As a small business owner, protecting your company is one of your highest priorities. While hiring the best employees and establishing security protocols will help, it may not always be enough. Incorporating a 24-hour security monitoring service in conjunction with your commercial security system will help bolster your company’s efforts without any additional work.

Why Aren’t Alarms Enough?

When you set the alarm at the end of the day and everyone heads home, no one is watching your business. All you have standing between you and a potential thief is a loud alarm system that may or may not deter the unwanted activity. When someone breaks in, your system may not notify you where they entered the building, which areas they were active in, and where the damage was done. By using a security monitoring service, you’ll have eyes on your building whether it’s afternoon or the middle of the night. This means you’ll always know what’s happening at your facility the moment the alarm is triggered.

Once that alarm is triggered, a monitoring team will be able to determine if the alarm indicates an actual problem and call the appropriate authorities, so they can arrive as quickly as possible. Without a monitoring service, the burden of calling the authorities would be on you and any designated members of your team, whether the doors are open for business or not.

What Does Monitoring Involve?

Monitoring services do not actively watch security cameras or observe the exterior of your building 24/7, but they do have instant access to your facility’s information should an alarm sound. If anything happens, they’ll know within seconds and notify you and the authorities at the same time. Remember, seconds can make all the difference in preserving the safety of your business.

Let the commercial and home security experts at Detect-All Security in Cincinnati, OH, install a state-of-the-art security system for your business. Their dedicated technicians can help with everything from security cameras and closed-circuit television systems to full security monitoring, giving you peace of mind all day, every day. Learn more about their services online and call (513) 528-7700 to schedule a consultation.