With the new year upon us, let’s take a fresh look at the areas within the security guard market, especially in time and labor management, scheduling, touring, payroll, billing and human resource management, that can potentially trend in 2020. We’ll …
Two Trends to Watch in Security Workforce Management
We are less than a week away from Security Magazine’s Security 500 Report, which not only outlines the top leaders and organizations in the Security industry, but looks at common challenges and trends facing the industry and how these companies …
Halloween Security and Safety Tips
Halloween can be a fun and often exciting day of the year, where people can “let their hair down”, be creative and have a great time. However, in order to ensure security and safety in both residential and workplace environments, …
3 ways to Reduce Costs in Security Workforce Management
In the security industry, keeping your profit margins high can be a difficult task. Between juggling operational costs, competitive wages and bill rates, as well as administrative costs, the line between costs and revenue is getting thinner and thinner. There …
Newest Developments in Security Guard Technology
When most experts consider the future of security guards and the industry as a whole, images of over-automation and a robot force of security guards come to mind. But no, the future of security guards is not mechanized, but it …
5 Takeaways on Security Workforce Management from the GSX show
We are officially a week out from the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2019, and overall the show was a tremendous success. From a purely internal standpoint, it was the announcement and presence of the newly formed Trackforce Valiant, which provides …
Hurricane Season and Workforce Management – Are You Prepared?
Hurricane Season is upon us, and especially in the East Coast, this brings a host of unpredictability. Whether it’s planning for outages, potential storm damage, or securing facilities that may be compromised, the physical security industry needs to be prepared. …
Q&A with Jack Goldsborough: Security Workforce Management and Growing your Business
This past week, we conducted an amazing and informative webinar with Jack Goldsborough of Whitehaven Advisors and Jeff DiDomenico of Valiant Solutions on how to benchmark your growth in the security industry. In the webinar, Jack and Jeff talking about …
The Security Guard Industry Maturity Cycle: How to Benchmark your Growth
This is part 2 of a two-part series on the Security Market Growth Curve. You can access part one here. In our last post, we discussed the importance of understanding the changing conditions of the security guard market and the …
The Security Guard Industry Maturity Cycle: Where are you on the Growth Curve?
For the Security Guard industry, the world continues to get smaller and smaller. In the last 6 years, there has been more investment in guard companies, more mergers and acquisitions taking place than in the history of guarding. What are …