When most people think of “home security,” they envision a burglar alarm or lock hardware. To many, home security simply means controlling who can enter a home, and when. However, many of our customers reach out to us with questions about protecting the outside of their homes. At Northeast Security Solutions, we know that complete […]
More and more of our customers either work from home or bring work home to an office than ever before. Many people consider business security a different animal from home security. However, the presence of a home office blurs this distinction. When we design home security systems, we make sure to ask which areas of the […]
Over the past several years, we have had more and more renters as customers, rather than homeowners. Of course, this industry trend reflects overall living trends. This study conducted last year by the Pew Research Center sheds some light on the subject. According to the report, 36.6% of households rented in 2016, rather than owning a […]
Most of our customers view their security systems as a way to protect their families and possessions from crime, and rightly so. However, a modern security system can do much more than that. We recommend following several smart security “best practices” that actually put money in our customers’ pockets. In this post, we will show […]
With summer vacation right around the corner, security needs often change for parents of school-aged children. During most of the year, homeowners wish to protect an empty house during most of the day. Now homeowners, and parents in particular, must often prepare for a full house during their absence. Some homes will have babysitters in […]
Do-it-Yourself, (or “DIY”) security has gained traction in the last several years. Some security companies, in fact, have popped up that only offer DIY security services. While we offer both options, we also take care to let customers know what to expect following either path. Whether or not one option is “better” than the other often […]
The security alarm business is often, in many ways, a reactionary business. Many of our customers, after all, call us after experiencing a break-in rather than before. Likewise, our customers often take steps to add security to their existing systems after getting caught off guard by a situation they did not think of when installing […]
Small businesses like our own make up a large percentage of our customers. While many people plan on ending this week with Cinco de Mayo celebrations, not everybody is aware that this is also our nationally recognized Small Business Week. As Forbes points out, small business employ nearly 50% of all workers nation-wide. This post aims to […]
When most people think about security systems, they think about systems that alert the authorities and sound an alarm in the case of a burglary or fire. However, many of our customers install security systems in order to install panic devices. Panic buttons come in many different forms for many different purposes. Our customers often […]
Spring break is here, and summer is following closely. Peak vacation season is right around the corner. Not coincidentally, peak burglary season will begin exactly when vacation season starts up. The U.S. Department of Justice details various trends in home burglaries in this report, and a quick glance shows a strong correlation between burglaries and the arrival […]
