Most Recent Home Security Articles

Keeping Your Home Secure in a Technological World

Emerging technology once viewed as a convenience, should now be perceived as a double edged sword. Take a look at a few online features criminals are using as a way to gain access to the content in your home and find some ways to use this technology against them.

Riot Safety Tips

Ingrained in each human is a desire to care for themselves, their family and those they love. And put simply, when that desire is taken away, we rise up and fight. Knowing how to safely stay away from the dangers of riots will keep you safe and away from harms way.

Surviving a Disaster in the Urban Jungle

After major disasters that occur in urban areas, crime waves typically follow. Those individuals that are antagonizing the societal breakdowns are typically the citizens that are ill equipped and unprepared to survive. How can a person survive an urban disaster? Should a person bunker down or evacuate the city? The answer lies in preparedness.

Survival Food Series: Secret Survival Garden

Those who have thought of long term emergency situations and how to secure their land, food and possessions, have also thought of how to grow food, yet keep it hidden at the same time. Having your garden in an inconspicuous location will not only ensure OPSEC (operational security), but also to discourage others from seeing what you are growing. Here are some tips on how to achieve the impossible.

Using Plants to Secure The Home

These days, having a security alarm may not always deter burglars and criminals from breaking into your home. By making some minor adjustments to the landscaping of the yard, you can create secure perimeter around the property so that criminals will think twice before attempting to break in.

Home Invasion: Preventative Security Layers to Protect the Home

It’s not enough these days to tell those who are home alone to have the doors and windows locked at all times or to not open doors for strangers. Minimize the threat of a home break in or home invasion by adding 3 layers of security to prevent your home from being a possible target.

Long Term Disasters Will Have Clear and Present Dangers

With a major disaster, their is a dependency upon the government to save the people. The mistake these victims make is that the government is not Superman. This mentality is one of the biggest mistakes the unprepared make. If a major disaster were to occur over the entire United States, only 7% of the population would be prepared. There would be many dangers that would exist in a long term disaster. Imagine, the dangers that would lurk.

How To Provide Charity Inconspicuously

Providing charity during a long term disaster can be seen as a blessing to those in need.  But to those providing the charity, it can be seen as a security nightmare.  There may come a time when a person feels the need to help their fellow man.  After all, it is human nature to want to help.  But,  [...]

Mums the Word: Using OPSEC with Preps

City dwellers have been “exposed” and have lived in close proximity of each other  for so long, that many have forgotten the concept of what privacy really is.  Because of people living in such close quarters to their neighbors, OPSEC (operations security) is a forgotten or unknown concept.  This forgotten concept carries though into the community as well. [...]

The Ten Commandments of Safe Gun Handling

 Many are keenly aware that crime is steadily increasing. Crimes such as home invasions, kidnapping, and petty theft are making their way into the so-called ”safer neighborhoods,” thus causing individuals to grow more concerned.  Many believe this is due to a failing economy.  Some adults are seriously contemplating purchasing a firearm as a solution to ensure their safety.  Having a gun [...]