fromtheeditor
There’s no doubt about it, 2014 has been another eventful year
across the globe and here we are looking at the prospects of 2015.
So far as this industry is
concerned, the prospects
actually look very good, as
an increasingly anxious and
insecure world demands
higher – and increasingly
more sophisticated - levels of
security at every level.
There are few places in the
world today that do not have
increasing concerns about
security. We have all learned
to be very wary, whether flying
across continents, shopping
online or drawing cash at an
ATM.
I recently returned from
travelling in South Africa,
where security has for decades
understandably been top of
the agenda and where I have
spent much time both pre
and post-apartheid. Security
issues are a way of life here,
so one learns to take every
possible care and precaution.
Crime is undoubtedly a
serious and often – literally
– deadly - problem. But it
is important for visitors and
residents alike to try not to
allow it to detract totally
from the unique splendour
of this amazing country, with
its equally amazing people,
most of whom manage to
remain optimistic, positive
and cheerful in the face of
what would seem to many of
us, insurmountable remaining
problems.
There is money to be made
as virtually every property,
commercial, industrial,
residential, needs high level
security. Security firms abou