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Understanding Security – Why Understanding the Risk Comes Before Hardware Installation

If you consider the history of the security industry, it has largely focused on selling hardware and providing guarding services. Very few have conducted investigations to identify the risks that lead to crime or to understand the broader security risks that need to be prevented. Security has been the first option used to fight crime […]

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How South Africa’s Schools Continue to Place Children at Risk

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How South Africa’s Schools Continue to Place Children at Risk: Safety Is Not Optional This article is for anyone who has children and for anyone who understands that the safety of a child is never someone else’s problem. If it brings a parent to mind, do not keep it to yourself. Share it. When the

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Every 17 Seconds, a Crime Is Committed

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Every 17 Seconds, a Crime Is Committed Every 17 seconds, a crime is committed somewhere. That’s how quickly your world can change. Now, imagine trying to fight a threat you don’t even fully understand. That’s the reality when businesses, homes, schools, and residential estates skip the most critical step in their security strategy: an independent

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Complacency in Security

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Complacency in Security – Why it is one of Our Biggest Hidden Dangers Complacency is one of the quietest threats in security. It doesn’t shout, break windows, or cut fences. It creeps in slowly. It waits for people to relax, cut corners, or “trust” that nothing will happen today because nothing happened yesterday. And once

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Join Our Security Workshop

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You’re Invited: Join Our Security Workshop That Will Change How You See Risk in a Corporate Company You may have already seen on my feed that we’ll be hosting a Security Workshop on the 26th and 27th of February. This is the first in a series of ten workshops we’re planning. The reason? The number

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Health & Safety and Security Risk Assessments

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Health & Safety and Security Risk Assessments After more than 20 years of conducting risk assessments, it has become clear that when one person is responsible for both health and safety and security, security often suffers. Typically, a security or risk manager dedicates roughly 90% of their time to health and safety because it is

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Why Warnings Go Unheard

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The Hidden Dangers: Why Getting Crime Information to the Right People Is a Battle We’re Losing Independent Security Risk Assessment – In South Africa, where crime affects nearly everyone, one of the most critical challenges in security is often overlooked: getting the right information to the right people. A few years ago, I was speaking

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Church Security, A Reality We Cannot Ignore.

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Churches and Security Security Risk Assessment – Recent articles highlight something many people still struggle to accept: churches need security. For most, a church represents a sacred space, a place of peace and reverence. But that belief belongs to the faithful. For those who do not share that faith, a church may hold no spiritual meaning.

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Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater

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Introduction—Security Risk Assessment Security Decisions: The Hidden Risk No One Talks About It only takes 30 seconds for a determined criminal to breach an unprotected perimeter. Thirty seconds. That’s less time than it takes to skim through an email that might have warned you about the very security gap they exploited. Now, here’s the real

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Security Risk Assessment Methodology

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Security Risk Assessment Upington Imagine this: over 70% of physical security breaches in South Africa can be prevented by closing a single overlooked gap! Welcome to a fresh perspective on crime prevention, a method as dynamic and adaptable as the challenges we face today. Over the years, Alwinco has developed a unique approach to crime

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