Black Friday Security Playbook: How Retailers Can Prevent Holiday Crime

Holiday theft prevention: A young family holiday shopping

Written By: James Hart The holiday shopping season isn’t just the most important time of year for retailers. It’s also when their risk of theft shoots up. In 2023, retailers saw a 93% jump in the average number of shoplifting incidents compared to pre-pandemic times. That’s according to a survey last year from the National…

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Why Rooftop Access Control Should Be Standard Practice at Outdoor Events

Rooftop Access Control for securing public events

Lessons Unlearned, Countermeasures Unmeasured Written By: Max Briggs, Vice President, Chesley Brown International The first rule of open-air event security sounds simple: control what you can see, and see what you can’t control. In practice, many plans still concentrate almost entirely at ground level—perimeter fencing, magnetometers, bag checks, crowd management—while leaving rooftops, upper windows, and…

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Security Solutions for Small Businesses: Safeguarding Digital Assets

Small business workers discussing digital security - Small business assets protection

Written by: James Hart Even if you don’t think your small business has any valuable information, the average cybercriminal will probably disagree. The last few years have shown that cybercrime is a threat for organizations of all sizes, even smaller companies. Their customer lists, their payment and banking information, their patents and designs — they…

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