All too often, startup businesses focus on growing their brands but don’t pay much attention to basic things like office security.
The trouble that some startups face is that they can attract much attention from the more nefarious elements of society that are keen to relieve them of their expensive goods and stock.
If you’re a startup business with an office, have you ensured that your brand’s home is safe and secure – both for you and your employees? Here are some low-tech tips that will help you boost your offline security:
Upgrade Your Locks
You’re likely renting your office space from a property management company or a commercial landlord. While those entities are unlikely to steal from you, former tenants may have such ideas in mind if they’ve made copies of your door keys.
That’s why it makes sense to upgrade your door locks. For instance, getting a Mul T lock cylinder fitted to each external door will make it harder for thieves to break into your office. Plus, former tenants can’t use their keys on your new locks.
Label And Monitor Office Equipment
Next, you should consider labeling or security-marking each valuable asset in your office. Doing so ensures you have a clear picture of your asset inventory, and you know the assets assigned to each employee at your startup.
What’s more, labeling or security-marketing things like computers and office equipment makes it harder to sell those items if they get stolen, and the thieves try selling them on online marketplaces or locally to reap the rewards of their ill-gotten gains.
Keep A Track Of Your Visitors
Do you know who visits your office each day? The times they visit and the length of their visits? Do you also know whom those people see at your premises? If you can’t answer any or all of those questions, now is the time to start tracking visitor movements at your office.
The easy and non-technical way to do that is by having them “sign-in” to a visitor’s book and get issued a visitor’s pass or badge on arrival.
Invest In Privacy Film For All Windows
Let’s face it: you don’t want to make your employees and visitors feel like they’re in a windowless storeroom every time they enter your premises.
Yet, you also don’t want the public to see everything inside your office workspaces – especially if some passers-by happen to be thieves scouting for their next business to target.
Privacy film for windows enables people inside your office to get natural light and look outside, but it prevents the public from peeking inside through your windows.
Install Freestanding Office Divider Screens
Lastly, does your startup’s office space have an open-plan design? If so, you want to limit how much people can see inside your office if options like window privacy film aren’t possible.
A practical way to achieve that goal while simultaneously giving your employees some privacy in their working areas is by installing some office divider screens.