You can never be too careful when it comes to promoting security in your office. If you have security personnel, they can handle the bulk of your security concerns. However, to ensure maximum preparedness, you should really make sure all of your employees are trained in security procedures. We’ve compiled a list of some of the types of security training that would be beneficial in most office settings.
1. Computer Security
Your office computers likely have important information that you want to keep safe. Your employees would never knowingly share this information, but they might not be aware of all of the best practices to keep your computers and information secure. That’s where computer security training comes in. A professional will come in and teach you and your employees strategies and best practices for day to day computer usage. This training will help ensure that your computers and the information they store remain secure.
2. CPR/First Aid
If you don’t work in the medical field, chances are you and your employees are not trained in CPR or basic first aid. However, in the event of an emergency, having these trainings can be extremely valuable. Every day accidents like choking on your lunch, tripping over a loose electrical cord, or accidentally ingesting a food to which you’re allergic can require medical attention. In the time that it can take to contact and wait for medical professionals, these issues can get worse. Therefore CPR and First Aid training can ensure that anyone who has an accident in the office receives immediate attention. This type of training is a good idea to be prepared for emergencies and to ensure that your employees are safe and secure.
3. Mental Health Instruction
Another valuable type of security training that offices can benefit from is mental health instruction. Many people struggle with mental health issues and do not share their struggles with their coworkers. For this reason, it’s important for employees to know proper behaviors to interact with one another. Additionally, this training can help your employees look for warning signs that there coworkers might be struggling with mental health issues. Finally, the training will provide your employees with instructions and tools to act appropriately when they are aware a coworkers is struggling with mental health issues.
4. Travel Security
If you have employees who do any sort of traveling, whether it’s international, across the country, or simple occasional overnights to a different city, travel security training is a good idea. Traveling leaves people vulnerable to specific threats such as theft, accidents, and more. This type of training will teach your employees best practices when traveling in order to keep their belongings and themselves safe. This training can be very beneficial to employees that have to travel from work in order to keep them safe.
5. Active Shooter
Everyone hopes that they will never need to use what they learn in active shooter training. However, having active shooter training at your office is a good idea. This type of training will help teach your employees how to act in an active shooter situation. It will go over proper reactions and protocol to keep everyone safe when faced with this situation. In addition to proper reactions, your security trainer will help develop a clear plan to stay safe, exit the building, and alert the proper authorities.
United Security Incorporated | Security Training Services
USI provides specialty training services aimed at providing tools to keep you safe. Services include Active Shooter Training, health-related trainings, technology security training, and trainings to help develop security and emergency response plans. Our mission is to provide our clients with the tools to keep them safe. For the past 26 years, USI has created safe, secure environments for commercial and government employees and customers by investing in our people, innovation, and relationships.
