Physical Security Disruptions: Is Your Business Continuity Plan Ready?
Physical Security Disruptions: Is Your Business Continuity Plan Ready?
In an era where physical security threats are ever-present, a robust business continuity plan is essential. Here’s why:
1. Physical threats are diverse: From break-ins and civil unrest to natural disasters and terrorist incidents, the spectrum of potential disruptions is broad.
2. Downtime is costly: A security breach leading to facility lockdown or evacuation can halt operations, resulting in significant financial losses.
3. Reputation at stake: How you respond to a physical security incident can make or break public trust.
Examples of physical security disruptions:
• Active shooter scenarios, riots, civil unrest
• Sabotage of critical infrastructure
• Theft of sensitive equipment or data
• Unauthorized access to restricted areas
• Loss of Security Systems or Network loss
• Acts of nature – storms, landslides, floods, fires, earthquakes, tsunami.
Key elements of an effective plan:
• Site-specific risk assessments
• Access control and surveillance system redundancies
• Evacuation and shelter-in-place procedures
• Security personnel deployment strategies
• Regular drills and plan updates
How your organization maintains operations during a physical security incident depends on integrating physical security measures into business continuity planning as well. Many may overlook the importance of BCP related to Security and keep focus on Cybersecurity, but take into consideration that Security acts as an enabling partner for many departments, whether knowingly or unknowingly.
With more and more companies using technology for security controls, be it access controls or video monitoring or intrusion detection, are we truly prepared if for some reason, power or Internet connectivity is lost?
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