How To Improve Your Workplace Security

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Workplace security is paramount as it is the level of security and in turn safety that your workplace can provide its employees, equipment, and building. It is essential for ensuring that all employees are protected and feel safe in their working environment and ensures that the building, equipment, and goods are safe and protected from damage or burglary. 

Taking the security of your workplace seriously will have a hugely positive impact on your day-to-day operations and is a preventative measure you can take to ensure you keep your expenses down and your business running and functioning. Take for example your stock, should it be damaged or stolen it will cost you not only to replace the items but will also impact the productivity of the workplace until the items have been replaced or restored. What is more, it will negatively impact your employees who may be left feeling unsafe and vulnerable in their place of work.

Alarm systems 

Alarm systems are an easy and effective way to step up your workplace security. Alarm systems act as a deterrent to potential intruders making it less likely your business will fall victim to a break-in or burglary. This in turn will promote the safety of your employees and business assets. Further to this, should an alarm system be sounded during a break in it should alert the intruders and stop them from proceeding thus further protecting your business. 

Alarm systems come in many formats and have different capabilities. You can have a basic model which sounds like an alarm or one that is linked up to a monitoring system or alerts the police or security personnel who attend the scene once triggered. 

CCTV

CCTV is another incredibly effective means of enhancing your security protocols. CCTV will catch intruders or trespassers on video, which will act as a deterrent in itself and make criminals more prone to being caught or identified. CCTV can also help to catch suspicious behavior and put a company on alert should anything untoward be detected. 

Another by-product of installing CCTV, other than preventing break-ins, is that it can help to identify any risks or flaws in security that are currently experienced by your business or staff. CCTV can be used to provide evidence of safe or unsafe business practices or help to settle internal disputes arising from workplace related accidents, injuries, or incidents 

Regular maintenance of your security systems 

Whatever means of security you opt for, whether it is alarming, CCTV, or both, you should always stay on top of the maintenance of these systems to ensure they are working effectively. Any form of technology can fall victim to system faults, downtime, or poor security so by carrying out regular maintenance checks you should be able to minimize the chance of your security system letting you down when you need it most. 

ID badges

Employee ID badges are particularly useful in larger organizations or businesses that involve a high number of staff, a lot of foot traffic, or a high turnover of visitors and guests. Allowing anyone to roam around the interiors of your business could pose a real security risk to staff, equipment, and visitors. Every effort should be made to provide anyone on the premises with ID badges or a means of identification. They should also be required to sign in and out of the premises to ensure that a record of their presence is kept. Finally, if your ID badges double up as access keycards then be sure that you grant only necessary access to necessary personnel.

Employee education  

Another key component to ensuring the security and safety of your workplace is ensuring that all the employees who are in the workplace are fully au-fait with safety and security procedures in place. Establish a written procedure or list of responsibilities that employees have to ensure they are fully aware of what is expected from them. Having a written resource that employees can refer to can avoid key security steps, such as locking away important products or enabling the alarm systems from being missed, forgotten, or overlooked.

However, before doing this it is important that your employees undergo the relevant training to ensure that they fully understand, know, and appreciate the safety and security standards expected from them and how they can achieve them. Training should be to a high standard and offered continually to ensure it is always up-to-date and relevant to the workplace.