Pre-employment background checks are becoming de rigueur for new employees. Basics are: • Identity – validation of identity and address is a common requirement. You will want to know who you’re looking at. Part of this process is to confirm social security numbers and validate issuance. Social security fraud is rampant. • Credit Reports –…
Most commercial building’s, whether you conduct your business from the location or use it as product storage, raises concerns for security. Securing a commercial property is more challenging than you may suppose. There are many aspects to consider when it comes to protecting your business concerns such as the shopping center or building complex, any…
How many times a day do you use an app or website that requires you to create a password to use it? If you are like most people you probably cannot even state the number without really stopping to tally up your answer. In today’s digital society you can hardly do anything online without creating…
What is stalking? “Stalking is conservatively defined as “a course of conduct directed at a specific person that involves repeated (two or more occasions) visual or physical proximity, nonconsensual communication, or verbal, written, or implied threats, or a combination thereof, that would cause a reasonable person fear.” (National Institute of Justice). Stalking is characterized by…
As our business models have become global, there has been a shift in security philosophy. Many companies have reached saturation in their niche markets with their competitors. This has led to more risk in business decisions. Not only do they have to consider risk in broadening their markets, but where to physically set up business…
With a record number of victims in 2016, identity theft is becoming more prevalent in the United States and the growing trend will get worse before it gets better. People have to work harder at protecting their identity as our identities become more accessible to thieves. In the unfortunate event that your identity is stolen,…
Corporate espionage can take on two different paths. One is intelligence and involves the theft of proprietary information or intellectual property theft. Another aspect is through the efforts of an agent provocateur to interrupt the workflow. An agent provocateur is obviously French and means an ‘inciting agent’. It is a person who commits or who…
Have you ever had a friend who seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth? You swear they were just there, laughing and talking with you. It might take a couple weeks for you to finally think to yourself, “Hey, I haven’t seen so-and-so in a while. I wonder where they are.” As…
A note: in this article we use the term corporate to cover all business organizations not just corporations. There are various aspects encountered by investigators in representing their clients. Some of the information would be styled as intelligence. This is the necessary information required to support future long-term strategic planning as well as rapid response…
Running any school is a major responsibility and the larger the school the more scenarios can be drawn for something to go wrong. Where there are many facets to operating a school, many administrators find CCTV systems highly beneficial and we at Advanced Private Investigators and Security of Miami, FL would like to elaborate on…
