The festive season brings joy and travel, but it also brings opportunity for criminals. Before you switch off your out-of-office and head for the holidays, take time now to test and, if needed, upgrade your alarm and surveillance systems so you don’t leave your home vulnerable at the busiest time for service callouts.
Acting now is essential because Broubart Security often gets fully booked in the lead-up to the festive season, which can result in delays for urgent repairs or upgrades. Security technology evolves rapidly, and older systems may lack the proactive features needed to prevent crime only alerting you once a break-in has already occurred. By investing in an upgrade ahead of the holiday rush, you can avoid the far greater cost, disruption, and emotional stress of returning to a compromised home.
Advantages of upgrading to AI-enabled security
- Proactive prevention: AI CCTV detects suspicious behaviours and differentiates humans from animals and vehicles, reducing false alarms and enabling intervention before entry.
- Smarter alerts: Instead of only responding when an intruder trips an internal beam, AI systems flag loitering, perimeter breaches, and unusual movement patterns in real time.
- Remote control: Manage cameras, alarm settings, door locks, and notifications from your smartphone anywhere in the world.
- Improved evidence: High-resolution, intelligently tagged footage makes investigations faster and more actionable for SAPS.
Practical steps to secure your home this season
- Test your current alarm and CCTV now: check sensors, battery backups, camera angles, night vision, and recording/storage.
- Schedule upgrades or repairs at least 3 – 4 weeks before departure to avoid last-minute backlogs.
- Switch to AI-capable cameras and a smart alarm hub that integrates with your phone and trusted monitoring services.
- Ensure off-site backups for footage and set notification preferences for high-priority events only.
- Update passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and use unique logins for all security apps.
- Share an emergency contact and access plan with a trusted neighbour or friend.
Community security multiplies protection
- Joining the Broubart community patrol services deters criminals by increasing local presence and information flow.
- Share suspicious activity on the Broubart community WhatsApp group to create a rapid-response network.
Quick pre-holiday security checklist
- Book alarm and CCTV service now.
- Test sensors, alarms, camera feeds, and backups.
- Upgrade to AI cameras where possible.
- Activate remote smartphone control and test notifications.
- Update credentials and enable 2FA.
- Inform a neighbour
Prepare today so you can leave assured tomorrow. Contact Broubart Security for a pre-holiday audit, and we can look at how we can introduce our proactive Rhino-I solution where strategic CCTV camera positions are integrated and ‘bolted’ onto your existing alarm system, passives, or beams which we will assess and upgrade.
Go on holiday knowing your home is protected.
