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"With fast developing world of electronics, gadgets and net, criminals have matched the means to use and exploit technology to their destructive cause. It becomes all the more important and imperative to use modern technology to protect and secure industrial houses and business establishments. This book attempts to highlight advantage of having electronic surveillance in the field of security. ...

"The hotel sector in India is one of the fastest growing industries with annual growth rate of 8.8 per cent. It is worth US $ 17 billion, that is equivalent to approximately `91,800 crore at the September 2012 exchange rate. To safeguard and to keep the hotel industry secured from any external or internal threat, special attention is needed. Writers whose articles appear in this book Hotel ...

"Industrial Security Management emphasizes the general security techniques and the ethical responsibilities of those involved. The work covers general security management, security personnel management, operational management, public relations and the perils of mismanagement. Individual chapters address topics like role of security personnel in organizational structures, hiring and training of ...

"Ever since 9/11, the word 'security' has increasingly become a part of popular parlance and discourse all over the world. Security can now be considered a vital segment in every sphere of the organised activity–administration, industry, banking, international travel, you name it. Has a single decade, however, sufficed for countries and companies to master what deserves to be described as the art ...

"We all grew up reading of bank heists by masked bandits, whom solitary security guards with cartridge belts were supposed to counter. Two developments have changed the scene. Computerisation of banking, in the first place, has spawned a whole new range of crimes, from ATM breakins to online pishing. Secondly, the growth of cash-in-transit banking business has put 5,000-plus, currency carrying ...

"Modern civilisation is facing unprovoked and undeclared war from terrorists in quest of destruction. Terrorists have rampaged nations, causing huge loss of life and property across the world. Despite best of our policing and defence preparedness, terrorists are a step ahead in breaching the security cover. It is a serious challenge that we have to face as a united force. Governments, people, the ...

"Every dollar saved is a dollar gained. Anything that reduces productivity and profitability is a source of loss. Total Loss Prevention Management: A Profit Centre is designed to provide professionals with an introduction to loss prevention concepts and security programme implementation. It seeks to present proven strategies to prevent and reduce incidents of loss due to crime, fire, accident, ...