Peace of Mind for Your Business: Top Security Tips

Written by Mantis Security

In today’s landscape of developing technology and the level of crime present, one needs to invest smartly into protecting their business’s people, assets, and physical premises. It is essential that businesses improve their security systems, personnel, and infrastructure to ensure maximum peace of mind and dealing proactively with any threats. Security breaches can be detrimental leading to financial losses, reputational damage, and dire consequences. This blog post will provide top security tips and suggestions to achieve peace of mind for your business from the perspective of commercial security practices.

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” – Benjamin Franklin

Top Tips for Securing Your Physical Space

It is vital that frequent security assessments are performed at your business’s premises and the surrounding properties. This allows one to identify any vulnerabilities and niggling security flaws. The importance of a comprehensive security and risk assessment cannot be emphasized enough. Your business’s location, assets, industry, identified threats and current risks will determine the type of security systems and specific solutions needed. Stagnation, negligence, and carelessness inevitably lead to incidents. It is critical that your physical space is carefully evaluated on a regular basis. Physical areas to be considered carefully in your security assessments are:

• Public entry and exit points
• Access control points
• Delivery areas
• Camera blind spots
• Shortage of security personnel at vulnerable areas
• Renovations or construction happening at neighbouring properties
• Poorly lit areas

To secure your business’s physical space, carefully consider these top security tips.
Carefully investigate your

• fences,
• walls,
• gates,
• locks,
• doors,
• lighting,
• general perimeter

to ensure there are no weak points or opportunities for theft, improper visitor access, vandalism, and even natural disasters such as fires. There are many measures to consider when securing your physical space for your business.

The key solutions to consider are fitting proper security lightning to illuminate all areas, employing strict access control measures, installing advanced video surveillance technologies, making use of highly trained and experienced security officers and restricting access to sensitive areas. A robust security system is an ongoing process and one in which all relevant stakeholders need to prioritize on a consistent basis. Effective physical security is the foundation of a strong security strategy for your business. Securing your business’s physical space should revolve around the principles of deterring and detecting any threat.

“Synergy – the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.” – Mark Twain

Embracing Technology and Integration

The major word revolving in everyone’s mind today is AI, Artificial Intelligence. In the realm of security technology, AI is prevalent and primarily used across offsite monitoring systems and CCTV cameras. Objects, people, and irregular behaviour can be identified, analysed, flagged, and monitored in real time. This level of problem solving, and advanced threat identification is allowing more criminal activity and suspicious behaviour to be identified sooner. Quicker identification leads to more arrests, proactive safety measures being taken, and criminal activity being reduced. High quality video footage is likely to assist you and your business in collecting concrete evidence if there is a suspected or actual crime that takes place.

By bolstering your existing physical security efforts with technology, this allows for a holistic security solution. Security is dynamic and to improve on protecting your business’s people, assets and physical premises, trained manpower integrated with high quality security technology is recommended. Crucial solutions to focus on in terms of technology are installing well placed video surveillance with high-definition cameras and night vision capabilities to combat any challenging visibility conditions. Biometric and facial identification systems allow authorized users to enter the premises and record the details of each person entering and exiting. Modern fire and smoke detection systems can sound an alarm in the case of fires and even contact emergency responders at the same time.

Modern alarm systems also incorporate motion sensors and can trigger alerts if any glass window or door gets broken. By linking all the above recommendations into a blended security system, this will allow your business to be safe across multiple layers. Adopting this layered approach is imperative to mitigate and eliminate all risks, hazards, and potential crime from being committed at your business premises.

“Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.” – Robin Sharma

Refine, Improve and Train

As with any security strategy, one needs to refine the overall process as new threats are identified based on external factors. Security as mentioned above is not static and the responsible stakeholders need to discuss and actively implement constant changes to adapt with the ever-changing nature of newer threats, vulnerabilities, and risks. Conducting evacuation drills, developing clear emergency response plans, and frequently training security personnel and staff members are significant endeavours to protect your business’s people, assets, and physical premises. By creating an interconnected and multilayered security system combining effective technology with professionally trained security officers, it can lead to a superior security solution for your business.

No two businesses are the same and utilising a security expert to advise you on this comprehensive security system is highly suggested. Look no further than Mantis Security. Mantis Security is the leading bespoke security services provider in South Africa. We protect key commercial and business establishments throughout the Gauteng region and pride ourselves on our expert security solutions. We emphasize an integrated approach blending highly trained security personnel and superior security technology.

We can conduct a free risk assessment at your business, or commercial property. Contact us today on 0114871000, email info@mantissecurity.co.za or visit our newly updated webpage on www.mantissecurity.co.za. We are also on social media applications such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Your safety and peace of mind is our priority!