The inclusion of an Electronic Visitor Management (EVM) solution is key in any comprehensive security program that focuses on identity management and tracking all persons accessing a facility. EVM solutions allow security staff to maintain a record of all persons entering and leaving a facility who do not have an access credential assigned to them. Such persons can include service technicians, interviewees, visitors on facility tours, single or multi-day event rentals, etc. For a number of …
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Condominium Security – Evolving Risks and Technology
Safety and security concerns for condo and apartment buildings are under a huge strain to maintain control and security of their occupants. With a constant parade of residents, visitors, repair people, domestic help, mail carriers, and the popularity of third-party services, such as i.e. UberEats, Skip-the-dishes, and Amazon delivering directly to internal unit doors, is opening up newer vulnerabilities to your security infrastructure. An added issue that we are seeing is a growing number of …
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Sniffing Out Internal Crime
Crime prevention can be defined as strategies and measures that seek to reduce the risk of crimes occurring, and their potential harmful effects on individuals, corporations and society, including fear of crime, by intervening to minimize or eliminate their multiple causes. The theory behind crime prevention does not focus on the cause of criminal behaviour, but more on the reduction and discovery of the opportunity of a criminal act. Crime prevention programs, concepts and tactics are used …
Getting Value for Your Money
An experienced security consultant can justify the expense of his or her expertise. Over my 12-year consulting career, I have always told clients that our firm’s value proposition is “Cost Justified Security Management Consulting Services.” Security management consultation provides the end-user specialization in the design and implementation of asset protection strategies that include technical-, mechanical- and procedural-based advice resulting in return-on-investment (ROI) opportunities …
Guarding Against Risk
The time to manage it is before harm happens. A risk management program can supply your business with the tools it needs to ensure short-term changes have long-term success. Risk assessment (identifying potential threats) and risk control (identifying means to reduce post-threat loss) combined with the right security experience, intuition, and good management skills will result in a successful risk management program. Unsuccessful risk management comes in many forms. For example, when …
Trust is Job One
Success is measured in your perceived value to the client I launched my consulting practice in 1999 and, oddly enough, my perception of the role of a consultant has not altered over the years. A consultant is a specialist who provides advice on a specific technology, skill set, subject, tactic, scenario, situation, standard or methodology. What has changed drastically over the last 12 years are customers’ expectations and the value of the term “consultant.” In today’s professional …
