Security Intelligence
Practical guidance from our operations team on hiring security, reducing risk and getting more from the provider you already have.
How these are written
Most security advice online is written to sell a contract. These are written for the facilities manager, events organiser, site foreman or owners corporation secretary who has to make a decision and would rather understand it first.
So they include the things a sales page leaves out: when a cheaper arrangement would cover you just as well, what a provider should be able to produce on request, and where the legal obligation sits with you rather than with us. If an article ever talks you out of buying something, it has done its job.
Your alarm is monitored. But who physically attends, how fast, and what are they allowed to do? Most business owners find out at 2am, which is th...
Read articleMost committees buy more cameras. The actual problem is usually a front door being held open, a car park with no control, and nobody on site when...
Read articleWarehouse loss is rarely a break-in. It leaves through the dock on a pallet, with paperwork, in daylight — which is why cameras alone never fix i...
Read articleThere is no single hourly rate — but there is a legal floor no compliant provider can price below. Here is that floor, what sits on top of it, an...
Read articleMost security quotes look identical on paper. These ten questions expose the difference between a provider who will turn up and one who will not.
Read articleStatic guarding costs several times more than mobile patrols. On some sites that is necessary; on others a randomised patrol achieves the same.
Read articleThe one-guard-per-100-patrons rule is a starting point, not an answer. Here is what actually drives the number on your event risk assessment.
Read articleCopper, tools and fuel disappear from Victorian building sites every night. The pattern is predictable, which is exactly why it is preventable.
Read articleRetail crime is rising across Victoria and staff bear the brunt. The fix is rarely more confrontation — it is better positioning and evidence.
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