Niscayah's business has its roots in the technical operations that Securitas has carried on ever since the 1950’s and 60’s, originally as support for security guard operations in the form of reporting systems and smaller alarms etc. The operation like many of the companies that were acquired within Securitas, has gained more and more of its own external customers based on the knowledge and experience that has been built up within security solutions. The proportion of security guard related operations within Systems has consequently fallen and in the various companies, constitutes less than, or considerably less than 10 percent of the companies’ turnover and is non-existent in the companies acquired by Systems in recent years.

In 2008 Securitas Systems changed its name to Niscayah.