☐ Offices and facilities should be located in easily secured areas. 

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☐ All personnel and providers should be well known to administrators, or well vetted to confirm their backgrounds. 

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☐ Communications need to be secure and cybersecurity provided. 

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☐ Use email providers that are not  easily compromised. 

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☐ Alternate communications, such as walkie-talkies, are suggested. 

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☐ Establish and practice emergency evacuations to known safe sites.

 

☐ Harden structures and facilities with security doors and protected windows to prevent entry via window openings. 

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☐ Install good security cameras providing total coverage & alarm 24/7. 

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☐ Establish rapid contact means with local law enforcement. 

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☐ If possible, create a neighborhood watch/ alarm network. 

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☐ For extreme threats, train personnel in survival, escape, & evasion. 

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☐ Secure all communications and records keeping hard copy & computer records at two controlled locations. 

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☐ Monitor public alert announcements from FBI, OHS, and Border 911. 

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☐ Acquire and sustain good insurance coverage on all assets. 

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☐ In high threat areas, a safe room or rooms should be provided for staff. 

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☐ Vary travel times, means, and routes if threats to personnel are known. 

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☐ Secure your mail box or use USPS postal boxes and varied times of mail collection. 

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☐ Train and coach personnel on security matters and build confidence in security measures taken.