Tips to secure your home 24x7

People don't want to depend on untrained watchmen these days. What are your options? What are the latest methods and ways to go about securing your home? 

Security guards in India are mostly people who are untrained and uneducated about the security aspect. These guards are usually present in a residential area which needs more security than corporates, where the guards used are much trained and professional.

The best form of home security is to have trained personnel. Also, over and above human surveillance, electronic surveillance must be used. The most important area of surveillance is the periphery of premises, public access areas like lifts, passages, gardens and other areas where public is involved.

These are areas where you would need CCTV Cameras of good quality. Usual practice in societies is to put some cameras which in a few months stop functioning because of the low budget sanction and lack of knowledge of the committee members.

There should be commitment to understand the security aspect. Futher, it should be implemented rather than just leaving it on an electrician whose capabilities are limited to changing tubes and bulbs. This is the guy who usually takes control of CCTV cameras!

Advanced and superior systems must be used to protect life and deter crime before happening, rather than do something after the damage is done. The most important aspect of any residential property is that the people living there must feel safe.

Additionally, if the husband and wife are working and the house is with the maid and kids, you can install cameras at home and see your kids through the Internet while you are at work. The costs for these devices is now quite low compared to earlier and they must be used. Security is not about the cost, it is about feeling safe, which is more important than anything else.

Rusabh Shah,
managing director, ISPY Surveillance Systems & Solutions