Write, test, evaluate, re-write and repeat. No, not a hair conditioner commercial but the concept is similar.
Your risk control efforts must be continuously monitored. It is crucial that your efforts in preventing breakdowns or gaps in your risk control measures are monitored. Most of your employees will let you know when there are those breakdowns and where the gaps are so that it can be corrected. Some employees, unfortunately take advantage of those weaknesses for personal gain.
It is important that the employees responsible for the daily operation and function of your organization’s risk control measures be among the most trustworthy.
Your risk control techniques should be focused on eliminating known weaknesses that make your organization a relatively easy target for criminal activity. Protect your organization’s assets and it’s activities by diligently maintaining physical, procedural and managerial barriers that reduce the temptation and availability of criminal activity. Reducing the perception that criminals can get away with a criminal act against your organization greatly reduces the odds that they will even attempt it.