For
the last 18+ years I have been conducting security surveys and audits of
government departments and commercial organisations around the world and it is
clear that organisations do not regard contract cleaning (and similar
contractors) as a threat to their business.
During
the working day organisations protect their premises with control of entry and sometimes
with security guards. Then at night they
go home and allow unsupervised contract clearers to have free access to their
office and then wonder why items are stolen of information leaked! Of course, very few impose a “clear desk
policy” or lock away documents and valuable equipment.
In
many cases, the cleaners are not dedicated to a particular site and even when
they are, they are replaced at times of sickness or holidays by unknown staff.
This
is complete madness! Companies might
just as well leave their offices unlocked.
Why bother securing your premises during the working day only to leave
them unprotected during the evening.
Worst
of all, I have experienced many incidences where the cleaners have been responsible
for locking the building and setting the alarms as they leave. Clearly, management do not see this as an
issue – until there is a theft (e.g. The House of Commons) or sensitive
material goes missing.
It
is time that government departments, corporations and businesses stopped this nonsense
and implemented stricter controls upon the use of unsupervised contractors.
Griffin
Security Group is
an independent company that has been providing specialist security and business
protection end-to-end solutions for our clients for more than 16 years. In that time we have developed bespoke
services to meet client requirements and we provide a comprehensive and
holistic service worldwide covering the full range of business protection
services including: information, physical, personnel, IT and technical
security, as well as business continuity, crisis management and disaster
recovery planning solutions.
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