Organisations are frequently frustrated by the unbudgeted cost of crime and insecurity but do not necessarily take proactive measures to resolve the problem. Security is rarely viewed as an investment – protection is not as expensive as insecurity, writes Nick van der Bijl, BEM, chairman, National Association for Healthcare Security.
Security planning
The function of security management, like fire safety, and health and safety, is to build a cocoon in which everyone inside is protected. Security planning is top priority and must always make sense and be practical and supportive. Several questions need to be asked.
Although security must not hinder, inconvenience may be inevitable in order to preserve the protective integrity of the organisation. Security planning relies on a number of elements.
One of the key principles is “secure by design”. In its basic format, this is achieved by two main principles.
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