PROTECT
YOUR WORKPLACE
What You Need To Know
07/10/06
What if we told you there’s
a way you can improve security at your workplace…today?
That it’s fast, easy, and completely
free? And that it will not only enhance
your personal safety on the job…but
also help ensure the financial health of
your organization?
It’s
all true—thanks to a new “Protect
Your Workplace” campaign
launched by the Department
of Homeland Security and the FBI.
Specifically,
we’ve teamed up to produce a series
of posters with practical suggestions for
protecting your workplaces from both physical
and cyber threats—everything from
robberies and break-ins…to computer
intrusions and corporate espionage…to
identity theft and intellectual property
violations…to even potential terrorist
attacks.
By
hanging these posters in common, highly-trafficked
areas, you can raise security awareness
and help prevent and reduce crime and terrorism
in and around your place of work—whether
it’s a business, a non-profit, or
a government agency.
The
four posters, which are being distributed
electronically to workplaces across the
nation, cover the following topics:
-
Protect
Your Workplace: Physical Security Guidelines,
including monitoring who enters your workplace,
reporting broken windows and locks, making
back-ups of sensitive and critical information,
and reporting suspicious activity and
packages.
-
Protect
Your Workplace: Cyber Security Guidelines
for both employees and managers/IT Departments,
such as managing passwords, establishing
clear policies and procedures, implementing
a layered defense strategy, and monitoring
and logging successful or failed intrusions
into your networks.
-
Report
Suspicious Cyber Incidents, including
suspicious e-mails and questions, system
failures, and unauthorized access or use.
-
Report
Suspicious Behavior and Activity, such
as surveillance, suspicious persons, dry
runs, tests of security, and improper
attempts to get supplies.
We’ve
also created a brochure that combines all
the information on the four posters into
a tri-fold that can be kept at your desk
and shared with colleagues, family, and
friends.
So
how can you get the posters and brochure?
It’s easy! Just click on the graphics
above to download each of the posters. You
can also download the brochure and all of
the materials as a series at http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/distributable.html#work.
So
take our advice—please. Security
is everyone’s responsibility. Do your
part to prevent crime and terrorism and
to protect your organizations by putting
up these posters at work today…and
telling your friends and associates to do
the same.
Resources:
FBI Be Crime
Smart website | DHS
Cyber Security website | DHS
Emergency Preparedness website
