When operating a business, there are many factors to consider to avoid disruptions and risks. Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations is a crucial aspect of running a successful business.
When choosing providers for essential services like security, your business should consider how the service can meet compliance requirements and ensure employees and operations are also consistently compliant.
VirtuGuard™ is more than a security solution. In addition to providing remote video monitoring services, VirtuGuard™ offers access control management, video auditing, and other solutions to protect a company’s property, people, and assets. Continue reading to learn how VirtuGuard™ can ensure compliance within your business, preventing financial loss and reputational damage.
About Business Compliance
According to the Corporate Governance Institute, compliance is “adhering to every law, regulation and ethical guideline that applies to your business.” Within each industry and within each company, there are responsibilities to adhere to standards within areas including financial management, HR, environmental impact, health and safety, data management, social responsibility, and more.
In addition to adhering to compliance standards, a company must also demonstrate and document how it is ensuring compliance with federal, state, local, industry, and corporate requirements and standards.
A Solution that Meets Security Compliance Requirements
In many industries, there are unique state and federal regulations and requirements a company must follow. A company’s ability to meet these requirements and offer proof of compliance is essential to keeping a business operating and avoiding hefty fines or liabilities.
A notable example of an industry with strict security requirements that vary based on location is the cannabis industry. Security regulations within the cannabis industry have both federal applications and state-by-state requirements since cannabis is not federally legal and each state has different classifications and laws. When choosing a security solution, it is important to choose a provider that is aware of industry, state, and federal requirements and can ensure that their solutions meet those requirements.
VirtuGuard™ Meets Your Unique Security Compliance Requirements
VirtuGuard™ is a remote monitoring solution for security and beyond. Our Command Centers remotely connect to surveillance cameras and other security devices and infrastructure to detect and respond to security incidents in real time. Utlizing Artificial Intelligence and other advanced video analytics, our Virtual Guards are alerted each time unusual activity occurs, visually verify incidents are legitimate, and respond appropriately based on protocols developed alongside the client.
In addition to verified alarm response, VirtuGuard™ conducts proactive virtual patrols, manages remote access control, provides video escorts, monitors for physical hazards, and much more. VirtuGuard™ solutions are customized for each client based on their property, technology capabilities, and security needs. Because our services are flexible and customizable, we can design a solution that adheres to federal, state, local, and company-wide requirements and standards.
Ensure Business Compliance with Video Auditing
Utilizing existing surveillance cameras and similar technology and devices, VirtuGuard™ can conduct Video Audits of a company’s operations and internal processes. Video audits can assess and document proof of compliance within a business to prevent costly fines, reputational damage, and disruptions to operations.
What is a Video Audit?
A Video Audit is an evaluation of a business’s operations to ensure that organizational policies and procedures are being followed. Using surveillance cameras and preestablished checklists, Video Auditing Specialists can assess, document, and report on the effectiveness, efficiency, safety, and compliance of a business.
Types of Video Audits
Video Audits can be developed and conducted for almost any industry and purpose, including:
- Standard Operational Video Audit
- Compliance Video Audit
- Department Video Audit
- Investigative Video Audit
- Loss Prevention Video Audit
- Merchandising Video Audit
- Occupational Video Audit
- Rent Control Video Audit
- Workplace Safety Video Audit
- OSHA Compliance Video Audit
Compliance Video Audits
Compliance Video Audits assess whether a company follows external laws, OSHA regulations, federal and state laws, and internal policies and procedures. These can be conducted to ensure compliance with necessary industry standards and regulations, and that people (employees & customers) are adhering to internal policies and procedures that exist to protect the business. Before beginning a Video Audit, VirtuGuard™ Video Auditing Specialists will work with your company to establish a video audit checklist and plan that address your concerns.
A Compliance Video Audit can help reduce risk by investigating internal controls, reviewing employee performance, and checking compliance in individual departments. To avoid federal fines for noncompliance and risk to your company’s reputation and performance, a compliance Video Audit can provide tangible evidence of risks and ways in which to improve business processes.
Remote Monitoring Ensures Company Compliance
Adhering to and documenting proof of compliance is essential to operating and growing a reputable, profitable business. VirtuGuard™ remote monitoring services can meet state, federal, local, and industry-wide security requirements to prevent theft, property damage, and other illegal or unwanted activity. Additionally, Video Auditing services offer third-party evaluations of operations and reports on areas that can be improved.
For more information about how VirtuGuard™ can help your company maintain compliance, complete the contact form below.