How can you efficiently support your business against threats? These days, threats come in different shapes and sizes, from physical hazards such as a break-in or malicious damage to cyber threats, security breaches, internal threats from employees, and even climate-related disasters. 

Protecting your business and getting back up and running after a critical incident means you can get to work, reducing the damage and the impact it has on your employees and customers.

This post looks at some ways you can prepare for the worst.

Physical Security

Physical security is one of the best ways you can protect your business. It means shaving products or people in place to help you eliminate threats and minimise any damage done. For example, it can be adding shutters to the storefront, employing security guards at entrances, using card entry or biometrics for access to a building or specific parts of a building and using server room racks to protect and support your data systems should there be a breach in the safety and security of its location to avoid disruption to operations. Physical security options are integral to securing your business and should be deployed along with other precautions.

Back Ups

At any given time, you need backups of all the data you hold. And then backups of your backups. Ideally, your backups should be kept separately at a different location so you can access them should you experience a disaster. Using a third-party cloud service to back up and store your data means should your office or working location be compromised, you can still access your details anywhere. You should also look to back up to a separate hard drive and keep this in a different location in the event of natural disasters such as floods or fires. This can enable you to get back up and running quickly without losing any information you need to run your business.

Cyber Security

Hacking, malware, phishing and cyber threats are probably all terms you are familiar with; however, you need to be paying them extra attention as a business owner. Potentially the most significant threat facing modern businesses is cyber criminals. The reason is should a cybercriminal target your business, you can not only be at risk of exposing all of your data but being in breach of many laws and guidelines pertaining to the security of holding personal data. Training employees to recognise threats, using good cyber security habits, and even hiring in-house or outsourcing to an expert cyber security expert can help you to remain vigilant against this threat.

Training

Training all of your employees in all aspects of different threats to your company can help you to help them be aware of what could happen and what to do in the event of a security breach. Be it installing panic buttons in front desks or counters to get extra help when required, using alarms and tags on inventory to avoid theft, or even training to recognise an employee who could be potentially stealing or damaging the company internally. The more people you have aware of what could go wrong, the faster you can identify any issues and get them resolved to avoid a potentially disastrous situation.

Conclusion

Protecting your business means being proactive at all times. You need to ensure that you have backups in place to keep working should you experience a natural disaster, you have efficient protocols in place to deal with physical threats or internal issues, and your employees know precisely what they need to do in the event of a problem. All these points will help you remain in control and up and running as much as possible.

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