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Why Do Religious Institutions Need Strong Security Systems?
Houses of worship are sanctuaries for believers; places of peace and reflection where individuals can find common ground. Sadly, they have increasingly become targeted by malicious forces. As such, religious institutions need strong security systems and should invest...
Access Control, Door Entry Systems, and Other Safeguards to Implement Before Spring
Knock-knock. It’s your favorite door entry systems installer. Have you followed through with your resolution to implement better business safeguards this year? We have some door entry systems to implement that will take your security to another level. For business...
National Security Trends for a New Year (and Why SCIFS are More Important Than Ever)
Another year, another list of national security trends. But did anyone have robot security guards on their 2023 BINGO card? (We did.) Here are just a few of the top contenders to keep an eye on in the new year: Building a better safe house: Multi-layered solutions...
Does Your Vendor Offer Nationwide Security Solutions?
Security is essential for businesses of any size. And collaborating with a vendor that offers nationwide security solutions is particularly invaluable for companies with multiple locations or organizations looking to expand. Does your security vendor offer national...
3 Commercial Security Resolutions You’ll Want to Keep Next Year
Should old security systems be forgot(ten) and never brought to mind? Here at Secom, we’re not that hasty. As a matter of fact, we take pride in working with our customers’ existing systems and finding ways to optimize safeguards and improve coverage with today’s...
How Government Sound Masking Solutions Provide a Silent Night, Every Night
All together now: “I’m dreaming of a white (noise) Christmas…” We’ll work on it. Distributed using hidden speakers, government sound masking solutions add ambient noise to a room, making it seem somehow quieter. Colloquially called “white noise” or “pink noise,” this...
How a Free Vulnerability Site Assessment Can Improve Your Security
When was the last time your business or organization conducted a vulnerability site assessment? If you hesitated to think – you have an important phone call to make. Emergencies arise without warning, and there is often no time to think during a crisis. Identifying...
How Responsive Security Service Can Make the Holidays Bright (and Safe)
The Secom team is pretty jolly, no doubt about it. We’re regularly climbing up on rooftops (to place surveillance cameras), and, sure, some of us have a nasty cookie habit. But the biggest similarity between us and good, old St. Nick? We’re often in a bunch of...
3 Ways SCIF Installation Experts Ensure FSOs Get Home for the Holidays
The holidays are here, and across the country, travel plans are being made as people head home for family, fellowship, and a piece of pumpkin pie. But Top Secrets never take a day off. And Facility Security Officers are charged with the safekeeping of the facilities...
10 Action Items to Implement Today to Create a Safer School Community
Is your administration doing everything possible to create a safer school community for its students, staff, and guests? It’s a sobering question and one that so many school officials are struggling with every day. The good news is that with the help of a qualified...
4 Ways to Prevent Vandalism and Ward Off Tricksters this Halloween
Put that pumpkin down and listen closely. Historically, the night before Halloween has been devoted to all sorts of mischief, as kids of all ages would douse houses with eggs and deface public property as part of a pre-Halloween celebration. Over the years, this...
Integrated Security Measures Can Help to Squash ‘Swatting’ Threats
A troubling new trend has emerged nationwide. Similar to the bomb scares that have plagued schools for decades, these new hoaxes – known as swatting threats – are even more sinister. These false alerts warn of active shooter scenarios that never occur yet result in...
3 Autumn Security Suggestions from the Pros
Fall has arrived. Temperatures are getting cooler, nights are getting longer, and criminals looking for an angle are getting more deceptive day by day. Here are three autumn security suggestions to help keep your business safe as the seasons change. Don’t let the sun...
3 Hallmarks of a Professional SCIF and Closed Room Specialist
SCIFs, or Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, are constructed with one purpose, and one purpose alone – to keep classified data under wraps. But the steps to build one are numerous, and the technology, craftsmanship, complexities, and sheer effort that...
3 Steps to Better Security for Religious Institutions
Attacks on faith-based and religious institutions are increasing throughout the world, which is why security for religious institutions is super important. Differing beliefs have historically attracted reprehensible violence, but in recent years headlines have...