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Using technology to protect your security assets, workforce and data
In the security industry, technology is moving at lightspeed. New devices, automation, custom software, and robot and drone technology is constantly being developed, improved upon, and employed to help security guards perform routine tasks.
How TrackTik Revolutionized the Security Industry
TrackTik Software, the leading cloud-based security workforce management solution based in Montreal, Quebec, recently announced the issuance of Canadian Patent 2799170, which relates to the System and Method for Monitoring an Area Using NFC Tags.
GSX+ 2020: Lessons Learned
In this unprecedented time (oh, how we miss precedent times), we recently attended GSX+ 2020. As a workforce management software company, we were excited to be a sponsor and our team was raring to go.
The Second Wave: Quick Action Security Service Companies Can Take Now
As the UK is tightening restrictions, and people are being urged to work from home, there are some important lessons learned that the security service industry can take away from what is now referred to as the first wave of Covid-19.
Increasing Guard Safety with GPS Tracking
GPS tracking software is one of the most widely-used technologies for security service companies who rely on mobile workforces to safeguard their client sites. There are many benefits for security guards to use GPS tracking.
Top 5 Reasons You Should Attend GSX+ 2020
This year, GSX+ 2020 is a fully virtual experience that includes education sessions, a virtual exhibit hall, and tons of networking opportunities.
Back to Business: Establishing a Safe and Secure Return to the Workplace
While security organizations around the world are eager to get back to business, months of stay-at-home mandates have created a workforce who may be anxious or even reluctant to return to physical workplaces in the post-pandemic world.
What TrackTikers Have to Say: Sarah Evans, Client Success Manager
This month we sat down with TrackTik Client Success Manager Sarah Evans to talk about what a day in the life of a CSM looks like, how her job has changed during the pandemic and what makes her proud to be part of the TrackTik team.
Top Tips You Need to Know About Being a Security Manager
You’ve embarked on a career in the security space, now what? First of all, chances are that everyone took a slightly different path to get here considering that there is not a predetermined how-to in the industry.
4 Ways to Justify Your Security Budget in the New Normal
Despite the daily reminders of increased security here and around the world, justifying your security budget in the new normal may not be as easy or straightforward as it looks. Typically, security operations have been one of the most common departments scrutinized when the annual budget review comes around.
Private Security, Jonathan Wild, and Gin: A Brief History of the Private Security Industry
While the rapid growth of the private security industry is generally thought to be a twentieth-century phenomenon, the emergence of private and public policing might well be traced back to the UK of the 18th century. It’s 1730 and a pint of gin is cheaper than a pint of beer.