What Is the Most Effective Security Plan for Your Commercial Business?

In the current landscape, a robust Commercial Business Security Plan is more crucial than ever. With the rise in crime rates post-pandemic, businesses must adapt by implementing advanced security solutions. This article explores various effective security measures, from live monitoring to blended services, ensuring your business stays protected and secure.

Understanding Commercial Business Security Plan Essentials

Office break-ins. Building damage. Parking lot robberies. From theft to vandalism to violent acts, crime has been bad for business in the years since the pandemic, and the numbers are on the rise.

That’s why commercial property owners and managers are getting more serious about their security. In past articles, we addressed the pros and cons (mostly cons) of self-monitoring and do-it-yourself solutions, and what to look for when choosing a security provider for your commercial property (read here).

But what kind of security plan is best for you? It’s not a simple question to answer; every commercial business has its own specific needs and budgets they are working with. Keeping all that in mind, here are three security solutions that are both highly effective and affordable.

Advantages of Live Remote Monitoring in Your Commercial Business Security Plan

Unlike traditional security cameras, which only record the crimes, or blind alarm systems, which have a 98% false alarm rate, live remote monitoring combines cutting-edge equipment and video analysts and dispatchers, providing actionable surveillance of your property, 24/7. Some security providers, like Titan, can work with your existing camera systems — adding software to upgrade them to “smart cameras” — or can install an entirely new system. It all depends on your budget. The pros of live video monitoring include:

• Round-the-clock surveillance, watched over by a trained team of dispatchers.
• High-tech support, leveraging the latest equipment, from drones to AI software.
• Deterrence methods, such as lights, audio alarms, and talk-down speakers.

Mobile Surveillance Towers

Unlike a fixed surveillance system, mobile security towers are portable, camera-mounted units that are great for auto dealerships, and any commercial property that have large parking lots or are in remote locations. Most mobile surveillance systems, like Titan’s Virtual Guard, are watched over by a trained team of video analysts, providing many of the benefits of live remote monitoring. But there are add benefits to going mobile:

• Fast Deployment, usually delivered and installed within one or two days.
• Flexibility, with cellular-based and solar-powered units…no internet connection or power source needed.
• Affordability, offering a budget-friendly alternative to permanent installations.

The one con for these two options? Neither offers an on-site presence to act as a visible deterrent, or to aid staff, tenants or guests in need. This brings us to what we call the “best of both worlds”.

Blended Security Solutions: The Future of Commercial Business Security Plans

This security plan combines live video monitoring services (fixed or mobile) with security guard and/or patrol services, giving property owners and managers the option to customize a plan that meets their specific requirements. Here, they can choose the number of on-site officers needed and their schedule (24/7 or just working hours) to get the exact security they need at a price they can afford. Blended services generally include:

• Live Remote Monitoring, (See features and benefits above.)
• Guard Services, offering:
  • Visibility: An on-site presence warns would-be criminals that your property is well protected.
  • Experience: Security officers provided by companies such as Titan go through extensive training and are highly skilled.
  • Experience: Security officers provided by companies such as Titan go through extensive training and are highly skilled.
  • Rapid response: When security officers report an incident in progress, local authorities are quick to respond.
• Patrol Services, offering:
  • Visibility and Response: See Above.
  • Patrol officers are prepared to help with vehicle lockouts, jump-starts, tire changes and more.
  • Experience: Security officers provided by companies such as Titan go through extensive training and are highly skilled.
  • Escorts: Patrol officers ensure that anyone associated with your property can arrive to their vehicle safely.

Why Choose Titan for Your Commercial Business Security Plan

Titan offers a combined boots-on-the-ground/high-tech approach that brings together rigorously trained security experts, working on-site and out of our “Five Diamond” command center (awarded to us by The Monitoring Association). Our remote video operators coordinate with on-location security teams to provide an extra, faster layer of response for suspicious activity.

Read our case study to see how our blended approach helped a property management team at a commercial building boost security while saving money.

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