Security Firms Research Articles

The Influence of Private Security Companies’ Infrastructure on the Provision of Services for the NGOs in Juba city, South Sudan

The protection of the public and their property is a significant global concern. Security issues are an inherent aspect of human habitation, and the safety of individuals and their belongings has consistently been of paramount importance across cultures, regardless of their level of development. This holds true whether the culture in question is relatively simple or complex. In South Sudan, numerous private security firms are operating; however, attacks and looting of NGO facilities in Juba City have continued unabated. The rationale of this research is to assess the factors that disrupt the performance of private security companies in providing security services to NGOs in Juba City. The objective of the study was to establish the influence of private security firms' infrastructure on their performance concerning NGOs The research was supported through the two theories namely resources-based theory and expectancy theory. The target population was 500 employees and sample size included 222 respondents, and the study employed a descriptive research design. The research was guided using interviews and questionnaires for data collect ion or gathering. Respondents were selected using systematic random sampling and simple random sampling techniques. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS version 23 statistical software, with results presented in tabular form for clarity. The findings from this study aim to inform NGO decision-making in implementing security measures that mitigate risks while protecting operations within limited resources. It also seeks to foster cooperation and improve security arrangements among humanitarian sectors. Ultimately, the findings will guide policy development and establish guidelines to enhance effectiveness and accountability in conflict zones. The study concluded that there is a significant relationship between private security infrastructures and the provision of security services within Juba City. This is evidenced by small p-values, less than 0.05, indicating statistical significance. The study recommends that private security companies in Juba prioritize investment in advanced security infrastructure—such as CCTV cameras, mobile patrol vehicles, security dogs, and forensic systems—to enhance the security of NGO offices and facilities. Additionally, involving staff in decision-making processes and providing leadership and management training is essential to ensure operational integrity and reliability.

The Mediating Role of Organizational Cynicism between Occupational Fatigue and Organizational Learning Culture in the Private Security Firms

The Mediating Role of Organizational Cynicism between Occupational Fatigue and Organizational Learning Culture in the Private Security Firms

Visitor safety and security compliance as a key component of event planning and implementation? Findings from a German research project on COVID-19

Introduction: Event Safety and Security Production (ESSP) typically involves event organizers, private security firms, authorities, police, fire brigades, and others. Their joint responsibility is to ensure safety, decide on measures, communicate them, and enforce them when necessary. Effective ESSP relies on visitor cooperation and rule compliance. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of rule compliance in event safety and security. With the event industry’s standstill and subsequent reopening under strict conditions, organizers had to implement comprehensive safety and hygiene measures. Studies on crowd compliance under pandemic conditions identified influencing factors. These include perceived threats, sociodemographic characteristics, group behavior, trust in institutions, etc..Methods: Little research focuses on actively promoting rule compliance. Therefore, this paper addresses three research questions (RQ): (1) To what extent does the compliance of visitor safety measures play a role in the planning and implementation of events? (2) To what extent have visitor safety measures been complied with at events during the pandemic and did that change throughout the pandemic? And finally (3) How can the compliance of measures for visitor safety explicitly be taken into account in event planning and implementation? Qualitative data from 11 expert interviews and quantitative data from a representative population survey (N = 10,239) from a German research project on non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) for the safe reopening of events during the pandemic are used to answer the first two questions (RQ1; RQ2). Results of the data triangulation point to recommendations for practical application (RQ3).Results and Discussion: Findings suggest a high level of compliance with COVID-19 measures among the survey respondents, with expert consensus on the need for active and communicative visitor involvement in the implementation and enforcement of visitor safety measures. These insights extend beyond pandemic-specific events to traditional security and safety measures in crowd management. For event practice, this indicates the importance of consistent, transparent, and engaging communication strategies starting well before the event, with the customer journey approach as a potential solution. Suitable approaches to visitor safety by event organizers should be implementable and enforceable; this is the key to ensuring that event communication in relation to ESSP is effective.

Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice?

ABSTRACTWe arranged for trained undercover men and women to pose as potential clients and visit all 65 local financial advisory firms in Hong Kong. At financial planning firms, but not at securities firms, women were more likely than men to receive advice to buy only individual or only local securities. Female clients who signaled high confidence, high risk tolerance, or a domestic outlook were especially likely to receive this suboptimal advice. Our theoretical model explains these patterns as a result of statistical discrimination interacting with advisors’ incentives. Taste‐based discrimination is unlikely to explain the results.

The Impact of a Company’s Management Strategy on Its Profitability, Stability, and Growth: A Focus on the Information Security Industry

This study concentrated on a business report that typically reveals a company’s non-financial information, aiming to uncover its strategic direction. Using text-mining techniques, the research extracted and analyzed the report’s overview sections, identifying key strategic themes categorized into the financial, customer, learning and growth, and internal process perspectives. The empirical analysis applied a two-stage model to assess how shifts in company strategies affect profitability, stability, and growth. This research provided insights into the management strategies and financial metrics within the information security sector, examining how strategic priorities shape financial health. The findings were as follows. Firstly, companies emphasizing financial strategies in their reports tended to exhibit higher profitability. Secondly, those focusing on customer-oriented strategies also reported greater profitability. Thirdly, companies prioritizing internal processes demonstrated increased organizational stability. Fourthly, an emphasis on learning and growth strategies was associated with lower stability but higher growth potential. This paper contributes to the field by offering a method to quantitatively analyze qualitative textual data, providing a more precise approach to understanding management strategies through direct content analysis of business reports. It also highlights the specific financial and strategic characteristics of information security firms, a relatively under-researched area, thereby offering valuable guidance for these companies in terms of strategic planning.

Leveraging artificial intelligence for enhanced cybersecurity: insights and innovations

In the digital age, cyber threats have become increasingly sophisticated, necessitating innovative approaches to bolster security measures. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a formidable tool in the realm of cyber security, offering advanced capabilities in threat detection, anomaly detection, and response automation. This article provides an overview of AI applications in cyber security, highlighting its role in mitigating risks and fortifying defense mechanisms. AI techniques such as machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing empower security systems to analyze vast amounts of data in real-time, identifying patterns indicative of malicious activities. Through the utilization of AI-driven algorithms, cyber security platforms can proactively detect and neutralize cyber threats before they inflict substantial damage. Moreover, AI enables the automation of incident response processes, reducing response times and minimizing the impact of security breaches. Case studies from leading cyber security firms from the integral part of the studies and demonstrate the practical implementation of AI-driven solutions in safeguarding critical infrastructures against cyber threats. Resilience towards cyber-attacks and safeguarding sensitive data assets through leveraging AI technologies has been focused in the study.

U.S.-China Trade War: Announcement Effects of Trump Tariff Cancellations on China’s Financial Firms

The U.S.-China trade war was escalated in 2018 when the Trump administration announced a series of tariffs on Chinese products and services. In January 2018, President Trump imposed 30 percent and 20 percent tariffs on solar panels and washing machines. President Trump continued to impose more tariffs throughout 2018 and 2019. The Trump administration finally reversed course by announcing two Trump tariff cancellations in October 2019 and December 2019; thereby signaling a de-escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. We use an event study methodology to examine the announcement effects of those two Trump tariff cancellations on China’s publicly traded financial firms, including banks, insurance companies, and securities firms. We find the announcement effects are positive for China’s financial firms which experience a tremendous 5.60% cumulative abnormal return. In dollar terms, the mean market capitalization increase was $1.36 billion, cumulatively, the twenty-four financial firms in our sample gained $32.61 billion. These results clearly show that China’s financial firms welcomed the Trump tariff cancellations.

Research on Security Firms Improving Service Platform Ability and Strengthening Customer Service

Research on Security Firms Improving Service Platform Ability and Strengthening Customer Service

Foreign Institutional Ownership and Earnings Management

This study investigates the relationship between foreign institutional ownership (FIO) and earnings management (EM) using 552 firms of non-financial sector companies that publish annual financial reports for 2015–2021. We use ordinary least squares (OLS) for equation estimation. The results show that, overall, FIO has a negative impact on earnings management. Tests were also conducted on the FIO group: banks, insurance, pension fund mutual funds, and securities companies. The test results indicate that each group of institutional investors has a negative effect except for securities companies, which positively impact earnings management. The positive influence of securities firms shows that securities firms are more focused on trading strategies than managerial controls. The findings of this study are expected to contribute to the corporate governance literature and the quality of financial reporting. Institutional ownership as a corporate governance mechanism is expected to control earnings management which can reduce the quality of financial reporting. Keywords: institutional ownership, earnings management, agency theory

Assessing Challenges in Police and Private Security Partnership in Nairobi County, Kenya

In Nairobi County, Kenya, maintaining public safety needed coordination between private security firms and law enforcement. The primary goal of this study was to properly examine the obstacles they encountered. The study's purpose was to define the nature of collaboration within the historical framework of shared responsibilities, with an emphasis on identifying and comprehending the barriers to constructive cooperation.
 Our research took a complete approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies inspired by the differential link notion and the theoretical foundations of systems theory. Nairobi was chosen as the primary data collection hub since it is home to many state and private security service providers.
 The results revealed a statistically significant link (r = 0.682; p 0.05) between the police force and private security firms, emphasizing the importance of their collaborative efforts to ensure public safety in Nairobi County. Accountability issues, insufficient information exchange, and a lack of a regulatory framework were discovered to be complicated (R2 = 0.713). Surprisingly, insufficient manpower, a lack of resources, and a centralized command system were the key causes of these failures.
 This study considerably contributed to the body of knowledge by filling a significant data vacuum regarding police-private security collaborations in Kenya. It also acted as a springboard for further research, supporting a more in-depth examination of Kenya's entire population preservation policy.
 The information acquired from this investigation was critical for politicians, law enforcement, and private security interests. The detailed examination and analysis of these limitations provided the basis for proposing targeted solutions that may improve collaboration, make the best use of available resources, and improve public safety throughout Nairobi County. This summary, which contained the methodology, important findings, and study impact, communicated the core goal of our investigation concisely and clearly.

Political costs and investors’ site visits: evidence from the section 301 investigation

ABSTRACT We explore the relationship between political costs and investors’ site visits. We find that the Section 301 investigation launched by the United States government in 2017 increased Chinese high-tech companies’ resistance to site visits. This effect was more pronounced for companies receiving government subsidies and companies with political connections. We further find that high-tech companies underwent fewer site visits with independent institutions (i.e. securities firms, fund companies) but more site visits with security underwriters (non-independent institutions), depending on different investors’ ability to disseminate corporate information. Moreover, high-tech firms selectively avoided certain topics from discussion during site visits. Additionally, the corporate shareholder structure also changed with the adjustments of visiting investors. High-tech companies reduced their site visits to avoid negative economic consequences. Overall, our study provides evidence that political costs influence the information communication behaviour of companies in the country being investigated.

증권회사의 고객민원과 기업가치에 관한 연구

This study analyzes the effect of customer complaints on the securities firm’ value and the value relevance of customer deposits, a common indicator of customer-related intangible assets in securities firm. The analysis results are as follows: Firstly, the analysis of the relationship between customer complaints and firm value showed a statistically significant negative correlation. This suggests that a high level of customer complaints, representing dissatisfaction with customer service, has a negative effect on firm value. Secondly, the customer complaints differentiates the value relevance of customer deposits. Specifically, the value relevance of customer deposits is enhanced where there are many customer complaints. This emphasizes the need to consider not only the direct effect of customer complaints on firm value but also their indirect effect on customer-related intangible assets. This research uniquely estimates the economic meaning of customer complaints on securities firms, examining them empirically, differentiating it from previous studies.

Identifying the systemic importance and systemic vulnerability of financial institutions based on portfolio similarity correlation network

The indirect correlation among financial institutions, stemming from similarities in their portfolios, is a primary driver of systemic risk. However, most existing research overlooks the influence of portfolio similarity among various types of financial institutions on this risk. Therefore, we construct the network of portfolio similarity correlations among different types of financial institutions, based on measurements of portfolio similarity. Utilizing the expanded fire sale contagion model, we offer a comprehensive assessment of systemic risk for Chinese financial institutions. Initially, we introduce indicators for systemic risk, systemic importance, and systemic vulnerability. Subsequently, we examine the cross-sectional and time-series characteristics of these institutions’ systemic importance and vulnerability within the context of the portfolio similarity correlation network. Our empirical findings reveal a high degree of portfolio similarity between banks and insurance companies, contrasted with lower similarity between banks and securities firms. Moreover, when considering the portfolio similarity correlation network, both the systemic importance and vulnerability of Chinese banks and insurance companies surpass those of securities firms in both cross-sectional and temporal dimensions. Notably, our analysis further illustrates that a financial institution’s systemic importance and vulnerability are strongly and positively associated with the magnitude of portfolio similarity between that institution and others.

Exploring the Impact of Different Linear Regression Approaches on Stock Forecasting

Since 2020, epidemics, the rise of tech stocks, stimulus measures and monetary easing have all had a huge impact on stock prices. With this in mind, this paper summarizes the historical background of stock price research, which has evolved at different stages from technical analysis to fundamental analysis to quantitative analysis and behavioral finance. At the same time, through a comparative study of multiple linear regression and univariate linear regression on stock price data from three Chinese securities firms, this paper finds that different stocks may require different prediction models to obtain more accurate prediction results. The significance of this study is that it provides investors with information about stock price fluctuations and trends, which helps to formulate more informed investment strategies and risk management. In addition, it helps economists to study the impact of stock market on macroeconomics. Overall, these results shed light on guiding further exploration of stock price prediction based on various models.

Pair Tarding and Residual Risk: A Case Study Based on the China’s Securities Firm

With the development of the financial field, there are more and more hedging strategies accompanied by an increasing number of residual risks in these strategies. These risks are generally ignored by people, resulting in losses. This paper begins with CITIC Securities, the leader in China’s securities industry, and analyzes its large-scale paired trading case, spreading spreads in the A-stock market. Firstly, at the macro trading level, this paper finds that there are still credit risks and liquidity risks in the trading of this investment portfolio by referring to the prospectus of CITIC Securities’ bond offering. It puts forward relevant suggestions to reduce these risks. Next, the focus shifts to the analysis of the portfolio strategy itself. The paper identifies four risk points: stock price rise in advance, abnormal events, reduced hedging opportunities, and market irrationality. It also provides suggestions on how to mitigate losses caused by these remaining risks. For example, setting up profit and loss points, establishing relevant departments to control the remaining risk points, maintaining good customer credit, and improving the company’s credit rating.

A Two-Stage Data Security Classification Model: Taking Securities Firm for Example

In the era of big data, maximizing the circulation and sharing of data on the basis of ensuring its security is a challenge. Data security classification provides an effective solution for data security protection. This paper proposes a two-stage data classification method based on nine CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability) indicators, and introduces an expert scoring mechanism to achieve quantitative and precise data classification. In the empirical research part, this paper applies the new method to G Securities Company and first classifies the company’s data into 76 categories. Then the second stage of grading is carried out based on the scores of each index of different categories. The results show that the proposed method is more accurate and robust in terms of data protection and in terms of increasing the value of data sharing and circulation.

Workplace Ergonomics and Employee Performance in Registered Private Security Firms in Kenya

Employee performance in private security firms is Kenya is facing numerous challenges frequently emanation from workplace environment. Therefore, this study sought to assess the effect of workplace ergonomics on workplace ergonomics on employee performance in private security firms in Kenya. The study was anchored on the Two-Factor Theory of Motivation. The study utilized positivism research approach. The study used descriptive and correlation research designs. The study population was 13,484 drawn form the Kenya Security Industry Association (KSIA) and Protective Security Industry Association (PSIA). The sample size was 180 respondents established by use of Slovin sample size determination formulae. Questionnaires were used as instruments for obtaining the data required. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were enhanced by carrying out a pilot study prior to data collection. The study adopted regression analysis to establish the effect of workplace ergonomics on employee performance in private security firms in Kenya. The study findings indicated that workplace ergonomics had a positive and significant relationship with employee performance in private security firms in Kenya. Therefore, the relationship between workplace ergonomics and employee performance is crucial as it can have far-reaching implications for both employees and organizations. The positive and significant relationship between workplace ergonomics and employee performance suggests that private security firms should consider investing in ergonomic improvements to create a healthier, more productive, and engaged workforce. It can have a cascading effect on various aspects of organizational success. Therefore, the implications of workplace ergonomics on employee performance in private security firms in Kenya are diverse and can positively impact both the physical and psychological well-being of employees. Private security firms need to recognize and invest in ergonomic principles to create a healthier, more productive, and more satisfying work environment. This, in turn, can contribute to the overall success and sustainability of private security firms in Kenya.

Exploring hybrid security strategies in Ghana: State and private sector partnerships

ABSTRACT Mounting security challenges in the Global South provoke scholarly discussions on multi-actor and multi-dimensional interventions, especially the role of private security organisations. Yet, while broadly revealing the growing influence of private security firms and/or anecdotes of periodic private-public security collaborations in contemporary security provision in developing countries, the related literature offers little discussion about the potential for sustained systemic partnerships between public and private security organisations to tackle contemporary security challenges. Contributing to the broader discourse on hybrid governance, this research examines the potential of private-public security operational collaborations and how they could address contemporary security dilemmas in Ghana. The article draws on semi-structured interviews with actors from private and public security sectors to demonstrate the potential of effective private-public security partnerships in the areas of intelligence gathering and logistical (re)enforcement; community education and operations; and surveillance. The data suggest that while private and public securities operate under different structures, codes, and conditions, the three areas present real possibilities for a hybrid security context, which could significantly reduce crime and general security concerns in the country.

The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on the Long-Term Performance of Securities Firms

In China, the generally small size and weak financing capacity have affected the growth of the securities companies. In recent years, many securities firms have adopted mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to expand the size of their businesses and it is necessary to study the impact of M&A on their long-term performance. This paper selects the acquisition of Guangzhou Securities by CITIC Securities as a case study to examine the impact of M&A on long-term performance. The paper first analyses the motivation for the M&A and describes the background of the two companies. Then it analyses the long-term performance of CITIC Securities before and after the acquisition. As for the financial indicators, the paper compares profitability, solvency, operating efficiency and growth capacity. In terms of non-financial indicators, it focuses on market share and number of business offices. Finally, it makes some suggestions for M&A in the Chinese securities industry. The paper finds that CITIC Securities' profitability, solvency and operating efficiency have all improved after the M&A, and the M&A has brought considerable gains. Its business offices in Guangdong operations have increased, and its market share has further expanded. In the future, CITIC Securities will need further follow-on integration to expand synergies and improve the company's performance.

The Impact of the Information Security Policies on Organizational Performance

This study aims to explore the importance of enforcing a solid information security policy on the different institutions, giving a conceptual overview on the relationship between information security practices and organizational performance, presenting global indicators in peer-reviewed journals and records of information security firms and platforms, comparing best practices to productivity and improved performance, Analysing various risks and proposing the best solutions and appropriate protection techniques by following the best various strategies and techniques, propose the mitigation strategic prevention and hybrid techniques to protect the information due to their less expensive and simplicity.