According to the major private security providers in India, there has been a massive spike in terms of customers looking to add security, upgrade their in-place systems, or learn more about the process. This is largely due to governmen ordering public locations to increase security directly after the Mumbai attacks. Most locations are looking to buy the bare minimum to build surveillance, threat detection, and resiliency capabilities, seeking to offload the costs of increased security on the government.

Look, this is an unfortunate initiative. Instead of demanding the private sector meet a minimum standard, security services should partner and enable these high density locations to connect to one another and tap into core security information services. Information, i.e. keeping track of threats, fire brigades, police officers provide these places, each with limited means, to connect to one another and build collaborative security rather than simply throwing money away.

Note: in most cases, private security does not refer to private military contractors like Blackwater, but rather to mall/public security. These are not highly trained operatives with years of combat experience. Instead, these are guards who know how to provide medical care and handle a radio, some with weapons experience - the combination of which is useful in the right circumstances.

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