Secure Your Business Premises.

Security is always the bane of a business. How do you ensure that your business is protected from the many different threats it could face from outside?

There are some very easy steps you can take to ensure that your business is protected, allowing you to focus on the more important task of running the business.

Access Security:

This is the task of making sure that only the people you want in your premises are able to gain access. This can be done through fencing and or controlled gates. These are an easy option if you employ reception staff. They can monitor access, and allow visitors into the site without your input.

If you don’t have dedicated staff to greet people then you may want to look at a open access to the site, but employ security measures from the entrance to your office.

This can be done through keycard access, or simple one way doors that need to be opened from the inside, coupled with a intercom system it makes it much easier for your visitors to get access to the site but only as far as you want them to.

People Monitoring:

This doesn’t just involve monitoring your visitors, it can be just as important to monitor your other staff members as well, possibly even more so, as they are more likely to know what is worthwhile in your company.

Methods of people monitoring can start with a simple CCTV system. They are relatively cheap for a small remote system and most now give you access via a smartphone, so if activity is detected after hours you can receive live images direct to your mobile, giving you a much better option of response.

A more advanced system involved RFID monitoring, these can be in the form of keyfobs issued to your staff and all marked

with a unique digital number.  The important thing here is that all main offices of parts of your building need to be equipped with these, as you can directly allow or disallow individuals access to parts of the building using their key

fob identifier.
Because these systems also connect to a central computer you can also see exactly what rooms your employees have accessed and when, allowing you to easily keep tabs on your staff.

Anti – vandal precautions.

If you are situated in a built up area, you are likely to be at risk from vandalism. but it ‘s not all doom and gloom.
You might not be able to completely eliminate the risk, particularly if  you don’t own the building you’re working out of, but htere are still steps you can take.

It has been proven that sometimes just the threat of an anti – vandal measure is enough to deter a would be vandal. Signs on your building proclaiming CCTV in Use, or Anti- Climb Paint warnings, can be enough.

If you are able to, erecting CCTV cameras is a great way to ensure your building is secure, the difficulty is ensuring that they have a full uninhibited view of the exterior of your premises, and ensuring that all cameras can been seen by at least one other camera.

It is obviously better if you can employ someone to monitor your cameras when you’re not in the office, but, for many businesses this just isn’t a viable option. But having the cameras gives you the ability to act retrospectively to any incident.

There’s no one option that works for everyone, but I hope that this has at least given you some ideas as to how you can go about securing your business.

In the worst case, the best option for a lot of business’ is to seek the advice of a professional security company, companies like these, provide security services for a living, they can very quickly assess your business and offer tailor-made packages for your situation. They also often offer a free consultation service.