One small-cap security company to watch

It's a dangerous world. That means there's big money to be made in security. Tom Bulford looks at one ambitious small-cap business that aims to be a major force in the industry.

We live in a dangerous world. Proof of this is found in the impressive array of security devices that are now commonplace. Metal detectors and x-ray scanners; anti-ram road blockers and bomb blast window film; intruder alarms and surveillance systems these are the ones we're most familiar with. But there is plenty more clever stuff besides.

Take the MicroSearch Heartbeat Detection System. When it is placed under a vehicle or container, this device can detect any human cargo by sensing the vibrations caused by a beating heart.

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Tom worked as a fund manager in the City of London and in Hong Kong for over 20 years. As a director with Schroder Investment Management International he was responsible for £2 billion of foreign clients' money, and launched what became Argentina's largest mutual fund. Now working from his home in Oxfordshire, Tom Bulford helps private investors with his premium tipping newsletter, Red Hot Biotech Alert.