COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SECURITY

The demand for commercial and industrial security in South Africa has grown significantly in the light of the escalation of commercial crime, intrusions, organized crime and crime syndicates. The requirement for an efficient and effective security solution is paramount.

Industrial and commercial security by its very nature is different to other forms of security. A high level of perimeter security, access control, guarding, counter intelligence and risk management is required. On industrial sites, in particular, large sums of money is wasted on perimeter security hardware and guarding.

Security surveys have shown that traditional security methods are no longer effective against the level of crime currently being experienced, as criminals have worked out ways and means of breaching these systems. Corruption and intimidation of security services is evident. Crime syndicates have become professional organisations, highly skilled and lethal. The sophistication of experienced criminals, who carry out their own reconnaissance to find new ways of breaching security systems, is underestimated.