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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...
4 Important Lessons Learned from School Security System Installs
Secom has performed its share of school security system installs over the years. As the school season kicks back into gear for 2022, faculties will no doubt be looking for ways to enhance their campus safeguards. Here are significant security lessons that will take...
Make Multi-Facility Management Easier with Integrated Solutions
Consistency is the name of the game when it comes to making multi-facility management more efficient, more profitable, and more secure. Integrated security solutions facilitate this cohesiveness by helping business owners and their teams keep a closer eye on...
3 Reasons to Reassess Visitor Management Systems in a Post-COVID Era
While we continue to navigate a post-pandemic world, society has largely returned to business as usual, with offices, retail stores, medical clinics, and more open to the public. The question is frequently raised: are visitor management systems – so critical amid a...
The Top 4 Reasons to Hire an Authorized UL 2050 Provider
Keeping Top Secrets under wraps is… well, it’s complicated, to say the least. This is why there are many benefits of hiring an authorized UL 2050 provider. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs) and Closed Rooms must meet stringent criteria set forth...
Choosing the Best Door Access Control Systems for Large and Small Businesses
If you own and operate a business, it is imperative to have a quality access control system of some kind, professionally installed by a legitimate security vendor to ensure accuracy and longevity. This article will help you understand the best door access control...
How Different Industries Are Leveraging Mobile Access Control in 2022
Mobile access control solutions are changing the way we work and live. Its advent occurred long before the pandemic, but the immediate and almost complete overhaul of how the world does business, bolstered by work-from-home scenarios, hybrid workspaces, and,...














