Perhaps 2017 will be remembered as the year the traditional security industry got serious about the do-it-yourself (DIY) market.
Some security manufacturers that never played in the DIY market before have launched products that consumers can install themselves and which the dealers will monitor. Some of these dealers also sell systems without monitoring to those people who are content with simply getting smartphone notifications when an alarm is triggered. New monitoring options — including short-term monitoring when, for example, a customer goes on vacation — also are emerging.