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Holiday Season Security Tips For Your Business

Posted by Joe Wilson

Nov 30, 2022 1:48:00 PM

Holiday Security

Holiday security should be one of your top concerns if you own a business. The holidays are a time when more people are out and about. The increased foot traffic and added distractions that come with the festive season can mean an increase in retail crime.

Whether you’re open or closed over the holidays, here are a few things that you can do to make sure that your business is secure during the holiday season

Businesses that are open during the holidays

If your business is open during the holidays, you help make your business more secure by:

  • Increasing the number of staff you have on duty, especially during peak business hours 
  • Hiring additional staff to assist with increased sales/traffic and cover extended hours
  • Screening new staff through background, criminal and reference checks, as well as a thorough interview process
  • Training your staff and ensuring they have the tools they need to handle increased traffic and risks
  • Encouraging employees to move around your store to help customers and act as a deterring presence for criminals
  • Minimizing the amount of cash kept in tills and within the store
  • Increasing the frequency of cash pickups for deposit runs
  • Teaching your employees how to identify counterfeit money
  • Stationing an employee at the exit to check bags and receipts
  • Using security tags on products, especially high-value items and products that can be easily pocketed 
  • Using managed access control to secure high-value inventory and managing the number of employees who have access 
  • Making sure you know which items are most often targeted by thieves during the holiday (electronics, clothing, jewelry, etc) 
  • Installing security solution that will protect your staff and your assets

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Businesses that are closed during the holidays

If your business is closed during the holidays, you can protect your business by: 

  • Making sure all doors and windows are properly secured 
  • Disconnecting and removing computers that are not currently being used
  • Locking paperwork and financial information in filing cabinets
  • Making sure paperwork that needs to be shredded has been 
  • Ensuring your printer is in a secure location locally saved files have been deleted 
  • Depositing any cash you usually keep on site in a bank 
  • Securing servers by restricting access using up-to-date managed access control 
  • Limiting access to the roof and upper floors from outside your building 
  • Installing good lighting around the perimeter of your office to help deter criminals and make it easier for passersby to spot suspicious activity 
  • Ensuring valuable items are out of site 
  • Closing blinds so criminals can’t “shop” before they break in 
  • Installing verified security solutions that will reduce false alarm rates, minimize damage and increase rates of apprehension if there is a crime 

Whether you are close or open during the festive holiday season, the most effective way to secure your business is to implement a verified security solution

With Sonitrol verified security we verify the actual source of the alarm, before contacting the authorities. If it is a false alarm, the system will be reset to avoid any false dispatches. If there is a crime in progress, police will be contacted, and real-time updates will be provided to increase response times and apprehension rates.

Our law false alarm rates means we help police catch criminals before they either escape or do damage to your business!

The holidays are a great time for business, but they are also a time when criminals are looking to take advantage of increased traffic and distracted employees. By taking some extra security measures, you can help make sure that your business is safe and secure this holiday season.

Interested in learning more about how you can do that? Reach out to the Sonitrol Western Canada team of security experts today.

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Joe Wilson, Owner of Sonitrol Western Canada

We provide our customers with the best commercial security solutions and quality service backed by our unique Guarantee and Commitment to Service. It's something unverified conventional alarm companies simply cannot guarantee!


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