Monday, 10 March 2014

Everything you wanted to know about plastic security bags

For all of those who are not banking professionals, restaurant owners or even armored vehicle guards, plastic security bags or any tamper proof products do not hold a lot of meaning. However, it is important to know that these security bags are used on a day to day basis, several times during a day, by nearly all organizations concerned with security and safety of their cash or other valuables to be shipped to a safe place, preferably a bank.

How valuables were shipped in the olden times

In the olden times, armed professionals as well as bank professionals would carry valuables and cash using some sort of cloth security bag. Indeed, you can easily image a situation from an old Hollywood film where thieves would look a bank or a train and stack up cloth sacks on their carrier and ride away to safety. These bags though were sturdy came with their own limitations and restrictions to provide safety to the valuables and cash in transit.

Advancement of criminal technology

In the past few years, criminal technology has advanced to a great extent and thus, safeguards have also become much advanced to expose different kinds of crime. Here is where one time use plastic security bags assumed a lot of importance. Today, tamper proof products like plastic security bags come in a wide range of colors, sizes, thickness, manufacturers and even design. Most of these security bags are quite similar to each other and offer similar tamper-evident uses and features that are quite reliable and effective.

What are cash security bags?


Cash security bags are essentially tamper evident security bags which come with several safety and security features enabling the user to detect and identity if the security bag has been tampered with or opened by an unauthorized person. There are varying levels of safety and security for plastic security bags and these depend on the purpose for which they are used for.

Mid level and basic security bags


Basic as well as mid-level security best suited for cash transfers that a cashier initiates at the end of his/her duty to a office safe or to the manager’s office. High level tamper evident security bags are used generally for third party pick, for instance when a courier company has to deliver valuables or cash from a particular business to a safe and a secure location.

Features


Though tamper proof products like plastic security bags provide different features, there are some which have to be necessarily present if the bag is considered to be ideal for shipping or transporting valuables and cash. First and foremost, it is essential that the security bag comes with a ‘VOID’ tamper evident seal. This is a very important feature for any kind of cash security bag that an organization uses. Once the bag has been sealed, any attempt made to open the bag through its closure will lead to a visible marker like ‘TAMPERED WITH’, ‘OPENED’ or ‘VOID’. A thermocromatic seal is an advanced seal which provides evidence in the form of distortion or altered colors if the seal is tampered with.

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