Tag: World Security Report
Allied Universal shares shopping safety tips
November 25, 2025SSN Staff
IRVINE, Calif. — As the holiday shopping season hits its peak, consumers are at increased risk of their safety and security.
Allied Universal’s World Security report found that 51% of U.S. survey respondents said enhancing security for customers and reducing security risks such as physical, cyber and insider threats, are driving factors for adoption of advanced security technologies.
Additionally, 49% say adoption of advanced video, AI-powered video surveillance and AI-threat detection...
Executives in the crosshairs: World Security Report reveals alarming rise in targeted threats
October 1, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
NEW YORK—Threats against high-profile executives - especially in the tech sector - are surging, driven by a volatile mix of social unrest, misinformation and digital radicalization, according to Allied Universal’s 2025 World Security Report.
Nearly half (46%) of U.S. chief security officers (CSOs) report increased threats toward executives. That number rises to 49% for publicly traded firms and 66% for tech companies.
Glen Kucera, president of Allied Universal’s...
Allied World Security Report: Sharp rise in threat of violence to U.S. executives
September 24, 2025SSN Staff
IRVINE, Calif.—Concern about the safety of senior company leaders has surged, with nearly half (46%) of U.S.-based chief security officers (CSOs) reporting that the threat of violence toward executives has increased in the last two years, according to results from Allied Universal’s 2025 World Security Report.
The report revealed that the threat to executives increases to 49% for publicly traded companies and soars to 66% for technology companies.
More companies in the technology...
The good word
September 20, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
I survived my trip back from GSX mostly unscathed, but unfortunately, now I will be neck deep in transcription with all the wonderful interviews I conducted while there.
One pleasant surprise I had waiting for me when I returned was probably the best response to our news poll we’ve had since I started here at Security Systems News (SSN). It may be that it was just a topic ripe for discussion or a controversial enough decision by ADT, but reader response and comments were phenomenal and that...
World Security Report: physical security incidents cost companies $1 trillion
September 11, 2023SSN Staff
IRVINE, Calif.—Large, global companies lost a combined $1 trillion in revenue in 2022 due to physical security incidents, according to the first-ever World Security Report.
Economic unrest is expected to be the greatest security-impacting hazard in the next 12 months, a significant increase on the prior year, the report stated.
Commissioned by Allied Universal and its international business, G4S, the World Security Report documents opinions of 1,775 chief security...
Allied Universal CEO Steve Jones gives midyear update
July 10, 2023SSN Staff
IRVINE, Calif. – Security and facility services provider Allied Universal is the world’s seventh largest private employer, and its Global Chairman and CEO Steve Jones has provided an update on the state of the labor market and private security sector.
According to numbers released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the unemployment rate has increased to 3.7 percent and the number of unemployed has risen by 440,000 to a total of 6.1 million. In his update Jones discussed the...