| One of the most pressing concerns to any home | | | | peak in recent years all across the nation. |
| owner is the protection and security of their | | | | Thankfully this rate has begun to decline as |
| home, belongings, and most importantly, their | | | | the technology used to combat it has improved |
| families. Security has come a long way over | | | | drastically. Current technology will allow |
| the past decade or two. 20 years ago home | | | | you to personally monitor your home via |
| security systems were considered a luxury and | | | | webcam on your laptop, desktop computer or |
| were little more than audible alarms that | | | | even cellular phone. |
| were finicky at best. More often than not, | | | | |
| they would simply wake up the entire | | | | If you think that is impressive, then the |
| neighborhood when the old cat from down the | | | | next revolution of home security systems will |
| street jumped on your porch. This would no | | | | make your jaw drop. Complete home security |
| doubt, compromise the security of your home | | | | systems now have the capability to monitor |
| as these systems were designed to warn of | | | | the individuals in the home. The system is |
| individual intruders, not rampaging lynch | | | | familiar with the inhabitants and can tell |
| mobs of sleep-deprived suburbanites. | | | | when a non-resident is in the home. New |
| | | | systems are even able to assess the well |
| Modern-day security systems bear little | | | | being of family members and numerous aspects |
| resemblance to those early detection systems | | | | of the home including heat and lighting can |
| and as such provide a much higher level of | | | | be remotely controlled by the owner from |
| security and monitoring than before. The | | | | anywhere in the world. This provides an |
| timing of this evolution is fortuitous as the | | | | unrivaled level of security that is a |
| amount of home centric theft and crime hit a | | | | valuable asset to any home owner. |