Risk mitigation is defined as taking steps to reduce adverse effects. One of the many ways you should practice risk mitigation is to have opening and closing procedures for your store.​Criminals know that employees may be more vulnerable when opening or closing a store. The employees may be focused on other tasks or just tired. Often, they are not alert to or …
By David Hochman, Founder, DJH Marketing Communications Everything from limiting the points-of-entry, to controlling which employees have access to high-value storage rooms, access control solutions can cover many different aspects of convenience store security and risk management. The convenience store category collectively faces a number of challenges with regards to building access control to consider. To start with, the industry’s …
Protecting your business during a civil disturbance IN PART ONE OF THIS SERIES, we reviewed the importance of developing an emergency action plan for a natural disaster. In part two, we will review emergency planning for a civil disturbance. In today’s business environment, civil disturbances or civil unrest are a fact of life. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
Being prepared could save your business A natural disaster can strike no matter where you live in the U.S. You have hurricanes on the east coast, earthquakes on the west coast, and tornadoes in the middle. In this two-part series, we look at the importance of developing an emergency plan and the basic steps to take in either a natural …
