Demand Up for Security Services

Those requests, the companies say, include stepped-up building security, background checks and screening of job applicants, evacuation plans for overseas employees and even the development of protection plans against chemical and biological attacks. Mr. Stapleton, who heads the company that provides...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author RALPH BLUMENTHAL and BARRY MEIER
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 27.09.2001
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
Subjects
Business community
Security management
Terrorism
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Summary:Those requests, the companies say, include stepped-up building security, background checks and screening of job applicants, evacuation plans for overseas employees and even the development of protection plans against chemical and biological attacks. Mr. Stapleton, who heads the company that provides bomb-sniffing dogs, said that before Sept. 11, companies only wanted dogs when they received bomb threats. But now some Wall Street firms want dogs to routinely patrol the lobbies or guard the loading docks. Security companies said businesses were also hiring them to do more-thorough background investigations of employees. And those requests are not limited to the private sector. Michael H. Boyle, a director of forensic and litigation services in the Miami office of KPMG, a consulting firm, said it had recently been contacted by local and county governments in Florida trying to find ways to improve background checks on employees.
ISSN:0362-4331