When you've got a spare five minutes I dare you to take a look at your insurer's home security requirements and see if your home's security arrangements match up. In my experience many will not and you could be running the risk of not being covered. Find out what happened to Dell and me during…

If you're planning to be away on holiday over Xmas or shortly afterwards now is the time to make those security improvements to protect your home while you're away. You must make your home look occupied while you're away and do all the other things listed in our Holiday Security Checklist…

It's quite common for parents to use the garden shed to store children's Xmas presents; things like bicycles and large boxed items, so that they can be moved into the house on Xmas Eve when the children have gone to bed. So ask yourself if the security of your shed is actually up to the task.…

Research tells us that burglar alarms reduce your chances of being burgled so long as the alarm boxes are visible to the thief. This does not mean that you can ignore the physical security of your home or the other commonsense things, which together add up to a secure home. Burglar Alarm…

This week, wearing my security consultant hat, I visited a small office building located in a very pleasant refurbished Victorian street in Hackney. The office manager told me that they'd recently had a bicycle stolen from the hallway by someone who had managed to get in through the accessed…

Unfortunately lots of people keep on making mistakes that create the conditions necessary for unnecessary crimes to take place!  Most of the time you’ll get away with it, but then one day you won’t and then you’ll have to call the police.  I’ve listed the most…