About

Sentinary is a publication about physical security: intruder alarms, video surveillance, access control, alarm receiving centres, guarding.

Who we write for

People who work in the sector. Installers and integrators, alarm receiving centre managers, guarding company directors, security managers. We do not write for someone choosing an alarm for their home.

What you will find

• Standards explained. Laws, regulations and technical standards, with what changes in practice for your work.
• Technology without the catalogue. How things work and when you need them, without product sheets.
• Trade. Design, documentation, maintenance, dealing with clients.
• Country comparisons. The same question in the UK, Italy and Spain: the content you will not find elsewhere.

Three editions

We publish in English, Italian and Spanish. Each edition is adapted to its country: the laws, the bodies and the trade terms are different.

How we work

Every article starts from primary sources and cites them. The full method, including how we use artificial intelligence and how we keep articles up to date, is on the How we work page.

The name

Sentinary joins sentinel and diary: the diary of whoever is on watch.