“All companies have standards – it’s just as appropriate to have a standard for security,” says Mike Coleman, vice president of commercial real estate for AlliedBarton, a security services provider. “Security reaches into all facets of ownership of a portfolio. If you don’t have a plan in place, you don’t have anything to work off of.”
It may be tempting to allow each of your properties to develop its own plan, but corporate guidance reinforces consistency and ensures that a location hasn’t overlooked a security concern..
“It may not be intuitive to property managers what they should be doing for security,” explains Floreno. “The corporate security plan provides them with a roadmap of minimal expectations.”