Monday, January 23, 2012

Theft prevention with security labels

By Camberwick Collins


Every year, businesses and organisations effectively lose millions of pounds in information technology and other equipment due to theft or loss. These thefts are sometimes committed by employees or by other individuals inside the company, or by outside agents.

So, if your business spends a lot of its money investing in new information technology equipment, such as laptops or mobile phones, for example, it is important to protect these assets using the proper security procedures.

There is a very effective method you can use to protect your company's property, and this is security labels. These labels, sometimes known as asset tags, are not only able to help your company keep track of all your property; they also act as a very effective deterrent to would-be thieves.

Imagine that you issue laptops, mobile phones or other electronic devices to your employees. How do you plan to keep track of each and every item, especially if an employee leaves or is let go and decides to take the item with them? Unless you use security labels, this task becomes virtually impossible.

On the other hand, if you tag each item with a security label, it becomes very easy to work out when items are missing. You can also recover them easily, as well as keeping accurate records of all your company's assets, which can be very useful for insurance purposes.

Security labels can be found in many different types, but the best ones are those that are tamper resistant. This means they leave some sort of mark or message - sometimes a "void" message - on the item if anyone tries to remove the label. You can usually customise security labels with your company logo or another type of branding, so you know instantly where a recovered item has come from and whether or not it belongs to your company.




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