Last week I was called to a house in Camden to conduct a security assessment. My client is the house owner and his building contractors who are currently carrying out a major refurbishment. The call was made to me a couple days after a burglary had taken place. When I got there the builder showed…

Thanks to Imaan J Williams of Neighbourhood Watch Hide Tower Scheme for bringing this matter to my attention: Safer Internet Day 2015 will be celebrated globally, tomorrow, on Tuesday 10 February. The day offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we…

This very important news story from the Met Police (which I have edited) was published yesterday. Police are urging drivers to “protect their vehicle like they would their home”, in a week of coordinated activity to tackle keyless vehicle theft, launched today, Tuesday, 3…

The following message has recently been released by Action Fraud A lottery scam takes place when criminals pretend that you have won a prize, often a lottery. The people most likely to fall victim to this tend to be over the age of 60 (although younger people do fall victim too) – but we…

Our winter prize draw competition to win a Light Switch Timer, courtesy of Switched-on Products, has now come to an end and the winners will be selected this week. As you'll know, we asked those entering to conduct our Home Security Survey, subscribe to our Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and…

Apologies to those of you who were trying to get onto this website last night and this morning. It seems that our website hosting people were under attack by hackers. The problem is fixed now, which is why you can read this message! What I'd like to do to those…