Manned security services are perhaps the oldest services offered to mankind. Its origin dates before the birth of Christ in the Egyptian Civilization. Since then, whatever the civilisation security services have made advances in the field of human life and Non-Life Protection. Be it the Knights of the British Empires or the Rajahs of Indian Estate, everybody was dependent of these services to protect themselves and their valuables.
However, in the last two centuries professionalism has crept inside a profession which was mainly dominated by friends and relatives of the powerful one. It was observed and history gave us examples that this was not a field where ‘friends turned foes’ could not be acceptable.
Even in the last fifty years powerful political figures like John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Indira Gandhi have been assassinated by people known to them thus kicking off the debate to make the manned security services more corporatized. The Last turn of events came started post 9’11 attacks on the world Trade Towers which made people see corporate security services in different light. People now know that security services though primarily a life and valuable saving entity has diverged into specialists during disaster management. Be it man-made disasters like 9/11 or other terror attacks in the world, security services are the first one to witness and react, thus saving lives where any time gap can prove fatal. The same applies to natural disasters, even in event of calamities like earthquakes or fire, security agencies get into action as they are the first to get involved till the time outside help comes in.
This all has been possible with advances in technology to support these services. Today, there are security guard companies in the field which are able to use satellite pictures and tracking to even follow movements which can help divert man-made disasters. Use of CCTV’s today is the most common thing and perhaps coupling it with the power of internet has helped these companies to monitor in real time even in a distance of thousands of kilometres. Thousands of Spy Gadgets today help hedge the risk of and danger happening without the common man knowing of it.
Leaders in this field have on rolls ex personnel from States Central Investigating agencies that are most willing to join these organisations as a career option. These personnel have had an experience of best management and technologies in the field of security systems and they replicate it to give solutions to corporate sector.
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