It doesn’t matter whether you are just starting up a new business or have an established one, business security should be a priority. Of course you want to keep your expenses down and only want to utilize the amount of protection that your business needs, at the same time without adequate measures being put in place you are going to lose money.
One of the best ways of keeping your security expenses down is by knowing the areas of your business that are most vulnerable. Your business is unique to you so don’t just go with a system that other business associates may be using. It may work excellent for them, but not be enough or even too much for your particular business needs.
Your type of business is going to play an important role in your security needs. If you are in a retail business then you have to think about theft vulnerability in respect to the interior of your business. This is going to include shop lifting as well as employee theft. Your protection against employee theft begins with your screening and interview process. It means not only looking at the skills of a potential employee but also determining their credibility. Try to get to know this individual you are screening for the job as much as possible. Your next concern is regarding shop lifting. Never under estimate the thief who won’t care what is accessible to them for taking. Perhaps you run a gently used clothing store, and you figure that these types of items won’t be a target. If your business depends on the profit generated from these items, then you need to protect them against shop lifters.
Next you have to consider break and enter. This was probably your first area of concern. The best way to think about protection in this circumstance is to think of your security in sections.
1. Make sure that you are not creating a prime environment on the outside for thieves. This would be tall security fences, and shrubs. These provide great protection for the thief to gain entry to your property. See through fences and shrubs kept well back from the windows and entrances solve this problem.
2. Even if you have a alarm system make sure you have the very best of hardware on your doors and windows.
3. Have a safe where you can lock your high end inventory in or a secure filing cabinet for sensitive data.
4. Incorporate a quality alarm system. Make the choice whether you want alarm monitoring or not.
These four levels of security each serve a very important function of slowing the “would be” thief down with each of them escalating his chances of getting caught.
Speak with top quality business security professionals like those here at Pre-lock who take you through from beginning to end for the right security for your Toronto business.
