The thought that you need to protect your business sooner or later comes to the head of any company. How to ensure this — everyone decides differently. The optimal solution that many business owners come to today is to engage external specialists with extensive experience, providing comprehensive support or individual services for business protection.
In accordance with Article 3 of the Law of the Russian Federation “On Private Detective and Security Activities in the Russian Federation,” a private detective is permitted to provide the following types of services for investigative purposes.
As can be seen from the presented list, 5 out of 8 services provided by law are related to ensuring business security as well as increasing its efficiency (competitive intelligence aims to obtain information that provides an advantage to the enterprise).
An important nuance that not all business leaders know about is the difference in powers between a private detective who has a license to carry out this activity and the regular security service of any enterprise. To see this difference, it is enough to read Article 5 of the above-mentioned Law in conjunction with the last paragraph of Article 3:
The last paragraph of Article 3 of the Law:
To summarize. A private detective (to have this status, it is necessary to obtain a license from the Russian National Guard) is allowed to conduct surveillance using technical means, including video and photo recording, as well as performing other actions aimed at obtaining information — making inquiries, interviews, studying documents.
All other persons who do not have this status are prohibited from carrying out these actions for the purpose of collecting information for business negotiations, checking business partners, job candidates, and a number of other cases mentioned above.
Outsourcing (using an external resource) of the security service involves transferring functions related to ensuring the security of the enterprise to another organization specializing in this type of activity:
Outsourcing allows significant savings by eliminating the need to maintain an in-house security department (salary, taxes, contributions), and also reduces the risks of corruption within the company’s own security service.
To receive a commercial offer and consultation on the security service outsourcing, please fill out the application form, after which we will contact you shortly.
A thorough verification of a counterparty will allow you to uncover possible risks related to insolvency or criminal tendencies of the prospective partner before starting cooperation, thus avoiding financial losses due to improper fulfillment of obligations by the business partner.
Verification of old business partners may be necessary if doubts arise about their integrity.
The counterparty verification service has a very wide range depending on the purpose of the verification and the budget for its implementation. The cost of the service varies greatly depending on the depth of the check.
To avoid financial losses, leakage of confidential information, or problems with law enforcement — for example, due to an employee with extremist tendencies — it is best to entrust the verification of job candidates to professionals.
Verification of the accuracy of the data indicated in the resume, identification of facts from the biography that require attention, collection of information about character traits, reference checks from previous workplaces, and other data our staff will provide you within 3 days with a detailed report.
We will verify:
All checks are carried out promptly, confidentially, and efficiently.
The cost of services in each case is individual, as we offer business owners the choice of which services they need and in what volume.
To receive a commercial offer and consultation about the security outsourcing service, please fill out an application, after which we will contact you shortly.
