenth year, the Security Excellence Awards will once again provide a superb platform for the security profession to join forces in October at London's famous Hilton Hotel on Park Lane and honour the many (and fabulous) achievements of those operating in the security management, installation/integration, consultancy and manufacturing sub-sectors (among many others).

Following the rigorous and detailed shortlisting process, the VSG finalists for the 2012 SEAs are as follows:

IT Initiative of the Year

• VSG – VSG Assure: ‘Project Hot Rod’
• VSG – The Heat Map

Security Partnering Initiative of the Year

• VSG and Westfield London

Large Security Installer of the Year

• VSG Systems

Event Security Team of the Year

• VSG – Lloyd’s of London Security Team

Security Training Initiative of the Year

• VSG – Bank of America Merrill Lynch e-Learning Portal

Contract Security Manager of the Year

• Nicky Stokes (VSG)

Contribution to Standards in the Security Sector

• VSG

The 2012 Security Excellence Awards Ceremony takes place on Wednesday 17 October.