Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based security, anticounterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced Tony Benson has been appointed Director, Risk and Security for the company. Most recently at Loomis UK, Benson has consistently brought fresh ideas, rigorous strategic thinking and leadership to a hard-scrabble UK environment which experiences approximately 77 percent of all the Cash and Valuables in Transit (CViT) robberies.
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Applied DNA Sciences,
Tony Benson, Director, Risk and Security
Applied DNA Sciences, a provider of DNA-based security, anticounterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced Tony Benson has been appointed Director, Risk and Security for the company. Most recently at Loomis UK, Benson has consistently brought fresh ideas, rigorous strategic thinking and leadership to a hard-scrabble UK environment which experiences approximately 77 percent of all the Cash and Valuables in Transit (CViT) robberies.
Tony Benson is known for being innovative and making the best use of new technological breakthroughs in 1990 he was instrumental in the deployment of biometric access control systems and groundbreaking computer software on armored trucks, which was a great success and is still used in many armored CViT vehicles.
In 2001 Benson joined Securitas. When the cash-handling arm of Securitas became a separate company known as Loomis UK, Benson was designated Risk Director.
From 2004 to 2010, Benson represented the UK British Standards Institute on the development of standards for cash degradation systems, such as cash strongboxes.
When CViT crime in the U.K. rose exponentially in 2006, Benson worked to combat the threat. Appointed Chair of the British Security Industry Association CIT Security Committee, he worked with Home Office, senior Police officials and customers.
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