The Aetos Security Management Private Limited, is one of the three private security companies authorised to provide armed security officers in Singapore to government organisations as well as private companies. A fully owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, it was formed in February 2004 as a result of a government initiative in revamping the local armed security services sector. National motto: Majulah Singapura (English: Onward, Singapore) National anthem: Majulah Singapura Capital Singapore1 Largest city Singapore1 Official languages English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil Government President Prime minister Westminster system (de jure) Dominant-party system (de facto) Sellapan Rama Nathan Lee Hsien Loong Independence - From Malaysia August 9, 1965 Area - Total... Temasek Holdings is the investment arm of the Singapore government. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The company expanded significantly as a result of an amalgamation exercise initiated by Temasek Holdings which took effect on 1 April2004, which saw the security services provided by PSA Corporation and Singapore Technologies Kinetics merging with Aetos. The Changi International Airport Services's (CIAS) airport security unit was also merged subsequently. Temasek Holdings is the investment arm of the Singapore government. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation, or CISCO for short, is one of the three private security companies authorised to provide armed security officers in Singapore to government organisations as well as private companies. ... Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited (SATS) is the largest ground handling and inflight catering service provider at Singapore Changi Airport, as well as being involved in join ventures at fourteen other airports in the Asia Pacific region. ... The Republic of Singapore Police Force, as the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state, has consistently managed to keep Singapores crime rate low. ...
The world's worst failure of airport security was the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon using hijacked jetliners which killed nearly 3000 people.
Prior to that date, passenger screening was provided by security guard companies; however, some people think that private security companies in America are not able to provide the same service level as US Federal employees.
It was not uncommon that the lowest-paid employee in the airport was a security guard.
AETOS is a one-stop security service provider, which specialises in armed protection services for key installations and strategic industries, such as the airports, ports and key installations in the defence industry.
Aetos’ competitive edge lies in its ability to provide armed-guard security services, as well as technology-enabled security and surveillance systems.
With its core capability of high security protection expertise, Aetos is well placed to meet a variety of security threats to high-value assets.