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Aug 02 2019
Protect Your Co-working Offices
By Carlos Hazbun | Virtual Guard | No Comments
How Virtual Security Can Help Protect Your Co-working Offices Co-working spaces are becoming one of today’s most popular office layout alternatives. In 2017, the number of workers who use co-working spaces stood at over 1 million globally, and the number of co-working spaces was growing at 22 percent annually. Co-working space is attractive because it [...] More
May 21 2018
Types of Retail Theft and How to Prevent Them
By Carlos Hazbun | Virtual Guard | No Comments
Types of Retail Theft and How to Prevent Them Retailers facing a mix of increasing inventory theft and declining enforcement actions are coming to rely more on retail theft prevention devices to stem their losses. U.S. retailers experience an average shrink rate of 1.44 percent, which cost the economy $48.9 billion in 2016, according to [...] More
Mar 26 2018
Virtual Security Guard Day in the Life
By Carlos Hazbun | 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
Jun 14 2017
Save Money by Switching to Technology
By Carlos Hazbun | Virtual Guard | No Comments
Save Money by Switching to Technology for Security It’s safe to say that every business has at least some level of security requirements and that every security requirement is different--depending on the client, business, or jobsite. Businesses increasingly have to make critical decisions about how to implement a security program. Whether they are large corporations [...] More
Jan 19 2017
Artificial Intelligence in Security
By Carlos Hazbun | Virtual Guard | No Comments
Artificial Intelligence Poised to Revolutionize Video Surveillance We’ve all seen it in the latest blockbuster - the security guard taken advantage of while sleeping on the job. The well-executed heist where masked bank robbers tap into the surveillance cameras to gain access to the vault. In these circumstances, the security guards don’t stand a chance [...] More
Jul 27 2016
The Future of Security Guards
By Carlos Hazbun | Virtual Guard | No Comments
The Future of Security The turn of the century brought many changes- both good and bad- along with it. Arguably one of the best changes that we have had in the past 16 years has been the development of new and ever-changing technologies such as computers, software, alarm systems, etc. Since everything has been developing [...] More
Jun 30 2016
Ultimate Tips for Car Dealership Security
By Carlos Hazbun | Virtual Guard | No Comments
Ultimate Tips for Car Dealership Security Car dealership security is a niche that was recently thrust into the spotlight due to cars being hacked. In 2014, the latest year fully available, the FBI recorded 689,527 motor vehicle thefts - about 216 per 100,000 inhabitants in a city and totaling $4.5 billion in stolen vehicles. But [...] More
Jun 30 2016
Physical vs. Virtual Guards
By Carlos Hazbun | Virtual Guard | No Comments
Physical vs Virtual Guards What is the difference between a “real” security guard on your site versus a virtual guard who monitors your properties remotely? The most important thing to know is what they have in common: Both virtual guards and on-site guards are real people. A physical security guard at your small business or [...] More