Background Checks, Screening, and Polygraph Testing

If there is theft, fraud, or a security breach in your company, we’ll find it.

Background checks and screening help clients in their HR departments before hiring staff. This minimizes risks significantly, which in the long run can save clients from losses and employment claims. It further ensures that the right people are appointed.

All polygraph testing is undertaken by polygraph experts. Our polygraph services are used for:

• Pre-employment screening & vetting
• Specific incident testing requirements
• Preventive testing
• Lie detection testing  

Security Risk Assessments 

Site assessments are crucial for property and business owners to identify security weaknesses and get recommendations for solutions. At CEN GROUP, we provide assessments for various settings such as homes, businesses, retail stores, mines, industrial plants, factories, harbors, production lines, transport/freight, and storage depots.

Our team will thoroughly examine your facility by visiting your designated sites and evaluating physical security vulnerabilities and emergency preparedness. Site Assessment is comprehensive and includes a thorough examination of the site, its practical functions, and its surroundings.

We will identify best practices used by the site and any deficiencies related to safety, security, and emergency preparedness. We will examine technical and physical security measures, relevant safety and security policies, and procedures currently in place.

A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF YOUR PROPERTY WILL INCLUDE  

• Surrounding area for hazards that could create a security concern
• Internal and external design features
• Present technical and physical security measures
• Relevant safety and security policies and procedures currently in place

Security Guarding & Loss Control

A good security team in place stops crime and reduces losses.

Our company provides security officers to protect businesses, productions, and operations. We have a rigorous selection and verification process for our personnel, which ensures that we only hire the best security officers to work at our client’s premises. Each applicant is pre-screened before the appointment, and all officers undergo a three to six-month probation period to prove their professionalism, security knowledge, communication, and conflict management skills.

Our goal is to provide our clients with a total, professional, and experienced workforce that can prevent crime and losses. Our security officers are easily recognizable by their striking uniforms, complete protection gear, patrol vehicles, and onsite management support.

SERVICES WE OFFER WITHIN THE GUARDING DIVISION

• Unarmed and Armed Security Officers
• Active Security Vehicle Patrols
• K9 Dogs and Handlers
• Access Control
• Front of House Services
• Site Patrols
• Patrol Management
• Lockdown Procedures
• Loss and Stock Controllers
• Double Checkers
• CCTV Surveillance
• Off-Site Monitoring

Executive VIP Protection 

Protecting VIPs internationally since 2008.  

In a country plagued by crime and in an uncertain world, an increasing number of commercial enterprises are seeking personal protection for their executives, key personnel, and families. Therefore, we strongly advise dignitaries and visitors to South Africa to consider personal protection during their visits to the country.

Trained individuals who provide personal protection services are now commonly known as CPOs (Close Protection Officers). When working in a large group, this group is referred to as PSD (Personal Security Details). At CEN, we only appoint individuals or groups as CPOs who have previously served in the armed forces (military, intelligence, or police). We have found that individuals who have served, possess better discipline and skills. We recruit these individuals and subject them to a rigorous verification process that includes checking the following:

• Citizenship
• Backgrounds
• Police Clearance
• Registration with PSIRA
• Formal training, knowledge, and experience in VIP Protection
• Polygraph test with each individual before testing fitness levels and weapons proficiencies

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

• Travel and security advisory and management
• Security and risk assessments
• Client threat profiling
• Advance security preparations
• Airport meet and greet
• Security transfers
• Tour management services
• Close protection services
• Large group protection services
• Smaller group protection services
• Office, site, or home protection services
• Route and venue protection services
• Security motorcade services

Civil Unrest and, or Public Disorder

Unrest is no longer just internal but has increasingly become an external threat due to outside influences.

Civil unrest situations and strike actions are complex and potentially dangerous. We can help.  

WE SUPPLY

• Risk and security assessments
• Counterstrike plans
• Operations managers
• Team leaders
• Counter strike force
• K9 Dogs and handlers
• Access control officers
• CPO’s
• Armoured Vehicles
• 4×4 Vehicles
• Quad bikes
• Mobile firefighting stations

We provide comprehensive protection to prevent damage to property, plants, sites, operations, or productions. Our services not only safeguard sites, but also ensure uninterrupted operations and production while protecting management, employees, and the community.

Convoy and Moveable Asset Protection  

Escorting and safeguarding trucks and freight.

Transport vehicles are often targeted by criminals and crime syndicates. Our convoy and moveable asset protection services can provide complete security for your containers, freight, and logistics. We assist with:

• Armed escort services for high-value cargo with vehicles and tracking devices
• Armed convoy services for logistics, transport, or cargo
• Convoy route planning, advance operations, and close escort services
• Cargo tracking and verification services

Surveillance, Investigations, and Intelligence Outcomes 

We gather intelligence, and close cases faster.

As investigators, we keep client operations clear from criminal infiltration. We battle crime and dismantle illicit gang networks through data collection, surveillance operations, and thorough investigations. We can access, analyze, and manage data to drive a more effective and efficient investigative workflow.  

SURVEILLANCE OPERATIONS INCLUDE 

• Mobile and static recce operations
• Static and moveable stakeouts and operations
• Video and photographic evidence
• Report compilation of the surveillance outcome

INVESTIGATIONS 

Our investigators are ex-police officers and detectives. Information is gathered accurately, swiftly, and discreetly. We cover the following investigative areas:

• Fraud and corruption
• Blackmail
• High-value theft/embezzlement
• Black market products
• White-collar crime

CORPORATE INTELLIGENCE

Corporate intelligence is a crucial aspect of any investigation. Our teams have actual and relevant experience in intelligence work, which we apply to address various topics under investigation. We get the job done by drawing on our experiences and leveraging our security networks.