Security
Canadian Property Management
Conducting video surveillance of properties
Surveillance cameras’ value as deterrents to criminal activity is well-known. However, in order for organizations to use video surveillance, certain requirements concerning reasonableness, consent, purpose and notice must be met.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Building services seen as precarious employment
Cleaners, security guards, parking attendants and building-specific food service workers could attain union certification through a streamlined one-step process if proposed amendments to Ontario's Labour Relations Act are adopted.
REMI Network
Companies overrate cybersecurity abilites: survey
A new Accenture security survey indicates that overconfidence may be putting Canadian organizations at higher risk for cyberattacks.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Johnson Controls signs cybersecurity agreement with Department of Homeland Security
Johnson Controls has signed a CRADA agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Guard patrols get digital back-up
An expect explains how technology is changing the way guard patrols, which protect people and property, get done.
Canadian Property Management
Why Security Should Be Your Number-One Priority
Ensure the safety and security of your employees and guests is your number one priority by working with trained, experienced security professionals.
Canadian Property Management
How commercial building operators can empower the “true first responders”
When the media talk of the “first responder,” images of brave fire fighters racing into burning buildings, or police of officers marching onto an accident
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Security breaches caused by human error: survey
Shred-it, an information destruction services firm, has released the results to its sixth annual Shred-it Security Tracker Survey. The results show that Canadian businesses believe
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Remove graffiti fast to prevent future tagging
An expert offers tips on how to prevent building vandalism, suggesting the best method is to remove graffiti fast to avoid future tagging.
Canadian Property Management
Mobile surveillance for commercial properties
Mobile monitoring apps have made property surveillance more flexible than ever before, helping to increase tenant satisfaction and protect property value.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
AVG Technologies opens new facility in Ottawa
AVG Technologies has opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art AVG Business facility in Ottawa, Ont.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Canadian security strategy enlists landlords
Bill C-51, the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act, would give CSIS a broader mandate, including entry, search and installing equipment in buildings.
CondoBusiness
Balancing condo safety with privacy rights
Condominiums must walk a fine line to balance community safety with occupants' privacy rights.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Lowering the risk of employee theft
What are the risks and implications of employee theft? Insurance broker Andreas Schwartze explains.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Information security
By 2020, information security will become the key enabler in allowing organizations to operate in a highly collaborative world where workers can utilize any device they want and run virtual applications (or "apps") that are hosted and secured ...
CondoBusiness
Safe and sound
This video report provides tips to improve building security inside and out. Commentators: Ed Fitchett, president of Fitch Surveillance Systems, and Mike Fenton, director of consulting and client services at Paragon Security.