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Jul 27 2019
9 Things to Consider Before Renewing Your Contract with Your Security Company
By Carlos Hazbun | Security | No Comments
9 Things to Consider Before Renewing Your Security Guard Company Contract Your security guard provider should be a strategic partner committed to the success of your business. If it's time to renew your contract with your current vendor or you're thinking of adding this service to your security plan, here's a look at some questions [...] More
Apr 11 2018
What Construction Companies Should Look for in a Surveillance Monitoring Service
By Carlos Hazbun | Construction Site Security, Security | No Comments
What Construction Companies Should Look for in a Surveillance Monitoring Service Construction theft and vandalism are often called the "billion dollar crime" because the industry loses roughly $1 billion per year on loss prevention. Criminals know that job sites offer a lot of potential gain in equipment and resources and therefore target them often. But [...] More
Mar 28 2018
Types of Construction Site Theft & How to Prevent Them
By Carlos Hazbun | Construction Site Security, Copper Theft, Security, Surveillance | No Comments
Types of Construction Site Theft and How to Prevent Them Construction site theft is big business, estimates of the cost of theft of construction equipment vary from about $300 million to $1 billion, with most estimates in the range of $400 million, according to the National Equipment Register's 2016 Theft Report. Targets of theft range [...] More
Mar 26 2018
Virtual Security Guard Day in the Life
By Carlos Hazbun | Monitoring, Security, Video Surveillance, Virtual Guard | No Comments
A Day in the Life of a Virtual Security Guard At 2:50 p.m., Hector Gonzalez places his lunch in his locker and clocks into his job as a virtual guard at ECAMSECURE. It was a Thursday evening, so he hopes that it would be fairly quiet on his 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. shift. He [...] More
Feb 19 2018
The History of Thermal Imaging Cameras
By Carlos Hazbun | Security, Surveillance, Thermal Cameras | No Comments
The History of Thermal Imaging Cameras Thermal imaging goes all the way back to 1800 when infrared was discovered as a form of radiation beyond red light. While infrared technology has many uses it's most notable for thermal imaging cameras. A standard camera captures the light we can see with our eyes, but a thermal [...] More
Feb 16 2018
How to Install Security Cameras to Prevent Vandalism
By Carlos Hazbun | CCTV, Security, Surveillance | No Comments
How to Install Security Cameras to Protect Them from Vandalism Security cameras can be a strong safeguard against theft, serving both as a deterrent against thieves and a tool to help law enforcement identify and capture suspects in order to recover stolen property. But experienced thieves are wary against security cameras, making them a potential [...] More
Feb 12 2018
3 Places You Should Never Install Cameras
By Carlos Hazbun | Commercial Security, Security, Video Surveillance | No Comments
Commercial Property Security: 3 Places You Should Never Install Cameras When cameras are installed on commercial or public property and used effectively (regularly monitored, made obvious and properly maintained), crime rates often decrease. However, there are some places you should never put surveillance cameras, despite the potential benefit — let's take a look. Locker and Changing [...] More
Feb 05 2018
Parking Lot Security: Dealing with Dealership Vandalism
By Carlos Hazbun | Commercial Security, Mobile Surveillance, Parking Lot Security, Remote Monitoring, Security, Surveillance, Virtual Guard | No Comments
Beyond Parking Lot Security: Dealing with Dealership Vandalism Your dealership has been vandalized. Criminals have scratched up new vehicles, smashed windows and spray painted buildings. Chances are the damage happened when no one was around, but now you're dealing with the aftermath. From improved parking lot security to calling insurance and documenting the damage, here's [...] More
Jan 31 2018
Construction Sites Stand to Lose Without Security?
By Carlos Hazbun | Builders Risk, Construction Site Security, Copper Theft, Security | No Comments
How Much Money Does the Average Construction Site Stand to Lose Without Proper Security? Construction theft has become big business. National heavy equipment theft in the U.S. increased from 11,486 reported incidents in 2013 to 11,625 in 2014, a growth of 1.2 percent, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The NICB estimates that national losses [...] More
Jan 22 2018
4 Security Solutions for Your Commercial Building
By Carlos Hazbun | Access Control, Commercial Security, Security, Surveillance | No Comments
4 Effective Security Solutions to Protect Your Commercial Building Nearly one in ten small businesses were victims of burglary in 2016, at an average loss of $8,000 per incident. The majority of these incidents occur when businesses aren’t open on nights, weekends and holidays, FBI data shows. For commercial property managers, this presents the challenge of providing reliable security [...] More