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Surveillance for the Homeowner

So you’ve paid off the loan, and the mortgage, done the renovations, the paperwork and now your home is finally your own house. You can’t help feeling, however, that you aren’t quite ready to sit back and rest easy. What if someone breaks into your house, damages and steals your property? What can you do […]

It’s Time to Sing the Encryption Song - Again!

Yes, I’m wearing my encryption hat again. Why you may ask? Well I just finished reading about the newest security hole in Microsoft’s latest server product. Then couple that with all the recent hacker activity, new reports from the GAO (that’s the Government Accounting Office) that the government can’t protect it’s own computers and data […]

Breaking Into Your PC: “News”…

You’d better learn news from media, not from emails, security experts warn us users again.
Numerous emails with “breaking news” in subject lines are appearing in users’ inboxes. If you got one, don’t look into such a message — delete it straight away. Don’t open its attachment. Those who distribute malicious code take advantage of […]

How Home Security Monitoring Works

Home security monitoring does not mean that there will be 24 hour a day surveillance of your home to ensure that your home is protected from a burglar. At least it does not mean that in a literal sense but home security monitoring does provide you and your family 24 hour a day protection from […]

Home Security - The Doors to Your Home

In part 3 of this occasional series on home security we are going to look at the main points of entry to your home the doors.
It makes no sense to have flimsy weak doors on your house, what you really need is something that a House Breaker will bounce off when they try to force […]

Alarm System: Window Screens

Alarm System Window Screens- Window screens are the ultimate perimeter device. The windows in your home look as if they have normal screens on them, however the actual screen mesh is an alarm circuit. The frame also has a contact point in it, so the screen can’t be cut or removed without violating the system […]

Why SSL is not enough to secure your credit card details

SSL (secure sockets layer) is the security technology everyone
uses to ensure that their web connections are secure. An SSL
connection is symbolized by a padlock icon in the right-hand
side of the taskbar and a URL that starts with ‘https’, the ‘s’
standing for a secure http connection. What trust, however,
should users associate with SSL?
Confidentiality
SSL uses a method […]

What Are Intrusion Detection Systems?

With computer hackers and identity thieves getting more computer literate, the security your computer needs to keep them out has to always stay at least one step in front. There is a different type of computer safety tool that detects an attack or system intrusion before it has the chance to harm your computer. It […]

Home Security - Discuss Your Home’s Security With A Professsional Surveyor

Security should be one of the most important considerations for your home. Why fill your home with your personal effects and decorate it if the home can be so easily burgled? It makes more sense to have a security system fitted that will deter intruders and send them elsewhere.
This article is designed to give […]

How to Protect Your Family and Valuables by Hiding Them “Out of Sight and Out of Mind!”

Every family can use a place in the home to retreat to in an emergency like a home invasion or burglary for example. A safe and secure place like a hidden safe room!
If an intruder were to invade your home for example, would you have a place to retreat to and secure yourself and your […]