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Being the oldest Home Security Company in the industry has its advantages. And being their customer has advantages as well! For one, with over 100 years of protecting families and businesses all over the world, ADT has been able to obtain and hold onto a solid reputation. Because of that stability, ADT can offer you promises smaller companies can't. Here's how having monitoring with ADT benefits you:

Home Security Systems are pretty straight forward, however, choosing one can make for a challenging decision. One reason might be the pressures. For many, you just had a break in or a neighbor did, maybe you just brought home a little bundle of joy and a heightened sense of vulnerability along with it, or you just moved in and met the pushy neighborhood sales guy. Top that off with some price confusions. One company charges $99 and another charges $999 for systems that look exactly the same.

Choosing your new alarm system can start to feel more like a sledge-hammer to the head. To help you out, here's a list of what you need to think about to make a wise and informed home security decision:

Three Layers of Security to Consider in Your Home

The Department of Defense (DoD) goes through an extensive process in vetting and accrediting secured facilities within and outside the Continental United States. In this article, I would like to discuss three areas that the DoD typically examines in accrediting these facilities. This information can be useful to help residents better defend their homes.

Home Security should cover every area of your home. And since there is far more that just the well known door and window sensors and motion detectors these days, it is simple to do. While those sensors are the base of most systems, there are an array of other sensors that not only protect your home, but also make your home work for you. Some of these sensors even do double time to protect things you probably haven't even thought about. If you have a baseball card that makes the collection worth over $50,000, wouldn't it make sense to put a door sensor on the cabinet door. Even when the system is not armed you will hear a beep and receive a text saying the Mickey Mantle or Shoeless Joe is in trouble. 

In the most basic sense, alarm monitoring is having a live human waiting to provide protection when your alarm detects an emergency. Similar to a 911 operator, these representatives are trained to interpret your emergency, take precautionary steps to verify if the alert was an accident and notify the proper authorities in a time sensitive manner. 

Why should you look at a Wireless Home Security System? Well the answers are similar to why you would have a cell phone? You don't want to be dependent on a land line when you are on the go. If a land line is cut and your home security depends on it, your security system is now useless. A wireless system resolves that issue. The second reason is convenience. Just like you have a cell phone to maintain communication on the go, with a wireless home security system, you can access and communicate with your system while on the go.

The best home security features should at the very minimum, do two things. It deters crime from your property and fit well into your daily life. It matters to think of a system fitting into your daily life because if it does not, you will not use it and it will not meet your security needs just hanging there on the wall looking pretty. Added benefits might be saving you money on energy by allowing you to monitor and automate lighting and heating/cooling costs. For some, cameras are a main reason for getting a system and adding automated door locks are a convenience that comes in surprisingly handy. A system that can offer many extras and add so much value to your life will be able to meet all your needs for the best system possible. 

Huge advances in home security technology have enabled the top security system providers to offer more cutting-edge products and services than ever before. So you not only get top-notch security, these new and improved features also turn your security system into a whole home experience. You can now do things like turn the heat up a bit while you stay cozy in your blankets or check video surveillace to assure things are all ok at home while you are half way around the world.