Business Security Tips

1. Secure your perimeter - ensure walls and gates are maintained and secure

3. Do not store materials close to the perimeter that could be used to assist entry or exit to your premises

4. Provision of suitably placed street furniture, such as a barrier may assist from vehicular attack (eg planters or metal posts)

5. Lighting, together with other measures is a deterrent. Sites should be adequately lit with higher levels of lighting in vulnerable areas.

6. Ensure access to the roof of the premises is restricted by strategically placed anti-climb paints or other anti-scale barriers.

7. Consider site design to ensure adequate surveillance of stock, the use of convex mirrors, CCTV systems and alarmed goods provide a valuable deterrent.

8. Consider having internal doors fitted with coded locks or key card locks.

9. Security mark all computer equipment, consider bolting valuable items to desks

10. All telephone lines should enter the building underground to protect the integrity of the monitored alarm system.

11. Implement a clear desk policy both for business security and the prevention of fire.