The future is not what it used to be. Rob Anderson looks at estate security in 2027.

Home is where one relaxes and forgets about the stresses and demands of day-to-day life, except if your job is managing an estate and the security of its residents.

The purchase price is only the beginning of your security spend. The TCO tells the whole story, covering potential costs over a number of years.

Analytics technologies are continually advancing to not only alert to potential threats, but also to reduce the occurrence of false alarms.

The as-a-service concept has found acceptance in many areas, such as IT, and now security-as-a-service is a reality for many estates in South Africa.

Planning for unexpected power outages has become an essential part of any security strategy for residential estates wanting to keep their security running.

When you purchase new cameras for your office or factory, you may be tempted to think that you are well on your way to securing your space, but cameras are just one pixel in the picture of security.

Is estate living really safer? This is a perception that is mostly true, but not always.

Blending innovation and technology, OnGuard Mobi is the next step in tour guard technology that can assist any security company in improving its patrol services.

Many residential estates need rugged, dust and weather-proof devices that offer exceptional durability in extreme conditions.

This year ZKTeco South Africa provides the residential estate security sector with the latest innovations in biometric technology.

SAIDSA developed a short questionnaire to help you decide if you are living in a secure estate or not.

Working on electrical installations can be dangerous as those that are not properly connected or maintained pose a serious risk to both people and property.

The team at Elf Rentals considers themselves to be specialist partners in the electronic security sector in terms of the financing, installation and maintenance of security contracts.

No matter how secure you think a particular layer is, there is always someone who will figure out a way past it, which is why we need other layers to deter them from further incursion.