Investigating & Security Activities Including Vehicle Tracking: The private security sector uses guards and technology to offer protective services to deter, deny, detect or delay the commission of a crime and assist clients to respond effectively to and recover from untoward events. In South Africa private security officers and service providers are required to register with the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority, which has over 500,000 security officers and approximately 9,000 security companies signed up. The private security sector continues to grow as it provides a service not readily available from South Africa’s poorly-functioning police force. Apart from the basic commercial and residential armed response service, the industry provides services ranging from special event parking and access control to mounted and dog units and asset protection services during strikes, plant closures and natural disasters. ;
Tech Developments: Technology is taking on many of the security tasks that used to be assigned to guards, but the number of registered guards is still growing. Technologies that lower costs and increase efficiencies aim to eliminate or at least manage the human element. Security-related technology includes alarm systems using artificial intelligence to analyse behaviour and recognise anomalies and an internet of things systems that synchronise home automation systems and control lights, gates and air conditioning and provide access for parcel deliveries. Others include GPS-enabled tracking devices in security officers’ armbands, portable scanning units and drone guards providing unmanned aerial surveillance. ;
Report Coverage: This report on Investigating & Security Activities including vehicle tracking includes comprehensive information on the size and state of the industry, including private security services, vehicle tracking and background screening and verification. It covers relevant regulation and crime information, corporate actions, competition issues and trends. There are profiles of 36 companies including notable players such as Fidelity and G4S, fleet management companies such as Cartrack, Mix Telematics, Tracker and Netstar and protective services such as Tshedza and TSU.
Tech Developments: Technology is taking on many of the security tasks that used to be assigned to guards, but the number of registered guards is still growing. Technologies that lower costs and increase efficiencies aim to eliminate or at least manage the human element. Security-related technology includes alarm systems using artificial intelligence to analyse behaviour and recognise anomalies and an internet of things systems that synchronise home automation systems and control lights, gates and air conditioning and provide access for parcel deliveries. Others include GPS-enabled tracking devices in security officers’ armbands, portable scanning units and drone guards providing unmanned aerial surveillance. ;
Report Coverage: This report on Investigating & Security Activities including vehicle tracking includes comprehensive information on the size and state of the industry, including private security services, vehicle tracking and background screening and verification. It covers relevant regulation and crime information, corporate actions, competition issues and trends. There are profiles of 36 companies including notable players such as Fidelity and G4S, fleet management companies such as Cartrack, Mix Telematics, Tracker and Netstar and protective services such as Tshedza and TSU.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction3. Size of the Industry7. SWOT Analysis8. Outlook9. Industry Associations
2. Description of the Industry
4. State of the Industry
5. Influencing Factors
6. Competition
10. References
Appendix
Companies Mentioned
- A M G Security Management (Pty) Ltd
- Afri Guard (Pty) Ltd
- Arcfyre International (Pty) Ltd
- Bidvest Protea Coin (Pty) Ltd
- Blue Light Monitoring and Armed Response (Pty) Ltd
- Brinks Armoured Security Services (Pty) Ltd
- C-Track (SA) (Pty) Ltd
- Cartrack Holdings Ltd
- Computer Security and Forensic Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- CSG Holdings Ltd
- Excellerate Services (Pty) Ltd
- Fidelity Services Group (Pty) Ltd
- G4S Cash Solutions (SA) (Pty) Ltd
- G4S Secure Solutions (SA) (Pty) Ltd
- GPS Tracking Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- Guardian Forensic Services CC
- iFacts (Pty) Ltd
- iMvula Quality Protection (Africa) (Pty) Ltd
- Izikathi Security (Pty) Ltd
- Managed Integrity Evaluation (Pty) Ltd
- MiX Telematics Africa (Pty) Ltd
- Muvoni Technology Group Ltd
- National Security and Fire (Pty) Ltd
- Netstar (Pty) Ltd
- Performanta Technologies (Pty) Ltd
- Polygraph Guys (Pty) Ltd (The)
- S B V Services (Pty) Ltd
- S4T Administration (Pty) Ltd
- Securitas SA Holdings (Pty) Ltd
- Servest (Pty) Ltd
- Stallion Security (Pty) Ltd
- Thorburn Security Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- Tracker Connect (Pty) Ltd
- Transcash (Pty) Ltd
- Tshedza Protective Services CC
- TSU Protection Services (Pty) Ltd
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