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Volume 35 Issue 6 September 2018

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Home Security 10. SnagIt
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14, LCACE Newslet-
ter Team
ome security is both the hardware security in place on a property as well 15 Push Articles
H personal security practices. Security hardware includes doors, locks,
as
alarm systems, lighting, motion detectors, security camera security, etc. that are
installed on a property; personal security involves practices such as ensuring
doors are locked, alarms activated, windows closed, extra keys not hidden out- market, with "a mas-
side, etc.
sive array of large
According to an FBI report, 58.3 percent of burglaries in the United States involved and small rivals". The
forcible entry. A typical burglary lasts for about 8 to 12 minutes and, on average, a US market leader
burglar will break into a home within 60 seconds. Most thefts target cash first fol- is ADT with more than
lowed by jewels, drugs, and electronics. Common security methods include never 6 million households
hiding extra keys outside, never turning off all the lights, applying small CCTV subscribed but the
stickers on doors, and keeping good tabs with neighbors. DYI market is ex-
panding.
Some forecasts project the home security market will be worth $47 billion by 2020,
with the DIY home security market worth $1.5 billion. While the market for home
security is expanding, especially with cable TV and Internet service providers in-
troducing their own security and home automation products, it is a fragmented