Smart homes are more than a luxury. They’re becoming the standard for comfort, convenience, and efficiency. With this increased connectivity and in-home technology comes a greater need for safety and security. Your high-end smart home should be as safe as it is sophisticated, and you can harness technology to seamlessly safeguard your home and family by installing a security system, which has been proven to reduce crime.
Start with a Strong Foundation: Secure Your Network
Your home’s Wi-Fi system is the foundation for your entire smart home system, and ensuring its security is essential to making your home, and your personal data, safe. Ficrest network systems are “Enterprise Grade,” assuring that network speed and reliability aren’t compromised. A robust system keeps your smart home running, your information safe, and your security system connected and functioning as desired.
Choose Professional-Grade Surveillance Systems
Not all cameras and surveillance systems are created equal. A professionally integrated system provides better reliability, resolution, and control. A high-end security system offers 24/7 recording with both on-site and cloud-based storage options, strategic placement, night-vision, and dual technology motion detectors to minimize false alarms. Biometrics access, touch-display, and remote access can achieve even higher site security.
Use Smart Locks and Access Control
Choose smart deadbolts and access control panels in lieu of traditional locks to increase safety at points of entry. This allows you to enable temporary access for guests or service providers for added convenience, without compromising safety and security. Physical keys can be lost, copied, or stolen, but smart locks allow you to grant and revoke access with a tap. When combined with surveillance and alarm systems, you’ll know the moment a door opens and you’ll have video to verify who came in.
Integrate Sensors and Motion Detectors
A strong security system goes beyond locks and cameras, including door and window sensors, glass break detectors, and motion sensors, all of which provide real-time awareness of what’s happening inside and around your home. To take it a step further, you can tie these sensors into automated lighting or audio alerts. For example, pathway lights can turn on automatically when movement is detected. Small automations like this can make a big difference.
Enable Remote Monitoring and Real-Time Alerts
A smart security system gives you the ability to monitor your home remotely, allowing you to check in when you want, and alerting you when necessary. You may not be in your home, but you’re never out of touch. With push notifications and mobile apps, you can know exactly when someone is at your door, when there’s unexpected motion, or when cameras detect movement. Comprehensive safety monitors like smoke, carbon monoxide, and water leak detectors will alert you remotely, allowing you to act swiftly to minimize damage.
Regularly Update Firmware and System Settings
Even the most advanced system can become vulnerable if neglected. Your Ficrest system is monitored for performance, updates, and any support issues around the clock by our staff. Firmware updates often contain critical security patches, making them a crucial part of your network maintenance. It’s also important to audit your system on a regular basis, removing old user accounts that no longer need access, reviewing permission settings to make sure everything is as it should be.
Your smart home shouldn’t just be connected. It should be secure, intuitive, and built to protect what matters most. Ficrest’s process will take you from concept and design to monitoring and servicing your system. Contact us today to get started.