Featuring Informative Security Insights by CEO, Stuart J. Visnov

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 650 Like most industries around the world, security companies of all sizes are experiencing financial losses as they struggle to navigate the unprecedented business challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In general, the businesses that used security guards to interact with the public have shut […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 634 The U.S. Government classifies security professionals as essential during the Coronavirus crisis. Not only are security guard firms exempt from state lockdowns but we have a special responsibility to maintain our normal work schedule during this national emergency. In fact, security guard companies like […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 860 New deaths each week, stock market instability and a rate cut by the Fed, means businesses of all kinds should cautiously plan for the overall impact of the coronavirus in the United States. History suggests that big economies like the U.S. are naturally more at risk […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 735 As you may know, Pennsylvania has mandated that all schools comply with the new ACT 67 School Security Personnel Law which requires school security guards to complete the Basic School Resource Officer Course of Instruction offered by the National Association of School Resource Officers […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 651 Since I founded Echelon in 2001, we’ve provided security guard services for hundreds of clients associated with the hospitality industry. We cover everything from high-end institutions hosting corporate meetings, holiday parties, and galas, to covered establishments like restaurants, bars and nightclubs, to large outdoor […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 651 Over the past several years there has been a clear increase in school districts focusing on residency investigations. This year alone, my company will complete over 100 residency investigation cases within several school districts. These school districts hire private investigators to collect evidence on […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 689 As of early August 2019, there have been 255 mass shootings in the U.S. It’s hard not to become numb to the violence or the fact that we’re no longer completely safe at our schools, malls, concerts, churches or place of employment. If we’re […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 669 Technology has inadvertently connected us all to a nonstop stream of customized news and social media, creating a tsunami of easily shared misinformation and propaganda in the form of videos, posts, memes and tweets. Recent data shows that Facebook and YouTube struggle to monitor […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 702 One of the biggest problems businesses face is competition from low-cost providers. A low cost provider is a business that charges the lowest price it can, while promising about the same quality so that it can draw customers to the market. What they do […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 641 One of the most important components of a well-run security company is the supervision of the officers on duty. Whether you’re in the public or private sector, it’s the supervisors that provide the hands-on quality control that keep your site running smoothly. If your […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 497 When you consider the variety of assets and organizations it takes to put on a successful event – it’s almost like managing a small town. Our security firm has built a solid reputation in event security. Over the last 18 years we’ve had the […]

By: Stuart J. Visnov, CEO, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 817 Understanding the industry The U.S. Department of Labor statistics reports that there are over 1.1 million private security guards in the U.S. working within about 10,000 companies. The exact numbers are hard to determine because the industry standards vary nationally. Some states mandate unarmed […]