Why Would a Small Business Need a Security Risk Assessment?
What does a Security Risk Assessment do for my business? It is a means of identifying all the possible risks your business could face and assist you, the owner, in planning strategies to make sure these risks are reduced or eliminated before they hurt your business. My company, as Security Consultants, use these assessments to figure out how your security measures are set up and what you may need to upgrade to protect all your assets.
If you have no idea of what threats or risks your business could be facing, then how are you to protect your assets from them? This is where our Security Risk Assessment analysis is the only logical way of identifying and reducing them. So what are they used for the most?
They can be used for:
Your hiring practices to reduce lawsuits to what you do in case of a natural disaster.
This can help to assist you in planning your insurance needs, and to review your policy and procedures.
They are used for protecting your property as in doors, windows, locks, cameras and alarm systems.
They can help with your hiring, retention and termination procedures to reduce potential lawsuits.
They can assist in planning:
How to reduce your theft issues, risks from other inventory losses, reduce potential loss from accidents or criminal activities.
They may help to reduce your insurance costs and they could be used to help you hire security providers correctly.
Plan for premises and disaster liabilities, plan for how criminals can make you an easy target.
There are three main areas of security in a business no matter what size it is; they are Location, People and Information. Risk assessments can help you decide on what security measures are needed to protect each of these areas. They identify all types of threats and risks that could befall your business or any of your assets. They assist you in upgrading existing measures and implementing new measures of protection.
Crimes are more often perpetrated by an employee than an outsider. This can cause people in business to overstate their security measures to just looking at inside threats. If you give a criminal an opportunity to commit a crime then they will certainly make you a victim someday. So by using a risk assessment, you can look for all the threats and risks and make decided measures that reduce the whole of the risks you face.
Business owners must remember that security is more than just having a door lock and an alarm system in place . It has to do with every area of your specific business, there are no one size fits all applications. What works for a business like yours in one part of your town may not work at all for your specific location. Get the facts you need to make a decision based on what is likely to happen to your business as to the threats and risks you face by a professional. Then implement the needed security measures to protect your assets.
This will save you costs of insurance premium raises and lawsuits from happening in the future. There is the old saying, being prepared is less costly than reacting to an incident, take this to heart and protect your company or find yourself out of business or worse in court facing a major lawsuit. The choice is yours!
If your interested in a Security Risk Planning Assessment to help your business, please feel to contact us through our website, email us, or call us at 727.667.5045. We look forward to hearing from you!