Pharmaceuticals are big business. Indeed, everything from painkillers and cough syrups to asthma pumps and cancer drugs has been researched and developed on pharmaceutical sites before being sold for billions of pounds around the world. Naturally, security is an incredibly important issue within the pharmaceutical industry. Indeed, it is absolutely vital that all pharmaceutical sites have comprehensive security measures at hand to deal with the many threats that the industry faces.
Unauthorized Access
Many buildings on pharmaceutical sites are highly sensitive and therefore access to them needs to be limited so that only authorized personnel are able to enter. Comprehensive security measures can help to ensure this as measures like biometric fingerprint readers can be used to control who can and cannot enter a particular building.
Intellectual Property Theft
The development of cutting-edge drugs is worth billions of pounds so it is vital that secret information is not able to be acquired by staff members who may be looking to make a profit from selling it. Video surveillance systems can help to make sure any occurrences of intellectual property theft are quickly identified as they can be quickly studied in real-time or as part of an investigation.
Terrorism
Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies are obvious targets for terrorists and radical activists. Thankfully, integrated security solutions with alarm management features can enable security staff to immediately identify, assess and respond to any potential terrorist threat which a site may face.