There are many ways in which you can protect your business and your employees while keeping them safe from either physical harm or harm via fraud or theft. There are still many businesses that do not take the safety of the data they hold or their employees seriously and are, therefore, leaving themselves open for the inevitable to happen.
Protecting all data
It is important that you protect all data on your site. This is not just customer data, which is very important but also employee data, product data, and any suppliers data which you may have. Any paper waste should be disposed of safely by shredding.
This is because thieves are still interested in your old paperwork, and it has been known for over a decade that it could aid them in identity fraud.
Due to the use of computers within the world today, people overload storage facilities with so much valuable information that you really do have to take special care in protecting it from unwelcome attention.
So, when you are looking at the information you hold on your cloud storage, you need to treat it a bit differently from how you treat your paper information.
Cloud security
There are many Cloud Security Issues that can arise should you not have adequate protection, and you need to protect your business from these.
If someone wanted to gain access to your paper information, they would physically have to be there, whereas to gain access to the information you hold on your cloud storage, they do not even have to be in the same country. This opens up your business to a whole new world of thieves and tricksters just looking for a weak link or away in.
When you think of all the personal information you hold on your cloud storage facility for your employees, customers, suppliers, and of course all the information your business holds as regards products, bank accounts, and payroll details, just to name a few, it could be really daunting if a cybercriminal managed to hack in and steal it, and as far as any cybercriminal is concerned the information is worth a fortune to them.
Protecting your business against safety issues
When you run a business and have employees, it is important that you follow all safety guidelines given to you and that your employees understand the risks and reasons why these guidelines have been put in place.
Making sure that all your employees have the correct safety wear, such as a pair of safety glasses prescription spec, overalls and a hard hat if they work with heavy materials. Giving your employees all the correct protective wear and tools to carry out their jobs will not only protect them should there be any accidents but will also protect your business in the event of a lawsuit.
If you happen to have a warehouse, then those employees working in that warehouse and any employees visiting the warehouse should be supplied with a high viz jacket or coat so that they will be easily seen either by other employees operating forklifts or other machinery or by delivery drivers in the yard.
They should have enclosed safety shoes on their feet, preferably with steel toe caps. This is to ensure that should anything be dropped on their feet that they are protected as much as they can be, and you won’t be at risk of facing a lawsuit for having an unsafe working environment.
It is important that if your business deals with chemicals, that you should supply your employees with the correct personal protective equipment in order for them to carry out their job roles safely and securely.
Otherwise, you could be opening yourself up for a lot of trouble if somebody should get hurt. It is a good idea to get your employees to sign to say that they have received training in how to conduct themselves as well as how to use the equipment correctly and that this is dated so that if an incident does arise, you have proof that full training was given and when.
Ensuring that your business premises are safe
It is important for the safety of your employees that your workplace is a safe place to be. There are lots of reasons why a place of work may not be seen as safe to an employee, including bullying, anti-social behavior, harassment, sexism, racism, homophobia, violence, whether it is physical or verbal, and then there is the actual security of the premises themselves.
Any problem which involves two employees or more such as bullying, harassment, or violence, should be sorted out as soon as possible.
Security of a building needs to be taken into full consideration, the installation of floodlighting over your parking lot to make employees feel safer in the dark, and making sure that there is no lone working on-site nor any one person leaving the premises on their own is another way you can make your employees feel safe and secure.
