ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Security and You - Mascotte Home Secuirity</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="mmswap.js"></script> <link href="content.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('images/home_mo.gif','images/aboutus_mo.gif','images/products_mo.gif','images/otherinfo_mo.gif','images/support_mo.gif','images/contactus_mo.gif','images/more_mo.gif')"> <table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td background="images/bannerimage3_bg.gif" nowrap="nowrap"><img src="images/bannerimage1_bg.gif" width="6" height="114"><a href="index.html"><img src="images/mascottesecuritylogo-sub.gif" width="202" height="114" border="0"></a><img src="images/headerbanner-sub.jpg" width="555" height="114"></td> <td background="images/bannerimage3_bg.gif"><img src="images/bannerimage3_bg.gif" width="2" height="114"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td background="images/buttons_strip_bg.gif"><img src="images/buttons_strip_bg.gif" width="2" height="24"></td> <td width="79"><a href="index.html" onFocus="this.blur()" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image4','','images/home_mo.gif',1)"><img src="images/home_butt.gif" alt="Home" name="Image4" width="79" height="24" border="0"></a></td> <td width="106"><a href="aboutus.html" onFocus="this.blur()" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image5','','images/aboutus_mo.gif',1)"><img src="images/aboutus_butt.gif" alt="About us" name="Image5" width="106" height="24" border="0"></a></td> <td width="95"><a href="security.html" onFocus="this.blur()" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image9','','images/security_mo.gif',1)"><img src="images/security_butt.gif" alt="Security and You" name="Image9" width="162" height="24" border="0"></a></td> <td width="109"><a href="products.html" onFocus="this.blur()" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image6','','images/products_mo.gif',1)"><img src="images/products_butt.gif" alt="Products" name="Image6" width="109" height="24" border="0"></a></td> <td width="114"><a href="contactus.html" onFocus="this.blur()" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image10','','images/contactus_mo.gif',1)"><img src="images/contactus_butt.gif" alt="Contact us" name="Image10" width="114" height="24" border="0"></a></td> <td background="images/buttons_strip_bg.gif"><img src="images/buttons_strip_bg.gif" width="2" height="24"></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="27%" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="E3E7E9"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="content"> <br /> <div align="center"> <ul id="left-menu"> <li><a href="evaluate.html">Evaluating Security</a></li> <li><a href="spectrum.html">Security Spectrum</a></li> <li><a href="barriers.html">Physical Barriers</a></li> </ul> <br /> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img src="images/02.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <img src="images/01.jpg" /></td> <td width="75%" align="center" valign="top"> <table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="2" bgcolor="B4BEC2"> <br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80%" align="left" valign="top"> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td height="170"> <div id="maincontent"> <h1>Evaluating Security</h1> <h2>How do you evaluate security?</h2> <p>Houses in this country are designed for two things, privacy and shelter not security. Security is an added feature.</p> <p>First, let s look at the big picture and, step by step, come to the level that meets your needs; then, let s look at some reasons why you are vulnerable and what you are trying to protect.</p> <p>Basically, there are two types of security:  hard and  soft. Soft security usually applies to electronics, alarms, cameras, etc. Hard security applies to physical barriers something that the bad guy has difficulty overcoming: enclosures, walls, doors, security, doors, window guards, etc.</p> <p>One of our goals is to help you, the customer, understand how to evaluate your needs for security. We want to give to you the benefit of over 30 years of specializing in security. Because you cannot out-guess the bad guy or a  what if or a  one time scenario, then it is best to go by percentages. Someone can cut a hole in the roof or wall of the house or crash a vehicle through the door whatever it takes if motivated enough. The best you can do is to harden the area and present as much difficulty as possible to increase the odds in your favor so it makes them want to give up and/or go elsewhere. Take steps to increase the difficulty of access to you or your possessions.</p> <p align="right"><a href="spectrum.html">Continue - Security Spectrum >></a></p> </div> </td> <td width="79"> <img src="images/curve_strip.gif" width="79" height="80"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="20%" height="170" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="B4BEC2"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="8D9599"> <td height="150" colspan="2"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <br /><!-- <table width="90%" align="center" cellpadding="`" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="20" align="left"> <img src="images/icon2.gif" width="13" height="10"> </td> <td height="22"> <div align="center" > <div align="left" class="underline"> Security facts: </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="content">&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" > <div align="left" class="content"> <p>Securing all doors usually accomplishes <strong>95 to 100% of your security needs</strong>; speed of entry and speed of egress are very important to unwanted intrusion. Alarms are good, but they tell you someone has already entered your private space. Are you prepared to deal with an intruder? If you are not home, who will respond? Is your neighbor willing? Due to a 92% false alarm rate, police response is minimal, but even then, unless they are sitting around the corner, it takes more time for them to respond than it does the intruder to get in and out of your home. Why not have peace of mind and prevent intrusion in the first place? With Mascotte doors, you can have that peace of mind. All steel, all strength.<br> <br> Allow us to help you evaluate what level of security your home may need with valuable facts and information from over 30 years of experience to help you make an informed decision.<br> <br> <br> </p> </div> </td> </tr> </table>--> <br /> </td> <td width="27%" align="center" valign="middle"> <br /> <br /> <br /> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle" bgcolor="cc3333"> <td height="20" colspan="2" align="center"> <div id="footer"><a href="index.html" class="underline" title="Home">Home</a><span class="underline"> |</span> <a href="aboutus.html" class="underline" title="About us">About us</a> <span class="underline">|</span> <a href="products.html" class="underline" title="Poroducts">Products </a><span class="underline">|</span> <a href="security.html" class="underline" title="Security and you">Security And You </a><span class="underline">|</span> <a href="contactus.html" class="underline" title="Contact us">Contact us</a></div> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>