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Home Security Trends for 2023 and Beyond

Published December 12, 2022 | By Dorien

Hey South Carolina!

What’s up? We are getting a head start on home security trends for 2023.

We know you want to know what’s new, exciting and what’s coming down the pipeline, right? Here are some of the 2023 home security trends we see taking off in 2023.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is Here to Stay!

AI, Artificial Intelligence is here. It’s being used in almost all industries and certainly has made its way to the home and commercial security industry.

Artificial intelligence is used to operate smart devices via the voice control function of AI-enabled units such as Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant, in addition to its use in home security systems. In addition, Voice commands can be used to manage advanced home security systems and commercial systems.

Cloud-Based Security in 2023

If you have heard of the “cloud” but aren’t sure what it does, here is your answer.

Cloud security, also known as cloud computing security, is a collection of home security measures designed to protect cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and data.

These measures ensure user and device authentication, data and resource access control, and data privacy protection and are connected to your home security system. More and more systems rely on cloud-based systems to backup their data such as video footage.

Smarthome Technology – Expanded

We’ve been installing and servicing smarthomes for years. In 2023 we see smarthome technology expand even more. Homeowners want their smarthome to do even more recurring tasks for them.

In 2022 we saw the first installations of smart window shades.

In 2023, we predict more and more home will add smarthomes technology to

locks
lights
sound systems
HVAC systems
and other home appliances such as coffee makers, alarm clocks, refrigerators, ovens and more!

Will My Current Home Security System Suffice in 2023?

That is a great question.

While technology changes quickly, we can often swap out or add components for you to keep the current system in place. Unless you have a brand new home that need it all, small changes i.e new cameras, new keypad, additional sensors, these are things that can be added without breaking the bank.

Imagine the Possibilities of Smarthome Technology in 2023

Smarthome technology is not just for nerds!

It’s great for

busy parents
senior citizens
disabled persons
families
travelers
second home owners
AirbnB rentals

Smarthome technology allows you to keep an eye on your home when you are not present. It also allows you to DO things in your home while not present:

unlock doors
adjust thermostats
draw shades
turn lights on and off
and much much more!

Smart Homeowners Get Smarthome Technology in 2023!

We are the experts in Horry County and Georgetown County in the Myrtle Beach area. We are locally owned and locally operated and live where we work.

Come talk to us!

Posted in best security tips, Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach Home Automation, Smarthome, URC | Tagged 2023, 2023 trends, Smarthome

The Best Home Security Tips of 2022 Per Strand Security

Published December 8, 2022 | By Dorien

This year has been incredible. The growth we’ve seen in the Grand Strand area and in Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet and surrounding areas is incredible. New residents continued to move in as new homes were completed.

With so many new people in a relatively small geographical area, we need to be cognisant of friction this can cause.

Most often when a population swells quickly like it has on the Grand Strand, crime rate increases as well.

Home Security Tips for Grand Strand Residents

We’ve done our part by installing new home security systems, updates existing homes and systems and adding smart home technology for businesses and homeowners.

While we can monitor your home from afar with COPS monitoring, it’s important each homeowner takes an active role in keeping their home, their property crime-free and their family safe.

We’ve shared several new home security tips this past year, so let’s revisit the best of the best!

Drones, Facial Recognition and Smart Home Technology, Oh My!

We blogged about new trends and updates for 2022 and this included drones as security cameras, facial recognition to operate your smart home and additional smart home technology and did we ever predict it right!

Check out this featured story on window shades!

Fire Safety for Home and Family

Home security tips we gave earlier this year includes tips about home safety and fire hazards. If you have a family, you need to read this article and implement these home safety tips ASAP.

PS that article also has great tips about using lights and sounds to deter criminals. Music never sounded this sweet before!

Digging Up Unusual Home Security Tips for Golden Nuggets!

This fall we searched high and low for the most UNUSUAL home security and safety tips and oh boy, did we strike gold!

Most of these tips were about moving things around your home as not to be too obvious.
Move your keypad (so no one can see it through a window), move your spare key and even move your valuables. Did you know most people keep their jewelry in the master bedroom? Yep. Don’t put YOURs there! 😉

Got Bad Security Habits?

There are no bad security systems. Really. An armed system is great, but only if you … arm it! So many band habits result in bad decisions which lead to disasters.

To get your home and your family safe and secure, you’ve got to drop some of your own bad habits!

Listen to the Criminals for Home Security Advice!

Last but not least, we found some of the best home security tips for 2022 by asking criminals.

Most criminals do not want to encounter humans when they commit a crime. Most crimes are crimes of opportunity, which leave sus with these amazing tips: deter, deter, deter.

If you deter a criminal, they will move on to an easier target! Simple, but true.

Keeping Your Family Safe in 2023

If you are new to the Grand Strand, have just purchased a new home, or have started a family and new home security, we’d love to become your service provider. Give us a call anytime. Your security, our business. We live and work right here on the Grand Strand and we secure our home and our family with the same products and brand we instal in our customer’s homes.

Posted in best security tips, Home security tips, Myrtle Beach, Myrtle Beach Home Security | Tagged 2022, home security tips

3 Smart and Simple Holiday Home Security Tips

Published November 17, 2022 | By Dorien

‘Tis the season to be jolly!

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or another holiday in December, it’s a great time to get together with family and friends.

We light candles. We eat meals. We give gifts. It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Except when it is not! Disaster can strike even during the holiday season. Prepare now and don’t sweat it in December.

Here are 3 smart and simple holiday home security tips you need in your life!

Holiday Home Security Tips To Sink Your Teeth In!

In the past, we’ve talked about holiday home security tips right here on this blog.

Here are our previous tips:

5 of the best home for the holidays security tips

3 smart home security tips for a worry-free holiday season

How to prevent being a burglary victim during the holiday season

But…

We dug deep and came up with 3 additional holiday home security tips to share with you.

1 Prevent a Home Fire

1 If you have a wood stove or fireplace in your home, get your chimney swept this month. As it gets colder, we will be looking for alternate sources of heat and fireplaces that are not swept cna catch on fire, easily. There might be a build up of soot, or a bird may have nested and obstructed your chimney. Either way, protect your home and your family and get this service scheduled asap.

2 Alternatively, if you do not have a good heating source and you are looking at space heaters to warm up your home, please, please please be aware of the dangers of space heaters. Do not use them without supervision. Do not use them when you sleep. Do not use them near flammable materials. Do not plug them into extension cords. Space heaters cause a lot of fires each winter. If you must use them, please take precautions.

2 Time your Lights

More often than not, burglaries happen during the day and are an impulsive act, meaning – a criminal sees an opportunity and jumps on it. Those burglaries that happen at night, are often premeditated and planned out. To prevent being a targeted victim of a home burglar during the holiday season, put your holiday lights on timers. Better yet, put them on timers and on your smarthome system so that you can adjust the timing of them daily if you are not home! Lights that pop up at the exact time each day, day after day, can signal ‘We are not home’ to a criminal.

3 Use Your Sound System to Your Advantage

Much like the lights deter criminals, turning on tunes to keep them away works as well! Smarthome homeowners who have a surround sound system can time (and chime) music to be played. Who knew jingle bells could prevent break-ins? If a criminal sees lights and hears music played, they will move to an empty house.

FACT: Burglars do NOT want to confront homeowners. They rather go to a home where it is dark and quiet!

Let Strand Security Help You Keep Your Loved Ones Safe!

Posted in best security tips, Holidays, Myrtle Beach Home Security | Tagged best home security myrtle beach, holiday home safety, Home security

3 Homeowner Stories. Being Thankful for Security Cameras

Published November 11, 2022 | By Dorien

Today we want to share three stories of homeowners who are thankful for their security cameras. It is November and a great time be thankful for technology and home security systems.

If you are a homeowner and you are lucky enough not to have had the need of a home security system, or have not had an emergency in your home that warranted a call to police, fire or ambulance, you are indeed lucky!

Let’s hear the 3 homeowner stories how their Ring Cameras saved lives: a father, pets and teenagers!

My Ring Camera Saved My Life. Joey’s Story

We found this story on YouTube and Ring also wrote about it here.

Joey was home alone when he collapsed on his front porch on a hot summer day in Texas. Thank goodness he had a Ring camera! His son saw his dad, called mom who was out of town, who alerted a neighbor who called emergency services! Phew.

We are so glad that Joey is ok and that his Ring Camera saved the day!

A Passing Jogger Saves the Pets and a Home from Fire

This man is a hero!

While out jogging, he saw smoke and decided to take a detour to check it out. Good thing he did! He saw fire! After ringing the Ring doorbell, he first gets a recorded message saying the homeowners are not home. But the homeowner who wasn’t home, got an alert and answered the doorbell from a remote location.

ONce she saw the smoke coming out of her home, she begged the jogger to go inside and rescue her pets. Two dogs, a rabbit and a cat. He did! Due to his quick action he not only saved the pets, he also saved the home.

What a wonderful story! Make sure to watch the video.

Home Security Cameras, a Home Invasion and Parents Who Watch it unfold LIVE

This is one of the craziest stories!

As parents are out to dinner, three teenagers are home alone. Then gunmen appear and a home invasion is caught on camera and is livestreamed to the parent’s phone. They are able to call the police and then talk to these home invaders, warning them that the police is on the way.

This is a chilling one to watch.

Imagine what would have happened if they did not have these camera in their home! Police credit the camera system for the quick retreat of the criminals.

Phew. We got serious chills watching this video. We are glad the teens survived this home invasion.

You Never Know What Will Happen. Prepare for the Worst!

These homeowners prepared for emergencies and so should you. Coe talk to us at Strand Security now, or after the holidays. We’d love to help you choose the right system to protect those you love.

Posted in Home security tips, personal safety, Ring Cameras, Security Cameras | Tagged home invasion, prevent home invasion, Ring Camera

3 Reasons We Are Grateful for our Customers on the Grand Strand

Published November 4, 2022 | By Dorien

Happy November. It’s a Great Month To Be Grateful!

As the calendar continues to roll forward, we are headed towards a new year quickly. Before we get to 2023 however, we still have several holidays to celebrate and nearly two months to fill with work and family life.

November is a great time to express how grateful you are.

Share with your family, your colleagues and your community all the things you are grateful for.

To set an example, here are 3 reasons we at Strand Security ad grateful for our customers on the Grand Strand.

1 Grand Strand Customers are Friendly

People who live on the Grand Strand are friendly – well, for the most part. Our customers are by far happy, friendly and content.

When our tech teams visit our customers on-site, we are greeted by friendly, smiling faces. We love living on the Grand Strand for this reason alone. What’s not to love about our weather, our community, our state, right?

We love our Strand Security Grand Strand customers because they are friendly. How about you, do you experience friendliness in your daily life?

2 Our Strand Security Customers are Loyal

We’ve been in business on the Grand Strand for well over 10 years! Some of our customers have been with us form the start, and many who joined us later are still with us. We have found that Strand Security customers are friendly AND loyal. They stick with us and continue to stick with us as their needs change.

Several customers have hired us for their commercial needs as well as their family needs. Others have moved homes and needed to upgrade their security systems, their security cameras and add additional security measures. We love returning customers as it shows loyalty.

3 Grand Strand Customers Refer Us their Friends and Family!

The 3 reason we are so very grateful for our amazing customers is that a large part of our business comes from personal referrals!

Yes, many of satisfied customers tell their neighbors, friends, family and colleagues about us. It’s a great way for them to show their satisfaction for our services and for us to know we are doing it right! We are a locally owned and locally operated business and your security is our business!

What Are You Grateful For in November?

We’d love to know what you are grateful for! If it is our service, we’d love for you to let us know. Send us an email via heather@strandsecurity.com, or leave us a Facebook or better yet, a Google review. We live for those!

Social proof is everything!

Posted in Myrtle Beach Business Security, Myrtle Beach Home Security | Tagged customer care, customers, grateful, Home security