CCTV surveillance training for businesses held in Cebu

CEBU, Philippines - Acknowledging the significance of a security program in a business, the SecurityMatters magazine has successfully held the Cebu leg of its first ever closed-circuit television (CCTV) video surveillance course training last September 17 to 20 at the Sacred Heart Convention Center in Cebu City.

This was in cooperation with the Accommodation Establishment Security and Safety Coordinating Council, Inc (AESSCCI)-Cebu Chapter and Philippine Society for Industrial Security Region 7 (PSIS7).

Cebu is considered to be the flagship province in the country to host the training courses, housing the most number of CCTV video surveillance operators, supervisors, and managers.

The three course batches of participants who attended the event included operators in the tourism and hospitality industry, representatives from the industrial sectors such as those in research and development facilities, export processing zones, big shopping malls, and manufacturing plants, as well as supervisors and managers from various companies.

SecurityMatters magazine editor-in-chief Ace Esmeralda who served as the lead instructor of the Cebu leg, discussed topics concerning the crucial privacy aspects of CCTV systems based on the legal provisions of applicable national laws, ordinances of several cities, and pending house and senate bills on CCTV.

Esmeralda is a certified protection professional, certified security professional and certified campus security manager.

He is also currently the Regional Vice President of ASIS International, Region 33 – Philippines and the managing director of Ace and Associates Risk Management, Inc.

Esmeralda pointed out during the training course that even the vendors and installers of CCTV system fail to teach their users the basic technical aspects of the equipment and operations.

In an earlier interview with The Freeman, Esmeralda considered a strong asset protection program as a foundation for businesses in terms of loss prevention, protection of lives and properties and increase on the value of the projects.

This is high time, he said, for existing and emerging companies to invest on asset protection with the fast-paced economic development in Cebu.

He further noted that companies with effective asset protection group are less exposed to unknown and known risks.  (FREEMAN)