Awareness of the risk of theft and unwanted incursion is a basic part of every business. However, the digital age has reshaped these concerns, introducing new practices, challenges, and solutions to address growing threats. While not strictly necessary, adopting these modern approaches can provide safety and insurance that older systems never could, and they can be surprisingly user-friendly to implement.
Testing Computer Systems
Hosting so much important data, computer networks in modern businesses need to be held to the highest possible level of security. Too often, though, companies are content to believe that no break-ins happening means no break-ins are possible. For a reality check, it can be worth checking out the services of ethical hackers. CyberGhost highlights that these individuals are trained to break into computer systems as bad actors without a nefarious end goal. Most of these hackers are self-taught experts with a real passion for what they do, which can be necessary to combat just as passionate digital thieves. Including penetration testers and analysts, there are many experts here who can point out flaws and how businesses might address them.
Keeping a Visual Database
Theft can only be a minor problem in some businesses, but there are others where it can be so common as to threaten operations seriously. When this happens, it’s often impossible to physically keep track of thieves with photos and staff coordination, but cameras and facial recognition can effectively solve this problem.
Here in the UK, retailers using facial recognition include Sports Direct, Spar, and Costcutter. There are ethical concerns about the application of facial recognition, and as such, it’s a measure that needs to be carefully considered before implementation. That said, according to BL & J Solicitors, there is no specific law in the UK regarding facial recognition. So, it is legal, effective, and can help those businesses which need it most, provided it’s done with the best intent and regard for the privacy of honest customers.
Tracking Expensive Goods
It’s not uncommon for retailers to have a few costly and highly desirable items that thieves will tend to target more than others. These need to be extra attention, but staff and security can’t be everywhere at once. This is where modern solutions like Apple’s AirTags have come in. Essentially working as cheaper versions of existing GPS tracking technology, AirTags can be hidden within objects to ensure their positions are always known. Writers at Jalopnik have found security in adding these tags to their vehicles, but they can be just as useful in practically anything expensive which offers a hiding place. With luck, they’ll never need to be tracked, but if they are, police will at least know where to start looking.
Modern problems require modern solutions, but it turns out that older issues can benefit from modern solutions too. Whether hiring people to test your security, improving the old Polaroid method of identifying thieves, or tracking stolen property, tech solutions can offer answers where traditional methods fail. There’s no such thing as perfect business security, but newer methods can help even the playing field to protect your business better.
