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What Is Physical Security?
It is extremely important for all businesses or anyone to consider physical security, as physical security such as security guards can help protect a business and people away from any potential security threats.
What Is Airport Security?
linkedinyoutubeinstagramtiktokfacebooktwitterAirport security is something we all must experience when we travel by plane. While it can be seen to be as unnecessary, it is an essential part of...
What Should I do if My Car Keys are Stolen?
linkedinyoutubeinstagramtiktokfacebooktwitterCar key burglary is when someone breaks into your home with the specific intention of taking your car keys to then steal your car. This is known as a...
What is a Citizen’s Arrest? – When to Perform a Citizen’s Arrest
We’ve all heard of a citizen’s arrest, but what does it mean? We’re going to answer that and other questions that surround citizen’s arrests in the UK.
How To Create A Security Risk Assessment?
Crime rates in the UK are increasing. Last year there was a 12% increase in total crime. It should be a high priority for any company to make sure that their business is well protected and that they have no onsite security weaknesses.
Terrorism in the UK – Are We Safe from a Terrorist Attack?
We can see there has been an overall decrease of incidents of terrorism over time, with some spikes occurring in the data. This is due to an increased awareness of the threat as well as governments across the world investing more resources into counter terrorism measures and security.
It is still something that effects our day to day lives and is always a risk. So, what are we doing to stay as safe as possible?
5 Physical Security Incidents And How To Avoid Them
Every company wants to make sure that their business is safe 100% of the time. However, sometimes this isn’t possible due to security incidents happening. A security incident is when an event has taken place that has caused a breach of safety in a company or a business.
How to Secure Your Garden
Spring is quickly approaching which means those of us with green thumbs are eager to get back into their gardens and prepare for the upcoming season. For many people gardens provide peace, relaxation, and a way to destress from their day to day.
How To Report A Security Incident?
A security incident is where there is a breach in a company’s security whether that be a physical location, system,s or data. This breach means that the company is compromised as the security measures that were in place to protect it have not worked.
Guide on Safety Signs
Safety signs are symbols and pictures that are used to highlight safety issues, which will warn workers in security sites and other industries about hazards that they need to be aware of. This ensures that they take the appropriate level of caution.
Top 10 Tips To Traveling Safely
Are you planning to travel abroad? Or maybe, you are in a new city because of a job opportunity. Being around unfamiliar faces as you travel or when you explore a new place can be daunting. If you aren’t careful, you can become a target for local crime. It is in these situations where travel safety becomes vital.
10 Tips on Staying Safe in the Dark
If you have a night shift at your job or you are taking evening classes at your local college, walking in the dark can be scary. As the sun sets, that’s the perfect time for crime as around 61% of violent crime in England and Wales happens at night.
Everyone is wary about walking alone, especially when the skies turn dark. Even the flickering lamp posts tend to scare us.
Top 10 Personal Safety Tips
In England and Wales last year there was a crime rate of 1,000 per population. Given how the crime rate has escalated, it only makes sense to watch out for yourself. It is extremely important to protect yourself as best as you can against any potential threats such as robbers, thieves, and kidnappers. Ironically, technology now has made it both easy and tricky to watch out for yourself.
Top 13 Home Security Products
It’s difficult not to be concerned about the safety of your home. People are spending more time at home recently since the increase of people working from home. Last year, in the UK alone around 8.4 million people were working from home. It is more important now to protect your valuables such as computers, tech, and sentimental goods. But what are the top home security products to keep you, your family, and your belongings safe in 2021?
How To Keep Your House Secure When You’re Away
34% of burglars enter homes through the front door, 60% of burglars admit that the presence of a security system deterred them and 87% of burglaries are considered preventable. With these figures in mind, having a security system in place to protect your home is an obvious advantage when trying to keep your home, family, and belongings safe. Today we are taking a look at how to keep your house secure when you’re away.
6 Vehicle Security Tips
Nobody wants to have their vehicle vandalized, stolen from, or otherwise messed with. In the UK, there has been 89.4 thousand motor vehicle thefts recorded since last year. So, it’s clear to see that there is a need for vehicle protection. That’s why today we are showing you what our favourite gadgets and gizmos are for securing your vehicle, and our own vehicle security tips list!
How To Keep Your Dog Safe
Dogs are integral parts of the families that have them, in fact, it has been scientifically proven that spending time with dogs increases your levels of oxytocin, the “love hormone”. However, whilst owning and playing with a dog is all fun and games, there are often times you might have to leave them for work, to socialise or simply pick up groceries. How do you know in that time that they are safe and secure, for a lot of us, locking up our dogs just doesn’t seem right so today we are bringing you 8 tips on how to keep your dog safe!
3 Ways to Boost the Safety of Your Backyard
Photo by Skylar Kang from PexelsSummer’s here and it’s time to turn your backyard into an oasis of privacy and fun. Like anything that’s been left to its own devices for months, your backyard will...
5 Tips On How Physical Security Can Improve Your Cyber Security
Many may believe that physical security and cyber security are two independent entities. However, the two are closely connected. Cracking down on physical security such as CCTV, alarms, locks, etc....
Building Security: Ways to Secure Your Property
Building Security: Ways To Secure Your Property With the rapidly increasing theft and crimes happening these days, every property or building must always find ways to be secured. Yes, a property or...
SIA Licence Renewal: Our Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km7IIxyvSgE Who are the SIA? The SIA are the Security Industry Authority and they are responsible for regulating the private security sector throughout the United...
Returning to University? 5 Tips on How to Stay Safe & Secure
2020 has been a difficult year for everyone; the villainous virus has changed the lives of many people across the globe, particularly adolescents. Students across the UK have struggled with their...
How To Become A Security Guard In 2022: Our Guide
Crime rates are currently increasing throughout the UK and security guards are in high demand; businesses are desperate to protect their valuable stock and employees.
“Knife Crime Is Rapidly Increasing; 4 Tips on How to Stay Safe in 2020”
In March 2019, knife crime in the UK reached a decade high; the ONS has revealed that recordings of crimes involving sharp instruments are at their highest since the year 2010. Unfortunately, many...
In-House or Outsourced Security?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] All businesses suffer from the effects of crime regardless of the industry, type or size of the organisation. The cost of the impact of crime to a business can...
Why Security is So Important in Student Accommodation
What Crimes Affect Student Accommodation? Due to the lifestyle of students it may come as no surprise that they sadly become prime targets for criminals and thieves with around 1/3 of students...
How To Stay Safe On A Night Out – Both Guards and Guests
Going out to pubs, clubs, and bars at night is supposed to be fun, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t take small actions to protect yourself and others. For those working as security on nights out, the pressure is on to make the right call to keep everyone out of harm’s way including themselves.
How and Why You Need to Change Security Company
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Having security in place is necessary for any business or organisation with property they want to protect and people they want to feel safe. For some business’s...
Keeping Hotels Safe from Theft, Vandalism and Other Threats
Hotels often have a large amount of different people entering their premises and using the services within their establishment. This makes it difficult for the hotel's staff to keep an eye out for...
5 Physical Security Tips For Businesses
Physical security is of high importance to ensure that your business does not become a victim. Physical security can be done cheaply and efficiently with great results.
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