Whether they’re standing guard at the 24-hour grocery store, screening your carry-on at O’Hare, or accompanying Meghan Markle and her dogs on a walk through a forest of Douglas fir trees, private security guards have been a common sight all over the world for decades. And while the private security industry has changed over the…
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Introducing TrackTik 360
TrackTik’s 360 degree approach focuses on delivering the best possible solutions and offers added value to our security organizations and their clients by building relationships with strategic partners that offer a wide range of technology solutions to extend the power of TrackTik products and help you run smarter businesses. With TrackTik’s 360 solution, you’ll be…
Switching Gears from Planning and Prevention to Pivoting
With private security companies and their teams of security officers being called upon to provide additional security and support to assist law enforcement, the security industry is quickly pivoting from planning and prevention to response.
The Changing of the Guard
In recent months, there has been a sudden shift in the demand for security services—to the point where security personnel are now, most likely, the first person you interact with when you go to supermarkets, drugstores, or hospitals. This is just one example of how frontline security has changed during the first half of 2020.…
Touchless Access System: Technology Q&A with Swiftlane CEO, Saurabh Bajaj
Even while we continue to #stayhome, we are starting to look cautiously forward to a post-pandemic world and a few technologies that may help us ease the transition back to work.
TrackTik is SOC2 Type II Security Principle Certified. Why is it Important?
This past April, TrackTik successfully met the criteria set out by the AICPA (American Institute of CPAs) to comply with SOC2 Type II Security Principles. What’s SOC2? We’re glad you asked because for us, as a security-minded organization, it’s an important step in ensuring our clients’ security.
Female Leaders on the Importance of Mentorship in the Security Industry
One thing is crystal clear: we all need mentors. From helping us make difficult business decisions to providing on-the-spot advice to shaping the trajectory of our careers, we can learn valuable lessons from our mentors. TrackTik introduces two successful women leaders who not only credit their mentors with helping them choose careers in the security…
Q & A with Rollo Davies, Front Line Security Expert
For an insider’s perspective on the evolving COVID-19 coronavirus situation, we’ve been talking to a few of our industry experts to help us better understand what’s happening on the front line while we all try to flatten the curve and #stayhome
Q & A with Jeff Young, Healthcare Security Industry Expert
To help you better understand what’s unfolding in the security world, as we all hunker down inside our homes and #stayhome, we reached out to our industry experts to get an insider’s perspective on the COVID-19 coronavirus situation. Here’s the first in our virtual “Security Q & A in the Time of Pandemic” Series with…
The Changing Role of the Security Guard during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UK
During the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, all over the world, security guards are seeing their roles change as they have been enlisted to assist the community and the government in combating the COVID-19 in what may once have been seen as non-traditional security roles.
Facts about Alarm Response and Key-Holding Services
In an industry that is constantly responding to changes in technology and evolving threats like the COVID-19 outbreak that has brought much of the world to a standstill, security service providers are challenged to keep up to date and adapt existing solutions quickly to keep their client’s property, employees, and data safe.
The Security Resources Available from our Associations in Response to COVID-19
Given the evolving situation of the COVID-19 coronavirus, TrackTik has put together a primer on the available resources from our Security Industry Associations. We will continue to provide you with additional resources as they become available.