mardi 19 décembre 2017

Perfect Ways On Preventing Tailgating

By Michelle Hayes


While unauthorized access to restricted areas at workplaces has decreased, it has not died out completed. In fact, those involved have developed more sophisticated techniques which they use to access unauthorized areas. One of the common techniques burglars use is following your personnel closely and entering as they enter their offices. This strategy is popularly known as tailgating. There are so many ways to minimize the threat associated with this speedily increasing burglary technique.

Introduce the use of visitor badge. Create unique badges that each authorized visitor in your premise will need to wear. Make sure the badge is printed uniquely to avoid duplications. By so doing, you will help reduce the threats resulting from unknown individuals getting into your premises and interfering with your company operations.

Get quality and fitting video surveillance systems installed in your facility. These systems will act to deter unauthorized from entering areas they are not supposed to enter. It will give a real-life footprint of everything every visitor who enters into your business premises does making it easier to identify the criminal in case of robbery.

Introduce a specific office for reception and get the right people to man it. Ensure that this office is few meters from the main gate. It is advised you make sure no other path people can use to enter your facility other than through the reception. By so doing, you will minimize instances when ill-minded people will enter your company.

Invest in a managed access control device. This system is good as it ensures that people who have not been authorized to enter certain areas will not be able to without getting permission. This is really important considering that it will completely abolish the issue of thieves entering your facility without authorization.

Hire well-trained security guards. Having a guard at the entry point to your firm will ensure that only those authorized will pass the entry gate towards your company. Ensure such people have armed and well-trained to deal with thieves in case they turn out hostile.

Use biometrics to minimize the sharing of credentials. Naive employees in your firm are likely to share credentials with other people thinking they are doing the best for your company. When you introduce biometrics in the entry documents, you will prevent instances when someone people will share credentials to enter areas they are not supposed to go.

Ensure each of your workers gets to know the security threats of allowing people they do not know to enter the company secret areas. Set special dates when all employees will get proper training on how to keep every room that is supposed to be kept secret a secret and avoid allowing outsiders in. When every employee is well trained on this subject matter, the issue of people entering unauthorized places will be avoided. It will as well ensure people get to know why they should not share credentials something that will result in fewer cases when burglars enter your premises unidentified.




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