Generally speaking, is there one device, procedure or program that provides the best single countermeasure in security, and what are the costs?
A. Yes. The most effective single component of any security program is security awareness of all employees. The value of this cannot be overstated, and the cost is virtually nothing. Q. We have a CPP on staff who is very experienced in conducting security surveys. What would be the rational for considering a security survey from an outside independent like Loss Prevention Concepts, Ltd.? A. Oversight and objectivity. In situations like this where proprietary security management has already conducted a survey, our costs would be insignificant since the time involved would be negligible. The value of this service would be the objectivity available to us since we are not familiar with seeing and accepting the environment in the context of our daily work. Often times in cases like this, we will spot exposure that has been missed by security professionals more familiar with the facility. One example which comes to mind relates to an exceptionally high security research facility where scrap
