Protecting Your Family While You’re Away

Putting in business security systems at a property will give you greater peace of mind, but it's important to see that your setup is properly configured before deploying it in a mission-critical environment. With the assistance of a qualified professional, you can tailor your effort to shut down all potential gaps. Keeping these five issues in mind will help you better secure your location.

1. Encrypted Transmissions

Tightening up transmission of information from various components is critical, and a professional can help you choose wireless security camera systems that keep images and video safe by using modern encryption. Anyone running multiple cameras at a location will likely have to deconflict signals, too. A qualified technician can help you scan the airwaves at a location and ensure that all channels are transmitting cleanly. If necessary, a shielded and wired solution can be used to increase security.

2. Network Ports

A similar set of issues emerges with any ports that are used to provide remote access through devices like smartphones and tablets. The company you're working with, however, can install systems that regularly scan for potential threats in order to ensure that only authorized parties are using your system. Professionals can also alter port assignments to make targets less predictable.

3. Attached Devices

Your security cameras and access controls should be operating outside any other networks you're utilizing. Air gapping, which means not connecting them to anything else in your network, is a best practice, and you should consider breaking up both surveillance and access control systems into two separate sets of networks to maximize security. A technician can help you scan all the devices in a building, from servers to wirelessly connected appliances and fixtures, to ensure hackers won't discover a bridge into your business security systems.

4. Coverage Gaps

Working with a professional, you can assess whether existing security and access control setups at your sites have gaps. Someone with a background in the industry may be able to help you spot seemingly innocuous gaps, such as lack of video coverage in low-value areas.

5. Lack of Updates

Computer software underpins the vast majority of business security systems on the market today, and unpatched vulnerabilities are in high enough demand in hacking circles that a trade has grown up around them. A professional can help you set up a regular schedule for performing manual patches, an especially important job if you're running a network independently.