Services

A wide range of Security Solutions

Services

By segmenting our security services, we concentrate the expertise and knowledge needed in each one to achieve excellence for our clients. In this way, we offer a broad set of security solutions, responding case-by-case to our clients' specific needs. When integrated, these represent the most advanced and refined stage of security. The experience and know-how accumulated since 1972 are the reason we are recognized in Portugal as one of the most relevant security companies.

Choose a service:

Services

Surveillance

Always watchful

Electronic Security

At the forefront of technology

Cash-in-Transit

In good hands, anywhere

24H Security Center

24H Security Center

Security Consulting

Security Studies
Surveillance
Always watchful

Surveillance

We believe security is a fundamental right for everyone, not a luxury reserved for the privileged few.

Because the end of freedom begins with feelings such as fear, apprehension, distrust and, of course, insecurity, our roughly 3,000 professionals work daily so that you can feel the pleasure of a life full of confidence, knowing in advance that we are always close by.

Human Surveillance
All the attention on you

Vigilância Humana

Human Surveillance is a security service provided by duly trained agents recognized by the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI), who ensure both your protection and that of your property, preventing crimes or acts that threaten your safety.

These are highly and continuously specialized professionals, prepared to perform duties of varying complexity and demands, where specific training is of fundamental importance.

Grupo 8 has an accredited training center where its professionals are prepared to act in the most diverse and adverse situations.

Roving Patrols
Security on the move

Roving Patrols

Roving Patrols are a security service provided by specialized guards who, using motorized means, make unannounced visits to our clients, preventing situations as diverse as unauthorized access, theft, robbery, vandalism, and the detection and resolution of purely accidental circumstances, such as floods and fire outbreaks, or the prevention of unnecessary expenses (lights left on, taps left running, climate controls, etc.).

Operational Response Teams
Ready to act

Operational Response Teams

Operational Response Teams provide operational assistance that is activated whenever an incident justifies immediate intervention.

This assistance is triggered by the alarm-center and surveillance-center operators, who remain alert 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Operational Response Teams consist of highly specialized crews, travelling to incident locations in the most appropriate vehicles, from light cars to off-road vehicles. In certain situations these teams may be supported by a specially trained canine unit.

PPEP
Safe at every moment

PPEP – Personal Protection, Escort and Accompaniments

Grupo 8 developed the PPEP service, aware of how important it can be for a client to arrive at a location without having to worry about transport and security. All you have to do is decide where you want to go.

You will have at your disposal top-of-the-range, unmarked vehicles and highly qualified professionals, able to best meet your needs, whether simple accompaniment to a given location, transport, guided visits, or personal protection.

These are people with many hours of training and even more experience accompanying high-profile individuals. We want our clients to feel completely safe at every moment of their lives.

Cash-in-Transit
In good hands, anywhere

In good hands, anywhere

We are fully aware of the security requirements involved in the transport and handling of valuables and cash, as well as the risks these tasks represent for any company.
For this reason, we take on that risk on behalf of our clients. We believe these operations should be carried out by properly trained and equipped professionals, supported by a wide range of insurance coverage and appropriate technical resources, reducing both the risk and the daily concerns of our clients.

Thanks to technological innovation and the integration of all transport, security and traceability activities, we operate a logistics system that monitors and controls, in real time, the valuables being transported, the location of each fleet unit and its respective route.

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Processing and Safekeeping
The value of rigor

The value of rigor

This is an activity complementary to the Cash-in-Transit service, carried out on our own premises, protected and accredited under the supervision of the Bank of Portugal. With approved equipment and a team of qualified professionals, Grupo 8 is able to:

  • Carry out the cash-recirculation process..
  • Verify the authenticity of banknotes, retaining counterfeit notes and handing them over to the authorities.

As this is an activity of extreme importance and rigor, meticulous attention is given to the entire cash-handling and custody process, including digital recording of every stage of the process, from the identification and opening of security bags to the counting of the cash.

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24H Security Center
24-Hour Security Operations Centre

Alarm Reception and Monitoring Center Management

With thousands of alarms across the country connected to our Alarm Centers, we receive and monitor all information, processing it to meet each client’s specifications and acting according to the demands of each situation, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

In addition to monitoring all connected alarms, we support the operation and dispatch of available mobile resources (roving patrols, operational response teams and technicians) whenever faced with alarm situations or equipment faults.

In addition, in contact with all operational vehicles, we provide Area Managers with information about the status of security guards, with whom we maintain regular contact, forwarding any problems or questions raised during service delivery to the relevant operational staff, as well as their presence, to whoever requests it.

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Electronic Security
At the forefront of technology

Electronic Security

Over the years, we have developed our know-how in Electronic Security to ensure the full efficiency of this service, which includes Intrusion Detection, Fire Detection, Access Control and CCTV — Closed Circuit Television.

This safeguards the automatic activation of alarm systems in the event of an incident. It also guarantees uninterrupted image capture of your premises, meaning immediate monitoring of potential suspects should an unwanted incident occur.

CFTV
Solutions adapted to you

Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) and Remote Video Surveillance Systems

Grupo 8 offers its clients various types of digital recorders and video cameras, always providing them with the best price/quality ratio.

In practice, this service involves on-site monitoring, either by the client or by Grupo 8 teams. Whenever necessary, Grupo 8’s permanent alarm-monitoring center performs this service remotely, thus providing a Remote Video Surveillance service that can be combined with other security functions, such as Patrols, dispatching a Response Team, or coordination with the client’s internal services.

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A track record of thousands of small, medium and large systems installed is the solid foundation on which this service is delivered, using the following range of products:

  • Digital recorders, video cameras and control software.
  • High-quality video cameras, 360-degree domes, specialized lenses and all necessary accessories from the same brands.
  • Centralized integration.
Fire Protection
Total fire-protection prevention

Fire Protection

Grupo 8 is a company registered with the ANPC (National Civil Protection Authority) under decree-law 220/2008 and ordinance 773/2009, and is authorized to carry out various fire-safety works, with its qualified technicians able to sign responsibility statements registered across various specialties, including:

  • Supply and installation of Automatic Fire Detection Systems. Grupo 8 has worked for decades with brands and products that ensure the highest quality, with one- or multi-loop addressable systems, featuring elegant and efficient detectors, in strict compliance with European standard EN 54 and recent national legislation (decree-law 220/2008). Grupo 8 also supplies conventional Fire Detection Systems for small or medium-sized premises, with in-house installation or specialized support to contractors.
    Automatic gas-based extinguishing systems, namely FM 200. Decades of experience in this area ensure installation quality and adherence to design specifications, also guaranteed by authorized designers.
  • Automatic gas-based extinguishing systems, namely FM 200 Decades of experience in this area ensure installation quality and adherence to design specifications, also guaranteed by authorized designers.
  • Supply and installation of fire extinguishers.
  • Supply and installation of CO detection systems for car parks
  • Supply and installation of combustible-gas detection systems.
  • Supply and installation of safety signage.
  • Supply and installation of smoke control systems.

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Residential Alarms
Everything for the security of your home

Residential Alarms

Around 40 years of experience installing residential alarms is proof of our efficiency in this type of system. Our current product range centers on the latest-generation wireless equipment, with ultra-fast installation and minimal inconvenience for the user.

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Anti-Intrusion Protection
For the security of your business

Anti-Intrusion Protection

Custom-built systems to make intrusion and premises-breach detection practical and secure. Integrating these systems with others, particularly video surveillance, together with our long experience, gives us the capability needed to achieve the best results.

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Easy and fast to install

Systems with respective detectors and radio-linked siren. Installation in 1 to 2 hours.

How it works

Detectors with Video Transmission

Radio-based systems with special infrared detectors equipped with video cameras, producing short video sequences immediately transmitted to the Center via GPRS. The client can access these videos, checking the cause of the detector’s trigger. Grupo 8 supplies all equipment, including GPRS-enabled mobile SIM cards. Very fast installation, in a few hours, without disturbing the client.

How it works

Access Control
Maximum rigor in Access Control

Access Control

Grupo 8 is responsible for access-control systems with tens of thousands of cards issued for this purpose, using state-of-the-art radio-frequency technology and biometric readers that enable secure control of premises, as well as centralized and effective management of them.

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  • We have specialized technicians licensed in access-control and centralized security management software. This is one of the most prestigious access-control systems ever built, used by IBM centers and other multinationals responsible for security in large or medium-sized integrated systems. In Portugal some large organizations also use this equipment, which doesn’t prevent its use in small-scale local-security systems at much lower cost.
  • Card or biometric reader systems for specific applications.
Integrated Security
Excellence in Integrated Security

Integrated Security

This consists of coordinating all the various security systems, not only from a technological standpoint through integration software, but mainly with human-surveillance systems, Grupo 8’s main activity.

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ARC and Remote Video Surveillance
Reception, Alarm Monitoring and Remote Video Surveillance Services

Alarm Receiving Centers (ARCs) are duly licensed and have teams operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, supervising clients’ electronic systems and video-camera images, coordinating with the authorities and response resources such as Key Holders, Patrols and Response Teams.

Equipped with modern networked software that allows the organized and systematic centralization and monitoring of all types of alarms, including remote video surveillance and remote monitoring.

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Maintenance and Support
Maintenance and Support Services

All installed electronic security systems have guaranteed technical support, as well as the option of preventive-maintenance contracts at attractive prices, whether or not integrated with other services provided by the company.

Permanent service teams guarantee continuity of service and of the equipment’s original performance.

Security Consulting
Security Studies

Security Consulting

Our Commercial Areas plan the design and development of services according to client specifications. To do so, they always share a common focus on innovation, service quality and the ability to generate added value.

These areas consist of technical teams of consultants specialized in designing global, integrated security solutions, 100% aligned with each client’s needs.

We prepare:

  • ecurity Plans
  • Security Audits;
  • Self-Protection Plans;
  • Prevention / Emergency and Evacuation Plans.

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