Access Control and Visitor Management

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Access Control and Visitor Management
Two essential components of your building’s security plan involve access control and visitor management.

Two essential components of your building’s security plan involve access control and visitor management. In light of recent events where armed intruders have entered commercial properties, tightening the security around your business has become even more critical. With that in mind, let’s look at how access control and visitor management work together to help make your business more secure.   (more…)

The Importance of Activity Logs

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The Importance of Activity Logs
Having your security guards complete activity logs throughout the course of each shift helps ensure that there is detailed information about any incidents or issues observed that can help you better prepare for the future.

When your team of security guards goes on patrol, they need to keep track of everything that happened in a given shift. That’s why activity logs are so crucial: they help record any significant events encountered or issues observed while performing premises rounds. (more…)

How to Ensure Parking Lot Safety

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How to Ensure Parking Lot Safety
Clear communication must exist between visitors, employees, and security personnel. This communication helps to ensure parking lot safety and reduce liability.

The parking lot is one of the important parts of any commercial property. Here, guests and visitors can store their cars while they are visiting your building and then return to it once they are done. Ensuring parking lot safety is one of the ways you can make your business more welcoming and reduce liability. (more…)

End of the School Year Security at Commercial Properties

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End of the School Year Security at Commercial Properties
As schools prepare for the end of the year and the summer vacation, increasing security around commercial properties becomes even more important.

The end of the academic year is in sight. As schools prepare for the end of the year and the summer vacation, increasing security around commercial properties becomes even more important. Here are two instances of security concerns that happen more frequently when school is not currently in session. That will require an enhanced security presence to protect commercial properties of any kind, such as malls, shopping centers, and standalone retail stores once school has let out for the summer. (more…)