How to Protect Your Home with the Latest Home Security Technology

In the past, many home and business security systems could be bypassed by cutting the land phone lines, which could be easily accessed from outside the home. The same strategy could be used by burglars on later-era systems that rely on a cable connection.

Today, many security systems utilize wireless cellular connections that can’t be easily cut by would-be intruders. These signals aren’t connected to any other services, such as internet or TV, so it won’t interfere with their performance and vice versa. Even if lines are cut, Wi-Fi goes down or there’s a power blackout, your system should continue protecting your home or business.

It’s hard to believe how disconnected everyone was in the age before cellphones. The introduction of smartphones took the always-connected nature of life even further, and it’s been a significant benefit for the security industry. Now an app on your phone can immediately notify you, no matter where you are, if something happens at your home, whether it’s a fire, attempted break in or even the delivery of a package to your front door. Forgot to close your garage door? Now you can close it with a click of a button on your smartphone.

Many people make use of these features for more than just security. You can get notified when your kids arrive home from school, when yard workers or cleaners arrive at your home or even provide recordings if someone accesses a part of your home or business they shouldn’t.

A fully automated and connected home is a safer home.

Modern home security and automation systems can link together all types of safety features, including fire detectors, CO sensors and even water sensors to detect flooding from burst pipes or natural sources. If anything happens in your home, you and emergency personnel can be notified immediately.

Miniaturized camera technology can be hidden virtually anywhere in a home or business. The quality of images has greatly improved while the cost of cameras has significantly dropped. It’s now easy and relatively affordable to have significant visual coverage of your home or business at all hours of the day and night.

Modern sensors are more tamper-proof, smarter and sensitive than they were in the past. Motion sensors, for example, are better at detecting motion and at differentiating your pet from a potential intruder. Smoke detectors that used to be set off by burnt cookies can now be calibrated to heat thresholds and other indicators.

Things like remote door locks and one-touch panic buttons also make it much easier to secure your home, grant access remotely or request immediate assistance.

There are all kinds of scenarios where smart locks can come in handy. If you have kids who get home from school before you get home from work, it’s certainly possible they will at some point forget their keys. Now you can let them in without having to leave work early.

Do you have frequent house guests? Remote locks will enable you to let visitors into your home without you having to be there.

Many people utilize smart locks to let in house cleaners or dog walkers who come throughout the week. In addition to being let in remotely, some systems will let you monitor their behavior in your home through your smart phone.