Re: On defeating alarm systems

[J. Sloud <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:19:52 -0700, "Bill" <bill190nospam@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Seems to me this is an; insurance, amount of security -vs- cost, and "you
>get what you pay for" thing.

That is the truest thing posted here in quite a while.

Regarding the likelihood of a system being defeated its more a matter
of risk vs. reward.

A typical home or business doesn't attract the type of attack that
could defeat a decent COTS security system.  However, there are
facilities that are much more attrative to those who could defeat such
systems.  That's why there's DCID 6/9, the NISPOIM, UL2050, etc.
These documents establish standards for physical and electronic
security necessary to ensure important assets remain secured.  NIST
approved encryption for control signals, 5 minute alarm response, 4
step motion detection, line security, etc. are examples of what might
be found in such an installation.