In “The Hard Tradeoffs of Office Security, According to Safety Experts” (Bloomberg News, 31 July 2025), Brittney Blair speaks on the tradeoffs companies make to keep people safe, trying to strike a balance between security, cost, and convenience. “Every layer of protection has an associated cost, and a convenience offset.” However, she notes, better security often requires an investment, and the return on that investment is often hard to quantify—if a potential intruder is deterred and walks away, nobody ever knows.
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