Running a business unit requires strategic actions that can lead companies to success. For this reason, there is a growing trend focused on good business practices in each country where companies are located. This is born with the objective of developing quality products and services, while complying with the economic, legal and social responsibilities of each business environment and industry. This new business culture is applied through tools for the prevention of economic and administrative risks. Given its importance, in this article we will explain 4 tools to prevent administrative, economic and digital risks in your business in 2022.

1- Software for corporate data management and security

The protection and management of an organization's data is essential for attracting customers and investors. Many people feel confident in the companies, services or products made by certain commercial brands thanks to their popularity and seriousness. So regardless of the type of industry, to create a serious and committed corporate image, certain adaptations must be made to generate that trust.

In the case of handling a large amount of data such as commercial licenses, registration, tax summaries, partner agreements, among others. It is essential that the company invests in a CRM or ERP management system that can centralize this information digitally. Likewise, a good investment in quality servers and equipment is necessary to guarantee the security of each client's data. In this sense, the members and customers of an organization will feel secure if the company is concerned about monitoring and securing online processes. This is why it is important to get advice on digital matters from expert computer engineers who can build reliable and protected systems for the organization.

2- Create a compliance office in the company.

Another tool to prevent risks in a business is the creation of a corporate compliance office. Unlike having an external service provided by a law firm, having an internal compliance office is more valuable for an organization. But in order to set up such an office, partners and managers must be very clear about the profile of its members. In that sense, the general profile of the lawyers that should make up this team must have previous experience in the business industry at a national level, and handle international business law. In this way, 2 lawyers can begin with the supervision of each business unit to ensure that all practices are carried out within the framework of the law.

In the case of the creation of procedure manuals and internal regulations of the company, it is necessary to have a lawyer who has done this work previously. Because it is necessary to have references of regulations that have been successful during their management, so when choosing a compliance lawyer, experience is key to avoid wasting time.

3- Protection against cyber-attacks

Nowadays you have to take care of everything in the digital world. Especially if you have an e-commerce or other digital management on a website or private server. And these scenarios are no longer exclusive to large companies like Amazon and other popular websites. Since almost all web portals have access and subscriptions by their customers regardless of whether they are small or medium-sized companies. So digital security is starting to be a very common working policy, especially in these times of expansion of remote work.

Therefore, this type of procedures focused on protection against cyber-attacks are applied by IT experts who manage and solve vulnerabilities while monitoring every part of the company's digital system. Data encryption mechanisms and two-step checks can also be implemented in order to filter and keep the entire system secure.

4- Applying due diligence in decision making

Once different procedures have been established to prevent risks in your company, it is necessary to apply due diligence as another decision-making tool. This means that by gathering all the information from the business units, we must establish which are the different risk scenarios that may arise and how to mitigate them. To carry out this procedure it is necessary to have catalogued all the information and prioritize them. This can be done in conjunction with a lawyer or the corporate compliance office of the company, and thus establish the correction mechanisms for those risks.

In this sense, due diligence appears as a tool when making decisions. And it works by establishing different parameters to identify all the possibilities that may arise in terms of opportunities and risks. Thus, by identifying all possibilities, it is possible to generate different solutions to problems, establish preventive rules, or even establish how to proceed in situations that must be solved urgently.

To conclude, these are only 4 tools to prevent risks in your business. There are many more that can be adapted to any reality and need of a company, but these work as measures that meet the general standards of business risk prevention.

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