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In today’s environment of heightened security and increased awareness, the importance of Asset Protection Life Cycle planning has never been more critical. The effectiveness of risk management, safety, continuity and sustainability of security operations is paramount to the overall success and stability of today’s organizations. The importance of soliciting unbiased, qualified advice from security experts is necessary for organizations that are committed to achieving maximum security program effectiveness. The Hoffman & Company team of experts consists of security industry veterans with functional experience across multiple capacities that include:
- Risk Management and Assessment
- Engineered Security Solutions
- Security Design for New and Retrofit Construction Projects
- Specification & Procurement Management
- Project Management
- Security System Needs Analysis and Procedure Audits
- Security Awareness Programs
Risk Management and Assessment
Your organization should manage security risks by confirming the appropriateness, effectiveness and strength of your security solutions, controls and standards. Risk Management for security is an itemized process which ensures that reasonable, and cost effective, steps are taken to protect your personnel and prevent the theft and/or sabotage of corporate assets while ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of information stored, processed and transmitted. Inadequate security and safety can create serious financial losses, cause corporate and civil liability, drain profits, damage employee and customer morale and can result in a loss of confidence by various business partners and social communities. Corporations need to formalize a short and long term security plan that encompasses and prioritizes methods that protects your company against losses. The Risk Management Process involves:
- Assessing your organization’s critical assets
- Assessing and identifying potential, and the most probable, threat categories
- Assessing building, location, people, security equipment, operational and personnel practices and behavior to discover existing vulnerabilities
- Assessing the overall impact of the risks associated with each threat and vulnerability
- Determine administrative and physical controls that require implementation to reduce or eliminate one or more vulnerabilities
- Weigh the costs against the benefits of each administrative and physical control recommendation that reduces single or multiple vulnerabilities
- Make short and long term security program decisions
Engineered Security Solutions
Engineered Security Solutions is defined as a series of layered protection mechanisms including, but not limited to: electronic and technical controls, physical barriers, alarm assessment and notification. Collectively Engineered Security Solutions, combined with structured policy and procedure specific to each security layer, is intended to prevent, deter, delay, detect and provide alarm notification to assess the level and the type of appropriate response resulting from unauthorized activity. Examples of these activities include attempts to gain unauthorized access, remove or tamper with classified information or vandalize/steal/divert organizational assets. Services provided through Engineered Security Solutions include the evaluation and design of effective risk avoidance solutions.
Security Design for New and Retrofit Construction Projects
With new and heightened priorities in the application of security technologies, procedures, regulatory compliance and best practice applications affecting organizations and their facilities, it is more important than ever to incorporate effective security design principles into the process for new and retrofit building construction. Hoffman & Company’s security design experts will review and co-ordinate with facility owners, Architects, Electrical Engineers, and organizational stakeholders to plan, design and implement appropriate security solutions into newly planned and constructed and/or retrofitted facilities. The importance of proper design at the construction phase is critical to the long-term effectiveness of a security program as properly designed engineered security solutions will provide long-term security program strength and effectiveness.
Specification & Procurement Management
With the myriad of different electronic technologies and the use of Internet Protocol (IP) applications and systems available in the market, choosing the right products and solutions for your security needs can be a daunting task. Hoffman & Company’s team of security experts possess over 20 years of practical experience in the application of engineered security solutions. After gaining a thorough understanding of our client’s organization and their unique requirements, Hoffman & Company recommends the most appropriate solution. Our process includes the preparation of system documentation such as drawings, wiring schematics and complete product specification packages for security Contractor bid response.
Project Management
Project Management services are an integral part of Hoffman & Company’s service offering. After the installation process is completed, it is critical that each solution and product is tested and commissioned to confirm compliance to the original performance and functionality expectation. Our project management process ensures that all aspects of security solutions meet or exceed the client’s expectations.
Security System Needs Analysis and Procedure Audits
For those clients with existing security solutions already in place, Hoffman & Company can conduct Security Needs Assessments that include both operational and procedural review and analyses. Assessments include written recommendation reports detailing all aspects of security related equipment, hardware, software and procedural matters for the improvement of their existing security program.
Security Awareness Programs
True security does not consist of only Protective Service Guards and/or security technology. The real business of security and the protection of an organization’s assets begin with a total knowledge and understanding of the environment. Hoffman & Company security awareness plans recognize that the security of your company rests on the practices of your employees. The corporate Security Manager can provide the finest protective and preventative security program, and your executive can support the program by funding and providing the finest equipment and security staff. The security program, however, will surely be less than effective if the employees fail to meet their individual security responsibilities. No matter how perfectly conceived, and abundantly funded, the security program will be incapable of rising above poor security practices by employees. Our corporate security awareness plans seek to achieve consistent at-work behaviors that are appropriate to countering the security risks that face your organization. The first-line approach to achievement is through a security awareness program that trains and educates employees.
