Physical Security Audit
Protect your people. Secure your premises. Build business confidence.
Every organisation, regardless of size or sector relies on data, people, and assets to operate. But while cyber security often gets the spotlight, physical security remains the foundation of any effective security strategy. A Physical Security Audit ensures your business is protected where it matters most: at the front door, in the server room, and everywhere in between.
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What is a Physical Security Audit?
A Physical Security Audit is a structured, evaluation of your organisation’s physical safeguards incorporating regulatory requirements, standards and best practices. From perimeter protection to access controls, storage rooms to server racks, we assess how well your current measures protect people, property, information and critical infrastructure to the application requirement giving you the assurance your security is complaint and fit-for-purpose.
It’s not just about locked doors and cameras. It’s about understanding threats – from walk-in intruders to insider threats and building a risk-based layered defence that supports business continuity, compliance, capability and confidence. Whether you operate a single office, a nationwide chain, or a high-risk site, we’ll deliver a tailored audit that helps you identify weak spots, prioritise improvements, and mitigate risk.
Toro’s Physical Security Audit helps you understand vulnerabilities across your sites, protect sensitive data, and reinforce trust with staff, clients, and stakeholders. Whether you manage sensitive data, critical infrastructure, or you are a high footfall location, our audits are designed to protect what matters most.
Why choose Toro?
We build resilient security strategies
Toro delivers outcomes not just compliance checklists. We work with you to strengthen security across people, process, and place building safer, more resilient organisations that are equipped to anticipate, withstand, and recover from threats.
Certified, multi-disciplinary experts
Our consultants are chartered security professionals, certified engineers, and risk specialists with decades of experience and top accreditations like CSyP, CPP, and PSP. Toro is also among only 30 global organisations accredited by BRE as both a SABRE Assessor and SABRE Professional.
Converged Security expertise
We specialise in both physical, cyber and people security - offering a fully integrated approach that reflects how real-world threats operate.
Holistic, not just technical
We combine operational reality with strategic foresight. Our reviews cover not just physical infrastructure and technologies, but also organisational culture, behavioural risks, and process maturity.
Independent & impartial advice
We are 100% vendor neutral. Our recommendations are always in your best interest - aligned to your goals, risk profile, and budget.
Cross-sector security insight
Whether you operate in transport, critical infrastructure, finance, healthcare, or retail we bring deep cross-sector insight to tailor your security strategy to your environment, stakeholders, and threat landscape.
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People focussed
At Toro, people are at the core of everything we do – our team, our clients, and the partners we collaborate with.
We prioritise building trusted relationships, delivering consistently high standards, and providing tailored support that reflects the unique needs of every client.
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What you’ll get from a Physical Security Audit
Our unique position means we don’t just identify problems – we help you fix them and build long-term protection into your organisation.
Full-site inspection
A compliance audit of your premises - head office, warehouse, data centre or shop floor - based on your operational profile and business needs.
Threat & risk assessment
We assess your risk exposure across environmental, human, and system-based threats - tailored to your location and sector.
Evaluation of controls
From CCTV systems and access points to lighting, emergency exits, and alarm integration - we analyse how effectively your systems work together.
Staff & process review
We evaluate how well staff understand and implement physical security protocols, including escorting, ID checks, visitor logs, and lock/key management.
Clear, actionable report
You’ll receive a board-ready executive summary alongside technical recommendations, structured for both quick wins and strategic upgrades.
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Why should you conduct a Physical Security Audit?
Reassure customers
A comprehensive physical security audit demonstrates regulatory and standards compliance. best practice and helps create organisation-wide security culture that reassures customers, investors, and partners that their reputation, information, and assets are in safe hands.
Winning & enabling business
By managing risk exposure more effectively, you will demonstrate a tender-winning ‘differentiator’ over less mature competitors.
Avoid a security breach
By understanding risks and supporting the development of continual security improvement, you’ll reduce the likelihood and impact of a damaging security breach.
Security optimisation
Understanding what attack pathways to critical activities must be ‘hardened,’ you’ll optimise security resources and prioritise spend.
Cost effective risk management
By better understanding threats, vulnerabilities, and risks, you will be better placed to develop pragmatic business resilience and an effective disaster recovery plan.
Physical Security Audit FAQs
Toro can either conduct a physical security audit or a physical security review depending on your requirements, level of understanding, and inhouse capability.
- Physical Security Audit – Based on a set of pre-defined questions made applicable to your business and sector and usefully defined to achieve a certain regulation or standard that will lead you on a pathway that provides structure and guidance to the process.
- Physical Security Review – A bespoke process that is specific to the particular area or areas of concern and can support an existing capability to improve.
You’ll receive a comprehensive report, prioritised recommendations, and if required ongoing support to implement the changes.
Not at all. From single-site SMEs to multi-location enterprises, all businesses benefit from understanding and improving their physical security.
We recommend annual reviews or after key changes—such as office relocations, new equipment installs, or security incidents.
Yes. Even if you have existing security protocols, an audit will ensure that all systems are functioning properly, up-to-date, and aligned with industry best practices. It also helps identify new or evolving risks that may require additional measures.
Absolutely! Whether you have a single location or multiple sites, we can tailor the audit to cover all premises. We'll review your physical security systems in each location, identify site-specific risks, and create a comprehensive report. Our digital security audit tooling risk and performance dashboard makes auding multiple sites so much easier giving you a holistic overview of your operations.
We maintain the highest level of confidentiality and adhere to strict privacy standards. Your business information, including security systems and vulnerabilities, will only be shared with key stakeholders and handled securely throughout the process.
Yes! Toro offers a range of security services and ongoing support to help you implement the audit recommendations, train your staff, and maintain a secure environment over time. Our team is always available for follow-up consultations and further security measures as needed.
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Ready to strengthen your first line of defence?
Whether you’re aiming to reduce risk, win tenders, or demonstrate compliance, a Physical Security Audit gives you the clarity and confidence to act.
Don’t wait until after an incident to review your defences. Secure your perimeter. Protect your people. Safeguard your future.
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People focussed
At Toro, people are at the core of everything we do – our team, our clients, and the partners we collaborate with.
We prioritise building trusted relationships, delivering consistently high standards, and providing tailored support that reflects the unique needs of every client.
