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Case Study: Apartment Security

The way Kiwis are living is changing fast, and so is the security around it. With apartment buildings springing up everywhere, electronic security systems are mandatory to keep residents safe and to make building management easier....

7 Security Solutions That You Can Use To Protect Your Business From The Spread of COVID-19

During this unprecedented times, it is important that we look after the wellbeing of one another. For business, there are several security solutions that you can use to help your organisation fight the spread of COVID-19. Here are our top picks:...

IQ Security Gives Back to the Community through Kiwi Harvest

IQ Security is happy to provide Kiwi Harvest with its Security Solution System. Kiwi Harvest is a non-profit organization that rescues good quality food surplus and divert backs to people who are struggling across New Zealand. Currently, Kiwi Harvest has saved 3,200,000 kilos of foods, delivered 9,142,857 meals to 280 charities and has helped carbon emission reduction up to 12,800,800.  Kiwi Harvest helps reduce the negative impacts of food waste on our environment by redistributing excess ...

10 Compelling Reasons Why You Need An Alarm Monitoring System For Your Business

Security is every company’s number one priority. It’s undebatable that a reliable and dynamic security solution is needed for a business to thrive in today’s highly competitive market. However, many companies think that investing in security is expensive while others just don’t know where to find a security company that they can trust.   In New Zealand, crimes against property is a whopping 77% based on their recorded crime victims statistics report for the year ending August 2...

The best Security Tips for Small Businesses

Have you been thinking about security lately? You should. Small businesses are increasingly becoming the victims of crimes all over the world and in New Zealand, unfortunately, it’s not different. ...

Security Alert: Are you One of the Millions of Accounts Hacked?

Another massive breach of security has exposed millions of emails and passwords worldwide, that’s why it’s time to review your passwords and not only update them, but also increase their security. ...

8 Signals that Your Security Equipment might be at Risk

How to make sure your security equipment is working and updated when you need and the key benefits of preventive maintenance ...

Top Breakthrough Tech Trends impacting Security Now

Trending Techs for 2018 already impacting Businesses in New Zealand The world is living it 4th Industrial Revolution Era at this moment and it is not much you can do about it, but you still have time to join this revolution and make the difference within your industry and business. The first industrial revolution was all about water power and steam to improve the production using mechanization. The second, electricity and assembly lines. The third is all about computerization to process informat...

The most Amazing Tools to Increase your Instore Conversion Now

Retailers are always looking for new ways to increase their in-store customers’ conversion. Most retailers still use the old method of observing, talking to the customers, manually counting them and trying to understand their patterns and behaviour, crossing all the information with sales to obtain the conversion rate, and also study a great amount of data in order to obtain business information that could lead them to increase the results. This takes many resources, days, time, training, inve...

How to Master your Security at a Commercial Building

There are many challenges for Commercial Buildings’ Security Management as they can be very difficult to control and protect. This complexity increases proportionally to the size of the building, its layout, the number of tenants and the surroundings, to name a few key factors, and they have a huge impact on the security management. The crowd control is also an issue, as the larger it is, the more complex are the security and Health & Safety measures required, exponentially increasin...

The future is now: Facial Recognition CCTV Technology

Far from being a technology only seen in a sci-fi movie, Facial Recognition technology is already influencing the day to day life and businesses. It has already changed the way we deal with customers, create new connections and also predict the future....

How to Protect Your Construction Site? Part II – Prevention and Benefits

After being aware of the main vulnerabilities that some face in a Construction Site, the next step is the Prevention and Benefits of Construction Site Security. What's more: learn how to overcome some difficulties some may face.  In our recent post, we discussed the main Vulnerabilities that usually the Construction Sites are exposed to, and why they are so targeted by thieves.  Being aware of your site's Vulnerabilities is the best way to start preventing and avoiding any securit...

How to Protect Your Construction Site - Part I: Vulnerabilities

One of the biggest problems reported on a Construction Site is tools, materials (including electrical components), machines and also vehicle theft. Usually, thieves tend to believe that Construction Sites are ‘easy marks’ when compared with other robbery targets because of the kind, extension and complexity of these sites. Recently, New Zealand is facing a boom in the number of reports for burglaries at construction sites and the Police are making a lot of efforts to help the commu...

What are Covert Cameras and the benefits of Installing it?

Spy, Hidden or Covert Cameras are very discreet CCTV Security Cameras used to capture footage in various environments and under different circumstances without being identified, detected or seen by the general public and they bring great benefits for businesses. ...

Solar Power Panels for CCTV Security Cameras

How to Be Awesome for the environment and Boost your Security Nowadays, becoming environmentally friendly is becoming more and more important and many companies and buildings are doing a lot of effort to prevent pollution and conserve energy. At the same time, when it comes to security, it is important to have reliable sources of energy to guarantee that your equipment and systems are working properly to keep your premises and people safe. One of the most desired and alternative energy sources t...

Security Alarm for Business: Why You Should Install Now

As most businesses depend on physical assets such as equipment, inventory, data storage and sensitive information about customers, employees and suppliers, for example, it is really important that they are kept protected in case something happens. As the crime stats rise in New Zealand, it is extremely important that you guarantee that your business is safe, protected and looked after 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Nowadays, more and more businesses owners have security systems to prevent and p...

14 Essential Security Measures Every Business Should Take

Being a business owner in New Zealand is not an easy task and one of the biggest challenges is to prevent losses, protecting inventory, equipment, data and cash.  Being a business owner in New Zealand is not as easy as it might seem to be for most of the people (New Zealand is the first country in the “2018 Ease of Doing Business Rank” from DB 2018), requires focus, hard work and the ability to manage wisely your resources in order to thrive. Entrepreneurs know that competition is ...

How do I Secure My Doors?

Doors are your main contact to the external world. People and customers come and go all the time during business hours, but you don’t want the wrong people to come and go, especially after hours. That’s why it is so important to control who is coming and going and when.        When it comes to security, one of the most important things is to control who is accessing your premises. Having a good door lock can provide you with the peace of mind required to keep things in on...

Security Warning - CCTV Cameras Can Be under Threat

When was the last time you patched your security systems?  There is a warning of cyber vulnerability on some camera models of Panasonic (read the announcement here).   What's more, there is a website which claims to be “designed in order to show the importance of security settings” and its purpose is supposed to show how not changing the default password or not updating the software (firmware) means that the unprotected security surveillance system is “available for al...

How Can I Control the Access to my Building?

The increasing number of crime reports and attempts calls attention to the rise of theft and the concerns for that feeling that New Zealand properties and businesses are not as safe as they used to be. Establishing policies, procedures and business practices to avoid unauthorized access to your business and controlling the authorized ones are good practices and IQ options to make your place and business safer. We have already published interesting information about Loss Prevention here. You mig...

CCTV Cameras: 12 reasons to install now

Besides being such an important piece of crime investigation, here are another 12 reasons why it is so important to install them now...

Experts Tips to Increase Your Security

Nowadays, being safe is one of the biggest worries, but being aware of your vulnerabilities and acting soon is your best weapon to prevent such incidents. Check the 16 tips! ...

Loss Prevention: How to Protect Your Business

What is Loss Prevention? Why does a retailer need to understand loss prevention? How do losses occur? How do I know if I may have a loss prevention problem? How to deal with? ...

12 Security Camera System Best Practices

With cyber-attacks accelerating, people must to keep up-to-date on cyber security attack vectors which can impact the camera video management systems. Here are some Vulnerabilities examples and Best Practices ...