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Guardsmark creates and implements custom-tailored security programs for clients in a wide range of industries and settings, from corporate headquarters and high-technology facilities to manufacturing plants, research and development centers, office buildings, hospitals, campuses, museums, and foundations. These sophisticated plans address a multitude of needs, from access control and perimeter security to terrorism and workplace violence prevention — all with the overall goal of ensuring employee safety and business continuity.
Guardsmark security officers are the best in the industry because Guardsmark has set the highest standards in screening, selection, education, and compensation. The Guardsmark selection process involves an extensive background investigation that includes a 40-page application, personal interviews, a criminal records check, numerous references, and investigations into military service, driving records, and educational attainment. All Guardsmark employees are initially tested for twice the number of illegal drugs as government employees and are subject to ongoing random drug testing.
In addition to an initial, industry-leading learning and development process that includes specialized classroom sessions, the Guardsmark curriculum includes documented monthly learning and development lessons, and access to the company’s library of CD-ROMs, which address topics such as diversity, workplace violence, and biological and chemical warfare. The emphasis on education doesn’t end with security. Guardsmark employees are also offered a tuition assistance program. Approximately 30 percent of the company’s security officers have attended college, prompting an industry-leading trade journal to cite
Guardsmark as having “the best-educated workforce.” Further demonstrating the firm’s commitment to higher learning, the company recently established the Guardsmark Professorship at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Guardsmark clients gain access to a wide range of expertise, from proprietary conversion specialists to former counterterrorism agents. The company’s service offerings include:
• The Risk Assessment Division, which surveys client security needs and identifies existing vulnerabilities. Guardsmark experts recommend and implement an innovative plan for enhancing security, giving the organization a comprehensive strategy to guide their overall protection program.
• The Worldwide Executive Protection Division, which designs and provides protective services for executives, their homes, their families, and the human assets of their companies. The division offers comprehensive service in the workplace, in transit, and at executive residences, giving guidance in managing daily routines, direct threat situations, and special events.
• The Mark Lipman Division, which provides highly regarded backgrounding services. In addition, skilled professionals investigate employee theft, fraud, workers’ compensation abuse, and drugs in the workplace.
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