How Protos Packs More Value into Every Dollar You Spend
In this article, Protos Security’s Chief Revenue Officer Peter Platten shares how Protos helps every security dollar go further. He provides insight into how transparent, data-backed billing, a high-performing national vendor network and fully customizable security solutions work together to reduce risk, improve operational efficiency and deliver measurable value across complex security programs.
The Power of Connected Security: How Protos Brings Visibility and Accountability into Focus
Explore Protos’ connected security solutions and product ecosystem. This blog provides insight into how integrated technology delivers real-time visibility, accountability and smarter security management.
What To Look for When Hiring an Unarmed Security Guard for Enterprise Workplaces
When large enterprises partner with a security provider to provide unarmed guards, they are doing more than just staffing a post, they are placing their brand, culture and risk management strategy on the front line. Protos understands that real security starts with the right people, supported by proper training and modern tools.
Retail Security During the Holidays: Preventing Theft and Protecting Staff
As holiday sales surge, so do the risks of organized retail crime, store theft and cargo loss. To stay ahead, retailers need to use a layered approach to retail security, one that integrates trained security officers, off-duty law enforcement and remote monitoring. This article is part of our holiday security series and explores how retailers can strengthen loss prevention strategies through proactive retail security measures.
Retail Security During the Holidays: Why Guard Touring Tech Matters More Than Ever
The holiday season is the busiest time of year for most retailers, and that surge in activity makes effective retail security both more difficult and more essential. While traditional conversation places focuses on staffing, store layout and physical deterrers, the real advantage today comes from combining trained personnel with modern technology: using systems that monitor, verify and optimize what’s actively being done.
How to Build a Security Services RFP That Ensures Accountability and Results
A security services RFP sets the foundation for everything that follows, from service quality and accountability to compliance and cost control. This guide outlines how to write a security RFP that builds accountability, integrates technology and ensures measurable performance across every site, whether you manage one facility or a national portfolio.
Holding Security Vendors Accountable: Ensuring Performance After the Contract Is Signed
This article provides insight into how to build a strong security RFP checklist and how to hold vendors accountable after the contract is signed. We’ll share how Protos ensures performance through transparent expectations, accurate data and a managed vendor network model.
The Future of Security RFPs: Trends We’re Seeing in Security RFPs in 2025 and What to Expect in 2026
Our RFP response team has analyzed thousands of RFP questions from dozens of industries over the last five years to determine trends in the security industry. In this article, we explore the topics that define what a modern, future-proof RFP looks like.
Beyond Guard Hours: What Real Accountability Looks Like in Security Services
Accountability in security services goes beyond clock-ins and coverage. Learn how electronic timekeeping, transparent reporting and invoice reconciliation should shape your security RFP checklist to ensure visibility, accuracy and trust from day one.
Electronic Timekeeping: A Procurement Lens on Accountability, Transparency and Risk Mitigation
Verified time data strengthens contract performance and transforms the RFP process into a controlled, auditable framework for accountability. Procurement leaders seeking to control risk should view verified timekeeping as a non-negotiable safeguard, not a technology upgrade. Learn more in this article.
