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Smart Home & Estate Security

Every smart device in your home is a computer someone else may control.

The Situation

A modern estate runs on networked machines: cameras, locks, gates, voice assistants, climate and lighting control, theater systems, building automation. Each one was installed by a contractor optimizing for a working demo on handover day, not for what the device would be exposed to over the following decade. Each one is a computer inside your perimeter, frequently with a default password and an open line to a server overseas.

The pattern repeats at the properties you visit least. Vacation homes sit unattended for months on networks nobody maintains. Yachts inherit whatever the marina or the previous owner left behind. And for households that handle genuinely sensitive matters, the concern is not only remote intrusion — it is the listening device in the study, the camera that was not there last month.

The most private rooms in your life deserve the same scrutiny an institution gives a boardroom.

What We Do

We audit estates the way an engineer audits a facility. The network comes first: what is connected, what can see what, and how to separate the systems that matter — your devices, your office, your family — from the hundred conveniences that merely share the house with you. Cameras, locks and automation systems are inventoried, updated or replaced, isolated onto their own network segments, and stripped of the default credentials and remote-access backdoors they so often ship with.

Physical surveillance is treated as part of the same problem, because it is. We conduct TSCM sweeps — Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures, the professional inspection of a residence, office, vehicle or vessel for covert listening devices, hidden cameras and rogue transmitters — combined with a review of the networks any such device would need to use. Sensitive rooms can be swept before significant meetings or on a recurring schedule.

Secondary properties and vessels receive the same rigor as the primary residence: assessment, remediation, and a configuration that can survive months without a technician on site. Where estate managers, builders or AV integrators are involved, we review vendor access and put boundaries around what outside hands can reach.

The goal is an estate that is exactly as connected as you want it to be — and not one device more.

What's Included

Estate network audit with segmentation of critical systems
Smart home, camera and building-automation security review
TSCM sweeps of residences, offices, vehicles and vessels
Vacation property and yacht assessments
Vendor, contractor and integrator access controls
Re-assessment and sweep cadence suited to your profile

Common Questions

What is a TSCM sweep?

Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures — a professional sweep of a residence, office, vehicle or vessel for covert listening devices, hidden cameras and rogue transmitters, combined with a review of the networks those devices would use.

Are smart home devices a real security risk?

Yes. Cameras, voice assistants, smart locks and building-automation systems are frequently installed with no security oversight, and each one is a networked computer inside your home. An audit identifies what is exposed and isolates what must stay.

Do you assess vacation homes and yachts?

Yes. Secondary properties and vessels are routinely the softest points in a family's perimeter: long periods unattended, contractor-installed networks, and shared marina or resort infrastructure. They are assessed with the same rigor as a primary residence.