All Entries in the "Business Security" Category
Financial Institution Disaster Planning
Is your financial institution prepared for a disaster? If so, what are your plans? If not, then what would you do in the event of a disaster? The financial industry has the most critical need for rapid continuation of essential functions. Referred to as T-Time, two days is the maximum length of time a financial [...]
Armed Robberies at Pharmaceutical stores
Over the last couple of months, a new kind of crime wave has been slowly but gradually sweeping through the United States. Armed robbers are turning their attention from convenience stores and banks to pharmaceutical stores. In a bid to keep up with their vices, drug addicts are targeting pharmacies with an aim of getting [...]
How to Prevent Shoplifting
Shoplifting is an age old vice that a majority of retail store owners have to deal with. It is estimated that shop owners lose over 1 million dollars annually as a result of shoplifting. Those who shoplift, do it for a number of reasons. What’s more is that shoplifting is a vice that covers all [...]
Non-negotiable banking documents can potentially be devastating to both the bank and the customer, if the items happen to get destroyed. And, re-constructing such items, such as checks, can and will be quite costly, if such courier deliveries do not arrival as planned. So, what is a bank courier and what do they transport? Simply [...]
Succeeding with Report Support – a must for today’s Banking
(Is the majority of your bank investigators time spent in actually gathering facts and solving cases? Almost any fraud investigator can trace a bad check or investigate credit card fraud, but can they reach far beyond the traditional scope of fraud investigation by examining control weaknesses and emphasizing loss prevention. This innovative approach will quickly [...]
How to Save Your Shop from Riots
Lots of business establishments in London and neighboring cities have been hit really hard by the ferocious rioting. Shops were burnt down and their merchandize was stolen and entrepreneurs suffered huge losses. As thousands of teenagers and young adults demonstrated in the streets of London, stores, properties and vehicles were attacked and burnt by opportunistic [...]
Employee Poaching
Employee poaching also known as talent raiding occurs when an organization employs a personnel from a rival company. More than often, employee poaching occurs in the ICT sector given then high-demand for experienced and qualified technicians. In the past, a number of tech firms had come to an agreement so as not poach each other’s [...]
Is Your Guard Properly Trained
A security guard is a person who is tasked with the responsibility of safeguarding your home, business, property or people. Over the last 10 years, private security industry has grown rapidly as more and more people come to discover their benefits. Initially many thought that security guards were just responsible for manning the main entrance [...]
Replace Your Extra security Staff with State of the Art Security Devices
Over the last 10 years, the private security industry has grown by leaps and bounds as more and more people begin to appreciate its usefulness. Other than manning and patrolling a business or a residential premise, security guards are used in several different ways such as identifying and deterring criminal activities. They also enforce law [...]
Common Business Security Measures
Business theft is a big problem, even for small businesses. Fortunately, business security measures and security systems exist to help you minimize your losses to business theft. Whether your small business security needs revolve around employee theft, retail theft of merchandise, identity theft protection, data and information security, general corporate security, or any other type [...]
Importance of Hiring a Security Staff for Your Office
A business with high volume cash transactions or high working capital needs to be protected from any damage by miscreants. In the information age it’s not just money that is important but also information that is important. Even information needs to be secured. If you are operating an online business that sells different types of [...]
How to Equip Your Security Guard
Whereas private security guards have been in existence for decades, a majority of people have only come to realize their value in recent times. In the last 10 years, the private security industry has experienced tremendous growth. Private security guards are used in several different ways other than providing security to a business premise, for [...]
Importance of Hiring a Security Staff for Your Office
A business with high volume cash transactions or high working capital needs to be protected from any damage by miscreants. In the information age it’s not just money that is important but also information that is important. Even information needs to be secured. If you are operating an online business that sells different types of [...]
INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Do you have a structured “Security Department”? If so, how is your department organized and who does your department report too? And, do you have written policies or procedures that should stand the test in a court of law, if challenged? All corporations should have a well organized and fine tuned, in-house investigative staff. And [...]
Armed Robbery on the Rise: Pharmaceutical Robberies Sweeping the U.S.
There is a new wave of armed robbery cases that is rapidly sweeping across the United States of America involving pharmacies. Frantic drug addicts as well as callous substance dealers are increasingly turning into violence as a way of meeting their growing demand for narcotic painkillers. From New York City to California, delinquents are grasping [...]