Enhancing the Physical Security of Your Workplace These guidelines will help ensure you offer a safe work environment for your employees. If your workplace has access control, don’t allow employees to gain entrance by “piggy backing” their way in behind others. Have security guards greet all visitors and examine personal belongings brought into the building or office area. Restrict access to your workplace through locked or guarded entryways. Keep storage rooms, boiler rooms, telephone and utility closets, and similar potential hiding places locked or off-limits to visitors. Use distinct and separate ID badges for staff and visitors. Require visitors to be accompanied by staff employees to and from the office or facility entrance. Request visitors to display IDs to security personnel when they sign in. Keep logs on the arrival and departure times of all visitors. Consider hiring a certified protection professional to evaluate your company’s personnel and physical security safeguards.