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In September of last year, Peter Kyle, the Technology Secretary announced that UK data centres would now be clased as Critical National Infrastructure. This move, the first new designation in almost a decade categorises data in the same category as water and energy systems and will mean data centres can benefit from greater government support in both anticipating critical incidents and recovering from them. This data can include private photos from mobile phones, medical records and other sensit

The HQ sits nestled amongst the many 18th-century Manchester Square buildings recognised by statutory protection. Security Risk Specialists (SRS) is delighted to have been selected to deliver the front-of-house concierge security services, working for such innovative and talented pioneers.  The company's corporate head office and the family's private office are co-located in this Georgian mansion house in the heart of the West End. Representing a unique office facility (Grade II listed build

Building upon our growing portfolio of London security contracts, we are delighted to announce that SRS has been selected by a long standing, prestigious academic institution in Central London as the company of choice to provide a security and front of house service, as well as providing a single point of contact (SPOC) for staff and students alike. SRS will be providing Security and Front Of House services acting as ambassadors, greeting and supporting staff and students, directing guests an

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." (Maya Angelou) The overall experience is always more powerful than the specific detail which inevitably fades over time. While at SRS we are extremely detail orientated, we also prioritise customer service which in our view is directly and inextricably linked to employee satisfaction.  Put simply, happy employees create happy customers. So at the heart of every posit

The Royal Navy is the United Kingdom’s Senior Service and consists of over 30,000 men and women taken from all walks of life.  The diversity of what the Royal Navy does means that the strength of their abilities and achievements lays in the diversity of their people.  The Royal Navy states that they ‘champion equality of opportunity for all, and provide an inclusive working environment for everyone, regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation.’ As perhaps the l

Security Risk Specialists Ltd (SRS), a London-based Security Guarding company, is proud to have won a contract for the provision of security and concierge services for a luxury residential development in central London. Home to beautiful residential buildings, a canal and two of London’s loveliest parks, Regent’s Park is undoubtedly one of the capital’s most desirable locations. With its leafy surroundings and strong community feeling it is sometimes easy to forget that such a peaceful

Standardisation is often defined as an activity that gives rise to solutions for repetitive application to a situation or problem in a number of varying disciplines.  Broadly speaking, the activity consists of the process of establishing (determining, formulating and issuing) and implementing a standard.  Therefore, standards are the most perfect result attainable of a standardisation activity and within the context of quality systems consists of quality documents or documents related to that

SRS is proud to announce that it successfully passed the rigorous assessment of the much coveted  Safe Contractor Scheme and the ISO 9001 Quality Management System. (more…)

Krav Maga is a modern physical defence system developed in the years after World War Two. Its effective and powerful counter-attacks make it an excellent tool of defence, and for this reason it is widely employed by the Israeli security forces, as well as by Security Risk Specialists’ to train its guards. (more…)

The recent Easter holidays in the UK meant a two-week break for schoolchildren, which many families take advantage of to go abroad. But how do such school holidays and other public festivals, such as Christmas and Guy Fawkes night, affect the burden placed on security guards in the bustling city of London and elsewhere in the UK? This blog post will explore the reasons why public holidays might compromise home security, as well as looking at the solutions which Security Risk Specialists can offe