SECURITY
Definition:
“To take measures that minimise the risk
of the loss or degradation of property and/or personnel and/or information.”
From
this definition we can see that security is a wide ranging subject. It involves
environment, safety, obstruction, protection, and detection. Some environments
and urban designs provide an invitation to those who would cause damage or
loss. For this very reason it is important that planners, civil engineers and
architects are knowledgeable in these aspects of social psychology and can incorporate
this into their particular art.
Locks and Keys are the most
common form of physical security. People have been using this method for a long
time. It was employed in ancient Egypt.
However with windows and
softwood doors and frames, keys and locks are more of a deterrent than a solid
barrier to intrusion.
Windows can be filled in or
barred. This type of fortification usually looks terrible. While it adds to the
deterrent value it should be remembered that it prevents those, who are validly
inside, from escaping if there is a fire.
The Landscaping is also
important. Dense gardens provide invisibility too potential intruders and acts
as an invitation. Again having no garden at all looks terrible, so the
landscaping should be considered carefully with the above in mind.
Electronic security involves
the detection of and intruder. This detection can be when the valid occupants
are home or more usually when they are away.
The whole object of electronic
alarm systems is to detect an intrusion as early as possible. Alarms may be
monitored by a central station owned by a security company. They may be
monitored by another person nearby or by the owners Mobile phone. They may not
be monitored at all and just make a local noise.
The intruder doesn’t usually
know how an alarm is configured and upon detection either runs or grabs the
nearest thing of value and runs.
The alarm has minimized your
loss and prevented further theft and / or vandalism.
Where high security is required,
different equipment is used that is very hard to defeat. This is because the
intruder may have trained for considerable time before the intrusion. In this
circumstance it is usual for only the target to be stolen and little to no
vandalism.
This is the type of electronic
security that DKS usually do and therefore we do not usually delve in the
domestic market.
If we were to go completely overboard with security then we would
spend heaps of money and would feel very secure. However life would be a pain.
Security should be commensurate with the risk involved.
Since most of us don’t have Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles in our
home or at our workplace then we do not have to go to the same level of expense
and security as the Australian National Gallery does.
Insurance is also an important security issue. While it is not
involved in the primary issue of loss minimization, it is however important as a
secondary measure as it can enable recovery after loss has occurred.
However the loss of information say after a fire can mean the downfall
of a business even if insured.
DKS Specialise in Commercial and Government
Meduim and High Security Installations.
Most Panels have Windows Software for
controlling and programming
Many Panels can now accommodate Access
Control Features as well as Alarm Functions
The more advanced panels can make decisions
based on input information
Many Panels are also capable of doing home
automation e.g. controlling lights, garden sprinkler systems and heating
You can ring your alarm panel and get it to
switch on devices remotely
Security may include access control and
elements of building Automation within the installation.
It is important to regard security as safety.
There have been incidents where bars have been placed over windows and
deadlocks on all the doors and the whole family have perished in a fire.
Security is really about safety. People, Companies and Governments need to keep
their data and information safe, their employees and family safe and their
assets and property safe.
Alarms can ring a friend or your mobile so
that you know when you have had an alarm
Alarms can be monitored by a Graded Central
Station, which will act according to you instructions in the event of an alarm
