SecurityWatch

Join us on May 2 & 3 at the Javits Center for the largest buildings event in the NY region, the Buildings NY Show. Be sure to stop by and see us at Booth 720. Visit the Buildings NY website for more info. For free entrance, courtesy of DGA and Buildings NY, click here.

DGA Security Systems is proud to be one of the more than 190,000 small businesses (as defined as businesses with 500 employees or less) in New York City. We have grown into the largest independent security systems provider in the New York City area and since our founding more than 40 years ago, DGA has become well known as the security company that protects more businesses in the Diamond District than any other security company and many well-known retailers, galleries, restaurants and other prominent establishments.

However, you are just as likely to see one of our trucks providing best in class service to the corner laundromat as to a prominent store. Plus, our award-winning monitoring center and access control teams provide around the clock service no matter how many employees you have or how many people have heard of your brand.

DGA’s managed security services are the ideal way to allow you to focus on growing the business, while we focus on giving your the security, video and access systems you need.

It is the one-year anniversary of the NYC Department of Health’s restaurant letter grading system. While many restaurant owners are not happy with the system, it appears as if it is hear to stay. While security solutions from DGA can’t help your Zagat Rating, they can help with many aspects of your health inspection.

• Environmental monitoring can notify you immediately when the temperature in the walk-in exceeds specified levels.
• External video surveillance on the garbage receptacles to keep an eye out that they are covered when not in use.
• Video cameras pointed at various food stations to make sure that proper food handling occurs at all times.
• Case control can ensure that the right people have access to the right food at the right time of day.
• Remote video surveillance, online access and email reports to make sure that your restaurant runs smoothly even when you are not present.

DGA provides security, video and access control services to many of NYC’s finest restaurants. Contact us today to see how we can help you.

Spotify has joined the Beatles, ABBA and Adele as the latest European music sensation to invade the United States. The arrival of the music streaming service has been eagerly anticipated by US music fans since the Swedish company launched in 2008. The NY Times has called Spotify “the most popular [music streaming] service in the world.”

For its US headquarters Spotify has chosen New York City for its proximity to music executives and wealth of technology talent. (Daily non-stops to Europe probably don’t hurt either.) As with many other top Silicon Alley tech companies, Spotify is using DGA Security System’s access management system in its office.  With managed access from DGA, Spotify can focus on providing the best music streaming service while DGA’s Card Access team manages their security.

According to a report in Crain’s, chances for summer jobs are better but still slim. If you are one of the NYC employers hiring seasonal employees this summer, make sure that your access control system is ready to prevent your summer interns from raiding the office supplies and ready to allow your summer help to access the burgers but not the Bordeaux.

With a managed access control system from DGA, giving temp employees access to the different parts of your business is easy. Simply contact DGA’s Card Access team 24 hours a day. When the season ends, there is no need to track down keys, simply call us again and access will be terminated.

At some point in time, you’ve probably seen the Columbia Sportswear ads featuring the company’s chairwoman, Gert Boyle. Mrs. Boyle describes herself as “One Tough Mother”, and this week she proved her toughness and her smarts when she foiled a robbery attempt by using her security system’s duress code to summon the police.

According to the Associated Press, Mrs. Boyle told the robber that she had to disable her alarm; instead she entered the duress code and the police were summoned to her home. When the police arrived, they untied Mrs. Boyle whose hands were bound. The robber escaped, but he was quickly apprehended.

This story highlights how important it is that all security system users know their duress code. When the code is entered, the alarm is armed or disarmed as if the regular keypad code was used. However, the monitoring center will notify the police department that you need help.

DGA customers who aren’t familiar with their alarm system’s duress code procedures should call customer service at 212.840.5160 for instructions.