Property
Asset Security

The offices and production areas of the BBC contain many items of portable and expensive equipment such as desktop computers, printers, laptops, PDAs, AV equipment, DAT recorders, minidisk recorders, DV camcorders, studio technical equipment and properties. These may be taken for use at production locations. Care needs to be taken to prevent losses. In the case of the theft of any PC, all staff should be aware of the potential damage that could be caused by the compromise of information held within the hard drive.

 

The consequential costs of replacement for equipment lost or stolen, loss of data, and disruption are often greater than the unit cost and represent a significant drain on the creative and work process and budgets. All BBC owned property will be permanently marked with an approved BBC standard mark clearly identifying it as a BBC owned item. 

 

The prevention of theft is a combination of deterrents to frustrate the thief by making the crime not worthwhile.  This is especially so if the value of items stolen can be reduced so that they cannot easily be sold on, or carry the fear of discovery. 

The simplest solutions taken together are:

(If hired or leased the deterrent marking may be the name of the supplier.)

 

 

Where an employee is permitted to take portable equipment out of BBC premises he/she should be issued with an Equipment Removal Permit Form issued by the Facilities Manager and completed by the departmental manager.

 

This authority permits the item to be passed through security searches and checks, provided the authority matches the identity of the person removing it.