Facebook Security

Professionally, we Private Investigators love that a great many people choose to participate in social media platforms like Facebook and to put all sorts of information up that is readily available to the public, like their photos, whereabouts, and relationships. It is very helpful information when we want to find someone, figure out if they are legitimately injured for their workman's compensation case, or figure out why they haven't been paying their bills.

Personally, we hope that you take a moment to review your settings and secure your information so that strangers cannot find out little details about you that could compromise your safety. So please, log into your Facebook account and do the following:

Secure your profile

• In the upper right corner of the page, click the down arrow
• Privacy Settings
• Change "public" to "friends" or "custom"
• You can modify your custom settings as you like

Review your "friends"

• At the top of the page, click your name to see your Profile
• Click the Friends photo box under your cover picture
• Delete anyone you do not know personally
• Delete anyone you no longer choose to keep contact with
• Delete anyone who may pose a threat to your safety 
• Note: Anyone you "unfriend" will NOT receive notification, and you can still phone them if you choose.

Secure your photos

• At the top of the page, click your name to see your Profile
• Click the Photos photo box under your cover picture
• Delete anything that no longer needs to be there
• If you organize your photos into Albums, you can change those security settings all in one click instead
  of individually for each photo.

Stough International is a full service protection and investigation firm offering services of the highest caliber to our clients in both the private and public sectors.

Security Consultation

Keep your business safe. We will find out the answers to these questions and improve your practices for the best protection of your company, its employees, and its trade secrets.

• How can the alarms and camera be overridden? 
• Where is the monitoring room, if any, and who is monitoring?
• Where is your monitoring and surveillance equipment stored?
• How often is your equipment maintained? What is the right schedule?
• Who has access to the money? The information? 
• How secure is your intranet?
• Are there any hidden items like cameras or software that could be a breach?

Security Consultation

Q. What is Security Consultation?
A. Security consultation is a term used when we are asked to give the "best" security practices or advice on technologies or software that will help improve security of a system. This service is linked to vulnerability testing and security auditing, however it is not seeking a security hole or vulnerability, rather it is giving advice on how to lock down a system without performing an audit or test of the system in question.

Q. Why do I need a security consultation?
A. To protect your enterprise from losses, regardless of the size of the business. These losses are estimated to cost U.S. businesses millions of dollars each year.

Q. What sorts of things are included in a security consultation?
A. No security plan or program can be effective unless it is based upon a clear understanding of the actual risks it is designed to control. Specific areas of the business operation are scrutinized including; perimeter and facility security, cash handling procedures, computer security, proprietary information, hiring practices, benefit abuse, emergency procedures, and contingency planning.

Q. What do you provide to me?
A. A comprehensive written report is provided identifying the risks and vulnerabilities of your business. This analysis results in the development of specific countermeasures and corrective recommendations to reduce or eliminate the risks.

Q. We had a security consultation some time back. Should we repeat the process?
A. This service is recommended to be performed at least once every two years.

Sources: Maley Investigations, Daniel Securities