We have heard from a number of security executives about a very disturbing trend taking place when contracting out various services to support security programs. These reports indicate that a decline may be occurring in the integrity and ethical standards of a number of security services providers.
Apparently, a new trend is occurring after a security supplier wins a contract and begins to provide services. Once they have begun, they approach the security executive and advise that they cannot provide the services for which they have been contracted for at the originally agreed-upon fee schedule. The advantage the vendor has is that they know how disruptive it is to change contract security personnel services and the complicating factors surrounding security system component warranties if you change security system integrators. They are willing to roll the dice because they are pretty sure that security executives do not want to have to explain why they are changing vendors so soon and that the corporate legal department does not have the time to deal with disputes that do not involve huge sums of money.