A kangroo recently broke into the home of Beat Ettlin while he and his family were sleeping. He mistook the kangaroo for a ninja and began to pummel the 90lb beast. The 42-year-old told Sky News Online: "I just saw this black thing. I thought it was a lunatic ninja, an intruder. It just fell on top ...

Step 1 To Becoming Proactive In Your Home Security Plan - "Let's Talk About Designing Your Home Security Protection." In my Home Invasion Prevention 2009 Training Program there are 7-steps that I lay out for homeowners to avoid becoming a victim of a home invasion robbery.  The first step is what ...

Tired of staring at the same damn group of garden gnomes in your flowerbed? Well how about (un)livening things up a bit with a Garden Zombie? Garden Zombies cost $90 and the 32"W x 20"D x 8"H sculptures look like they're climbing out of the ground and ready to gnaw on some headfruit. Not for the fai...

On April 1st, Security Sales & Integration Magazine hosted the 13th Annual SAMMY Awards at the International Security Conference in Las Vegas. Provident won the SAMMY for Best Website. This was the 6th time that Provident has been nominated, and the 2nd time that we have won a SAMMY. Provident w...

I love DIY projects. Especially ones that involve automatic weaponry. So needless to say this one's a hit in my book. Hanif Molavizadeh, an Afghani citizen, rigged up this little security system to keep his home safe from unwelcome guests. If the system's alarm is tripped it dials Hanif's cellphone,...

My husband occasionally travels on business, and while he is gone, I am even more vigilant than usual about checking the doors to the house to make sure they are locked. We have deadbolt locks, for which our insurance company gives us a discount on our homeowners insurance, but it doesn’t hurt...

What do you do when you have a few transistors, some capacitors, a lot of mirrors, a bunch of HandiTak and one laser? If you are McGyver, probably a intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor. If......

David Cay Johnston is a NY Times reporter who has written a new book called ‘Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick you with the Bill)’ that is getting a fair amount of press in the States. In addition to the typical targets like Wal-M...

Are you a designer? Working at home? I am. And I do. And for the most part I feel safe. Double locks brought from the UK on the front door. Keys that can’t be copied and all. Security compound with 24/7 guards. Guards who insist on walking the Pizza delivery boy on and up. Then today I had a pest ...

Contrary to conventional wisdom that summer is the busiest burglary time of the year, it is actually the winter months that are the busiest. In Vancouver's case, January has been the highest burglary month in 3 of the last 4 years. As I wrote in the summer, there tends to actually be a dip in the nu...