The company's activities must be protected from threats that exist both within and outside the company.
External threats
External threats include:
changes in legislation introduced by the state that directly affect established relations with domestic or foreign partners, affect the procedure for foreign exchange settlements, the submission of reports to regulatory authorities, and so on;
problems of a line database socio-economic nature in the country where the main interests of the enterprise are concentrated, for example, a sharp drop in demand for products due to a decrease in the population's income;
the machinations of competitors, leading to the need to spend energy and resources to overcome the difficulties they have created;
partners who do not fulfill their obligations;
interest in business from criminal groups, attempts to involve the company in a criminal scheme;
activities of third parties aimed at causing harm to the enterprise, for example, by undermining its business reputation;
the possibility of organizing virus attacks or leaking confidential information from outside.
External commercial threats
Internal threats
Internal threats are mainly associated with low levels of staff responsibility and include:
insufficient qualifications of employees;
poor work discipline;
negligence of employees, lack of interest in the results of the company's activities;
dishonesty of management;
unsatisfactory moral and psychological climate in the team, high staff turnover.
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Commercial security risks from the state and crime
Any business entity is of interest to some extent to both official and criminal structures. The activities of a commercial enterprise are always connected with making a profit, which means that both the state and criminals have the opportunity to make your business a source of their illegal income.
Let's look at the reasons why domestic entrepreneurs turn to security firms:
Need help in returning money or material assets (funds were transferred, but the goods were not received; products were shipped, but payment was not received; a loan was provided, but the partner does not fulfill their obligations, etc.).
The personal safety of the business owner and his family members needs to be protected due to incoming threats.
There was a theft of cargo from a transport vehicle.
The entrepreneur's personal property was stolen from his office, apartment, cottage, and his car was stolen.
Shops or warehouses have been attacked by criminals, goods or other material assets have been stolen.
Commercial Security Risks
There has been a leak of information containing a commercial secret (documents or databases have been stolen or copied from a server or cloud storage, telephone conversations have been wiretapped, etc.).
The company's property was damaged as a result of arson or other criminal activity.
Different businesses face different types of threats depending on the scale of their business and the specifics of their industry. How can you understand what problems your company may face?
Experience shows that commercial structures most often suffer from the actions of government agencies, criminal groups and their