Retail Risk 2008, a retail security conference jointly hosted by The Consumer Goods Council (CGC) South Africa and Technews Publishing, takes place in Cape Town on 26 February, in Durban on 28 February and in Johannesburg on 4 March. This article is published with permission of Hi-Tech Security Solutions. 23 Jan 2008
Armed attacks in rest of the country rocket as crime spreads beyond Gauteng, writes Henriëtte Geldenhuys. 15 Jan 2008
Identity theft grew by more than 100% last year, and older black people are the main target and are hit hardest. 11 Jan 2008
The Department of Water Affairs and the Scorpions have uncovered a syndicate which has been defrauding suppliers. 12 Dec 2007
With the country enjoying the festive season, Telkom has called for heightened vigilance among its customers in guarding against cheque fraud also known as “refund scams”. 12 Dec 2007
The holiday season is underway, and to most people that means shopping until they drop, but as the holiday season gets into full swing, so do the criminals whose idea of “holiday cheer” largely involves destroying yours. Don't let them. 12 Dec 2007
Atterbury Property and its partners have joined the fight against crime by contributing towards a unique mode of security personnel transportation at 10 of the most prominent shopping centres in the country. 4 Dec 2007
When an organization loses a customer's, employee's or citizen's personal information, the fallout burns everyone involved. 30 Nov 2007
Not surprisingly, merchants are employing more antifraud tools on their e-commerce sites. One possible - and unwelcome - result is a slowdown in response to legitimate customer orders. 27% of orders were manually reviewed in 2007, compared to 23% the year before; the number of orders requiring manual processing is growing faster than online sales. 20 Nov 2007
Shopping centre owners and managing companies have agreed on a number of measures to reduce the risk of organised crime in shopping centres. 19 Oct 2007
USA - Anyone who's applied for employment at clothing retailer Gap may want to keep a close eye on their credit activity for a while. A laptop containing unencrypted personal information on 800,000 applicants has been stolen from a third-party vendor that manages some of the company's data. Gap has issued what's becoming a familiar response: apologies, help lines and a year of free credit monitoring. 2 Oct 2007
As the retail and supermarket sectors become increasingly competitive, with operating results becoming ever more important, it is essential for retailers to battle stock shrinkage. 29 Aug 2007
ADT, a major security provider, has identified the retail market as a target for 2007 and has therefore hired a retail specialist, Buddy Anderson, to take over the reigns as retail specialist and grow the sales in this area. 28 Aug 2007
Convergence is ensuring that advances in information technology (IT) and networking drive new and improved security solutions. 22 Aug 2007
Internet fraud is a growing threat as more and more consumers go online to buy everything from flowers to furniture. Internet bedroom furniture leader, Home-and-Bedroom.com, offers ten practical tips to ensure that your online furniture transactions are safe ones. 1 Aug 2007
