Blog articles about loss prevention, safety, and video surveillance

Businesses are under constant threat of unauthorized access and loss. In order to protect their assets, businesses need to make sure their doors are safe. However, security systems can be expensive, and many businesses lack the funds to invest in what they need. As a result, many owners must make the difficult decision between investing in a security system or leaving their doors vulnerable. Fortunately, ITech Digital offers a variety of affordable security solutions that can help businesses protect their assets without breaking the bank. 

If you're a restaurant owner, it's important to utilize a comprehensive security solution both in and out of your restaurant. Not only do you need to keep guests safe and secure, but you also need to protect your employees and inventory from shrink. By monitoring activity both in and around the restaurant, managers can catch any potential theft or security breaches. This will help you protect against shrink, and it also helps you ensure compliance with food safety procedures. ITech Digital can help you identify key areas that allow you to maximize your security solution. Here are five ways to be proactive about restaurant security:

If you're like most small-box retailers or quick-service restaurants, you might be surprised at the amount of shrink happening at your back door. In fact, the back door presents one of the most significant risks to your store's security. If you're concerned about loss risk at an unmonitored or poorly monitored back door, ITech Digital can help you identify and mitigate risk with our Stand-A-Lone Back Door Management Solution.

When it comes to retail loss prevention, some traditional security issues continue to exist as well as emerging retail security issues. At Itech Digital, our retail customers in Indiana and across the U.S. talk about the evolving security issues they face. The good news is that technology is also evolving, which is innovating video surveillance and analytics solutions, creating a convergence between IT and physical security, and positioning you, as a retailer,  to proactively protect your business, product, and customers. In this article, we discuss the myriad retail security issues and the best retail security solutions. 

Are you an Indiana School looking to use or secure funds for school safety initiatives? Fire and building security along with school resource officers immediately come to mind. However, mental health safety continues to evolve, too. Fortunately, funds exist to support your efforts to create safe spaces for students at all educational levels. In this post, ITech Digital reviews some available funding options, important dates, regulations, and specific steps to address each.

For school teachers and administrators in today's world, student and staff safety is a top priority. However, school safety is limited when you have disparate systems, such as metal detectors, door security, and video surveillance. As a security solutions integrator, ITech Digital understands the importance of security systems integration. This article examines how you can integrate individual system components into one platform, which allows greater insight and enhanced safety measures. 

January 1952 
Frank Best, Founder and President of Best Lock Corporation, revealed a new Electro-Combination Lock/Alarm System at the Plant Maintenance & Engineering show. Frank Best was the inventor of the interchangeable core master keyed locking system. He realized early on that a keyless access control system, that allowed access management along with simple reprograming, was the future.

At ITech Digital, we have developed a portfolio of products that are well-integrated and solutions that are essential to our customer's organizations.With this is mind, we are excited to add the Maxxess Access Control Solution to our portfolio of products.

College life can be invigorating – a diverse culture, new experiences and new freedoms – but it can be a challenging environment as well, with unique safety risks and concerns. Feeling safe on campus is a high priority for students, faculty, administrators and parents. And when campus safety breaches and tragedies hit the news, it can raise the level of concern and trigger a review of a college or university’s security technologies and protocols.

Loss can creep into buildings and businesses in a variety of ways. One way to help prevent loss is to boost the safety and security of your building with an access control system.