Protection One: What Was It? Protection One (later Protection 1) was once one of the largest security providers in America — over 2 million customers at its peak. Founded in 1988 in Wichita, Kansas, it grew through aggressive acquisitions before being swallowed by ADT in 2016. Detail Protection One Founded 1988 (Wichita, KS → later […]

Security Networks: What Was This Company? Security Networks was an authorized dealer of Monitronics (now Brinks Home Security). They epitomized everything wrong with the alarm industry’s dealer model — aggressive door-to-door sales, misleading tactics, inflated prices, and contracts that were nearly impossible to escape. Detail Security Networks Business Model Authorized Monitronics/Brinks dealer Primary Sales Channel […]

Select Security is a legacy provider whose monitoring contracts were acquired by Brinks Home Security in 2020. Audit the current account, equipment, response, billing, privacy, and exit path.