Security operations
What to write in an occurrence book so it holds up six weeks later
All in order. 02:00. Signed. The most common occurrence book entry in the industry, and it protects nobody. Four things a useful entry answers instead.
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MDM
Android kiosk mode: how it works and how to get out of it
Lock a work phone to the apps the job needs, and know how to get it out again: single-app and multi-app kiosk mode, screen pinning, and the two ways to exit.
Security operations
What is an occurrence book (OB) in security?
The OB is the first thing a client or the police ask for after an incident. What it is for, what an OB number means, and why Sentry's digital OB has no incident types.
MDM
What is mobile device management (MDM)? A plain-English guide
Staff burning data on YouTube, phones turned into hotspots, devices that vanish. What MDM is, how it works, and what we have learnt running it on more than 5,000 Android devices.
Security operations
A contractor arrives at 6am and nobody booked him
He says he is expected. Nobody told the guard, the site manager is unreachable, and there is a bakkie waiting. Whatever happens next, your guard decides alone.
Security operations
Lone worker safety for security guards in South Africa
On a single-guard night post, the next shift change can be the first time anyone notices something went wrong. How welfare checks shorten that gap, and how to choose the interval.
Security operations
Security guard attendance registers on WhatsApp: what they cost
One operator pays a staff member from 05:30 to 15:00 to turn WhatsApp messages from twenty sites into a spreadsheet. What that register cannot show, and what replaces it.
Sentry
What an emergency button should refuse to do
When a guard presses panic on a shared handset, Sentry does not put a name on the alert. It says Unidentified employee. That is deliberate, and it is the decision people question most.
Security operations
PSIRA and POPIA: what you actually have to keep, and for how long
PSIRA wants you to prove every guard was registered and competent on the night they worked. POPIA wants you holding less, for less time. The visitor book on the counter is failing both.