5 Security Tips to Keep Your Company Safe from All External Treats

 The present-day business world is riddled with various obstacles, most of which can seriously threaten the survival of even the most ambitious companies in existence. Even though they are not cited as often as some other mentions, security issues and their devastating consequences definitely climb to the top of this list.

If we, for instance, take Ireland as an example of a developed country, we will find a survey in which 40% of the respondents of some form of criminal activity. For 88% of them, the inflicted crime caused average damage of €47,000. About 5% experienced costs that climbed all the way up to €500,000.

These numbers are something you should take into very serious consideration. Let us take a look then at some of the tips that should help you overcome these issues and keep your business safe.

Encourage the culture of safety

If your staff is not ready to play by the rules, abide by security guidelines and take the future of your business as seriously as you do not even the best security equipment won't keep your company safe. Therefore, you should do your best to encourage a culture of safety within your ranks. These goals can be most easily met by organizing various workshops and seminars, making the security guidelines transparent and publically available, and, of course, offering small incentives for responsible behavior. To get the best results, you can even form an employee committee that will oversee these initiatives.

Install effective security equipment

As long as they are used in the most sensible manner even the basic security tools like alarm systems, motion detectors, and security cameras can provide excellent results. For instance, if you are not able to maintain surveillance over the entire business lot, dummy cameras should prove to be a very powerful deterring factor against the more hesitant burglars. As you approach more sensitive corners of your premises, your defenses should become tighter, more effective, and obscured from trespassers. Critical points should feature multiple security options and advanced features like night mode recording, etc.

Discourage burglars from entering the lot

As we mentioned in the previous section, the goal of business security is not only to disrupt but also to discourage crime. This deterring strategy should be implemented right from the very lot so make sure that your premises are surrounded by strong colorbond fencing and impenetrable security gates. Ideally, both of them should provide a good street view on your premises to prevent any impostor from hanging out there for too long. Similarly, your lot should be well-lit, devoid of any clutter, vehicles, or needles structures, and preferably make some space between the entrance points and your sensitive facilities.

Make adaptations to business routines

Essentially, your goal should be to keep as little cash and expensive equipment on your physical premises as possible and thus make your business unattractive to thieves. One of the ways to do that is to move as much of your physical infrastructure to the cloud. This way you will also eliminate the threat of sensitive documents being used for ransom. As for the money, offering your customers small incentives for card payments should reduce the amount of cash around your premises. If you still end up with substantial sums of paper money, be sure to make regular deposits and put these worries to rest.

Set up defenses against cybercrime

Physical attacks and forcible entries are far from the only security issues your company will need to deal with. As a matter of fact, some of the greatest threats are hidden in the online environment – according to recent stats, cybercrime rose by 600% due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the average cost of one data breach climbing up to $137,000. Here are a couple of things you can use to keep these problems at bay:

·         Make effective use of password protection: The passwords used by your employees should be complicated, preferably computer-generated, and changed on a frequent basis. Also, consider using two-factor authentication.

·         Leverage the benefits of antivirus software and cloud storage: Both these assets provide top-tier, latest-gen protection without asking your company to spend a small fortune.

·         Educate the employees on how to protect their emails: Emails are, by far, the weakest digital entry point. That is why your employees should be properly trained to deal with threats like viruses, dangerous links, poaching, and phishing attacks.

·         Secure the servers: The best way to do that is to limit the access to sensitive data only to the most trustworthy people, preferably third-party maintenance professionals. Your server data should be regularly backed up and safely stored and kept at a safe remote location.

We hope these few tips will help you to start building defenses that will keep your company secure from any kind of threat, be it a forced entry or some kind of cyber assault. The present-day business arena is filled with various hurdles, dangers, and uncertainties. Don't make this situation any harder by making your company vulnerable to external attacks. The damage you may sustain may prove to be too severe to ever fully recover.