Security: scenarios, technologies and people
Radiation Shielding in a Bunker: Earth, Concrete and Mass
In brief. Against the radiation emitted by radioactive fallout, what protects is mass: concrete, earth and the building above the shelter. The Swiss technical instructions in force since 1 January 202...
Read the insightShelter Blast Valves: Overpressure and the Shock Wave
In brief. A shelter keeps outside air out in two different ways. The ventilation supplies filtered air and maintains a slight overpressure, so that air leaks out through gaps rather than in; the blast...
Read the insightDesigning a Private Bunker: Who to Hire and What to Ask
In brief. The design of a private shelter should be entrusted to a team of professionals, not to a single supplier. At the very least you need a qualified lead designer to coordinate and sign off the ...
Read the insightHow Big Should a Private Bunker Be? Space per Person and Functions
In brief. In Italy no regulation sets how large a private shelter must be. A well-established technical reference is the Swiss one: at least 1 square metre of floor area and 2.5 cubic metres of volume...
Read the insightBuilding a bunker in Italy: permits and the questions to ask before the design
In brief. Yes, a private bunker can be built in Italy: no law prohibits it. However, there is no specific regulation for private shelters, nor any obligation to build them, so a shelter follows the or...
Read the insightPrivate bunkers in the United States: lessons from a more mature market
In brief. In the United States private bunkers are a real market, with specialist manufacturers, prices ranging from a few tens of thousands of dollars to several million, and growth forecasts up to 2...
Read the insightMandatory shelters in new buildings in Europe: Poland and Norway
In brief. In Poland shelters are once again a design requirement: for projects whose permit application was submitted after 31 December 2025, apartment blocks, public buildings and underground garages...
Read the insightBunkers in Germany: shelters return to civil protection planning
In brief. In Germany, shelters and bunkers returned to the civil protection agenda after 2022, but the path chosen is not the Swiss one. Of the roughly 2,000 Cold War public shelters, 579 remain, with...
Read the insightSweden's "If Crisis or War Comes" booklet: what it asks of households
In brief. The Swedish booklet "In case of crisis or war" (in Swedish, "Om krisen eller kriget kommer") was sent to around 5.2 million households in November 2024. It asks every household to be able to...
Read the insightShelters in Finland: the network built beneath Helsinki
In brief. Helsinki has built a network of shelters beneath the city because in Finland, for more than seventy years, the law has required them in larger buildings and because the city has made them pa...
Read the insightReading paths on security
Homes, businesses and valuable assets have different stories and needs. These insights explore the relationship between people, places and technologies, with NetCom’s perspective on protection.
Featured: compliant video surveillance
Security design and technologies30 insights
- High-risk security: when the context changes the design
- Why two seemingly similar security projects differ
- Integrated security: the path of a signal to the response
- People, assets and activities: how security priorities take shape
- The security survey reads how spaces are lived in
- Upgrading a security system while the property stays in use
- Who holds together design, system and security management
- A security system’s life continues after installation
- Security certifications: the value of a defined performance
- Information is part of a building’s security too
- Connected alarms: why software is part of protection
- Security cameras: useful detail starts with the scene
- Night-time video surveillance: when light changes everything
- The network behind the cameras: the invisible path of images
- One account, one person: digital trust in the security system
- Alarm batteries: the silent energy of protection
- Local and cloud recording: two ways to give continuity to images
- A growing system: the dialogue between technologies of different generations
- Alarm and visual verification: when an event gains context
- Time in the images: why timestamps help reconstruct an event
- Remote support: technical expertise reaches the system
- Separate networks, connected functions: protecting the system’s communications
- PoE: when power and images travel in the same cable
- The image that matters: seeing a scene and understanding a detail
- Contacts, detectors and video analytics: different languages of detection
- Perimeter protection: security meets the landscape
- Alarm notifications in everyday life
- Video surveillance and privacy: designing what needs to be seen
- The second life of devices: data and security at end of service
- When the Internet changes, part of security changes too
Life in private properties30 insights
- The villa lives on through the night
- The second home between one visit and the next
- Security and historic residences: living in the present, preserving character
- Apartment security begins with the relationship to the building
- Private collections: safeguarding objects and the history that comes with them
- Collector’s garages: protection meets vehicle care
- Guests and household staff: access follows the life of the home
- Home automation and security: what happens behind a single command
- When the owner changes, the house keeps its digital keys too
- A water leak can change the story of a collection
- The smartphone is a door into the home: making it part of protection
- One home, several generations: security that understands different habits
- Accessible security: when the controls adapt to the person
- A home with pets: designing protection around real life
- Working from home: when protection becomes professional too
- Video door entry: the first dialogue between the home and the visitor
- The garden grows, protection evolves
- A villa during building works: security follows the transformation
- The study within the residence: privacy between private life and work
- Renovating systems: security joins the dialogue between professionals
- The home becomes hospitality: new rhythms, new security needs
- Architecture to share, security to safeguard
- When the home is entrusted to someone else
- False alarms: reading the relationship between environment and detection
- Simplicity in the alarm: less hesitation in daily life
- Technicians and contractors in the home: protection meets trust
- House and annexe: close in space, different in use
- Shared screens, personal access: security in the home environment
- Finishes and security: designing discretion
- Sounds, signals and habits: a home that makes itself understood
Valuables and safekeeping30 insights
- The jeweller’s between opening and closing: the security of daily transitions
- The shop window changes light: how security evolves with the display
- Vaults: trust also takes shape in access management
- A heavy safe becomes part of the building design
- Safe room: a protective space designed around people
- Seismic intrusion sensors: how vibrations help protect valuables
- Staff alarms: preparation also starts with a conversation
- Valuables: protection and insurance tell two parts of the same story
- Private exhibitions and showrooms: security follows the journey of the assets
- A network of boutiques, different places: building recognisable security
- A work on loan: security accompanies a new kind of care
- Fine watches: protection also follows the moments of servicing
- A collection’s catalogue also tells the story of its protection
- Photographs of assets: precious record and confidential information
- Original documents: preserving the history that accompanies an asset
- Water and collections: a risk that runs through every room
- A private library: protecting books, research and memory
- Inside a display case: visibility, safekeeping and conservation
- Lighting collections: enhancing without neglecting protection
- Environmental sensors: giving meaning to changes
- The return of an exhibition: security in the less visible stages
- Jeweller’s and workshop: two rhythms in the same place
- Luxury boutiques: trust continues behind the shop window
- The safe in family life: safekeeping and access over time
- Safe and architecture: the design begins before installation
- The daily care of a collection also depends on its spaces
- Packaging and precious assets: protection in moments of transition
- An inherited collection: giving continuity to a heritage of meaning
- Temporary safekeeping: when the place changes, the context changes
- Presenting a collection while keeping its protection confidential
Business, hospitality and continuity30 insights
- Inside a logistics site: every access tells of an activity
- The factory changes: security follows spaces, shifts and people
- Behind hospitality: the routes that make a hotel work
- Renewing a hotel’s security while respecting guests’ lives
- Security in clinics: protecting spaces, supporting people
- The building site changes every day. Its protection must keep pace with the works
- Security at remote sites: the invisible link between place, power and communications
- When the power fails: the energy that sustains security
- An alarm must be able to report what is happening: the role of the backup connection
- 24/7 security: protection continues when activity stops
- Security and role changes: giving continuity to knowledge
- Joining and leaving an organisation: the access life cycle
- Welcoming a visitor: security and hospitality in the same gesture
- One building, several companies: protection in shared spaces
- The technical room: a small space with an essential role
- When a component changes: keeping the system in balance
- System obsolescence: recognising the moment to evolve
- Maintenance preserves the quality of protection
- The factory stops, protection continues
- A new site joins the group: building continuity in security
- Hotels and coworking: protecting places that change function
- Left luggage: a small gesture of trust in the hotel
- A conference in a hotel: security follows the pace of the event
- Footage after an event: usefulness, privacy and responsibility
- Clinics and restricted areas: continuity also depends on everyday services
- Separate warehouses: security connects places and people
- The company archive: protecting what supports the work
- Prototypes and laboratories: security protects ideas too
- An industrial building comes to life: security in the move to operation
- Preparing together: the value of organisational drills
People, places and projects30 insights
- Architecture and security: designing spaces that are beautiful to live in and to protect
- Security between companies: when the project becomes a shared effort
- Several properties, one clear view: security in the property manager’s work
- Workplace video surveillance: protecting the company while respecting people
- A second home on Lake Garda lives on between seasons
- Living abroad, staying close to your home in Italy
- The mountain home changes with the seasons. Security follows its rhythm
- Security across borders: shared needs, contexts to understand
- Security grows when different skills learn to work together
- Understanding security: the culture we want to share
- Security in Verona: living between city, hills and industry
- Venice and historic residences: protection in dialogue with the place
- Milan and valuable properties: security in the rhythms of the city
- Northern Italian lakes: a home changes pace with the seasons
- The productive North-East: security and continuity in business
- After a water event: restoring continuity of protection
- Several properties in Northern Italy: a shared vision, local needs
- German-speaking owners in Italy: security is also about understanding
- An Italian home for those living in France: closeness even at a distance
- The home stays in Italy, the day changes time zone
- Historic residences in Northern Italy: integrating technology and identity
- Family offices and Italian properties: security within a wealth perspective
- From Switzerland to an Italian property: continuity across the distance
- Travelling and staying informed: phone and system follow different paths
- One property, several languages: giving security the same meaning
- Following a project from afar: images, dialogue and presence on site
- Security information across borders: sharing what is needed
- Knowing your system: instructions that stay useful over time
- Homes in Italy and abroad: a common language for different needs
- Trust over time: people and technology in protecting your assets
To discuss your property or business, talk to NetCom. You can also return to Security: facts and analysis.
