What is workplace security? And how is workplace security achieved?
Workplace security involves protecting people and organizational assets from potential security threats. It refers to the level of physical security measures that a company provides to protect its employees, equipment, and facility or a building. Furthermore, protecting the safety of human life must always be the top most priority when it comes to workplace security endeavors. Moreover, organizations are responsible for their workplace security and providing its personnel with a reasonable level of safety when they are at work. And it is the process of ensuring employees are protected from illness or injury while working for the company and protects against unauthorized break-ins to the facility as well. Workplace security also improves overall business efficiency, employee morale and satisfaction as well as trust by the constituents of the company.
Every organization is responsible for establishing and maintaining a safe work environment for its employees. Furthermore, there are many ways that organizations can employ to improve workplace security and overall safety. Some of the most common mechanisms of workplace security protection include the following:
- Close Circuit Television (CCTV) or video surveillance systems (VSS)
- Alarm systems
- Access control systems
- Security guards/dogs
- Secure gates and physical barriers such as bollards, mantrap, turnstiles, etc.
- Fire detection and suppression systems
- Clean workplace and workstation
- Stress management and counseling
- Robust communication system
- Security awareness programs
- Parking lot control
- Biometrics systems
- Panic buttons
- Emergency action plans
- Lighting system
- Air conditioner systems
- Lightning protection systems