Guy Cohen is the co-founder ofSecureIt Homes and a Los Angeles security expert focused on residentialsecurity, home hardening, and burglary prevention. His approach centers on asimple idea most traditional alarm companies miss: security should stop athreat before it reaches the home, not just document it after the fact.
Through SecureIt Homes, Cohenworks directly with homeowners to identify real vulnerabilities and buildmultiple layers of protection around them, including early detection systems,security window film, reinforced doors and screens, monitored security systems,surveillance, anti-intrusion fog systems, and safe rooms. That layeredapproach, detection, physical reinforcement, and active deterrence workingtogether, is the throughline across every project his team takes on.
It's also the approach clientsnotice directly. One recent SecureIt Homes client wrote after a full securityconsultation: "Dealing with Guy Cohen and his team was an absolutepleasure. They are extremely knowledgeable and really good at what theydo." Read more clienttestimonials.
Guy Cohen in the Media
Guy Cohen has appeared acrosstelevision and news media to discuss home security, burglary prevention, andthe layered approach to residential protection SecureIt Homes builds everyproject around.
KTLA 5, Off the Clock
"Easy Home Security ChangesYou Can Make Right Now", August 27, 2026. Guy Cohen joined KTLA 5's Offthe Clock to walk through practical, low-effort security upgrades Los Angeleshomeowners can make immediately, from perimeter detection to reinforced entrypoints. Watchthe full segment and read more.
NBC News
Guy Cohen discussed WiFi jammersand the growing risk they pose to home security systems that rely entirely onwireless signal, and what homeowners can do to protect against that specificvulnerability. Watchthe full segment.
Additional Media Appearances
Guy Cohen has also discussedhome security and burglary prevention on Inside Edition, covering practicalsteps homeowners can take to reduce their risk of break-in, alongsideadditional television and news appearances on residential security strategy.Full details and video for each verified appearance are added to this page asthey're published, following the same standard as the KTLA and NBC segmentsabove: real, original text explaining what was actually discussed, not just anembedded clip.
Guy Cohen's Approach to Home Security
Cohen's approach movesresidential security past the traditional alarm model, a system that only tellsa homeowner something is wrong after a door or window has already beenbreached. Instead, his work with SecureIt Homes is built around identifying aproperty's real weak points first, then layering detection, physicalreinforcement, and deterrence around those specific vulnerabilities rather thanapplying the same package to every home.
● Early detection: identifying a potential intruderbefore they reach a door or window, not after
● Physical reinforcement: security window film,reinforced screens, and fortified doors that make forced entry genuinelyharder, not just alarmed
● Active deterrence: visible cameras, monitored systems,and anti-intrusion fog that discourage an attempt before it escalates
● Safe rooms: a final layer of protection if everyearlier layer is somehow defeated
Why Guy Cohen Focuses on Layers, Not Just Products
A common mistake in residentialsecurity is treating it as a single purchase, one camera system, one alarm, onelock upgrade, rather than a coordinated plan. Cohen's position, repeated acrosshis media appearances and in every SecureIt Homes evaluation, is that adetermined intruder only needs one weak point to succeed, which means agenuinely secure home needs every layer working together, not one strong layercovering for several weak ones. This is the same thinking behind why SecureItHomes evaluations start with a full property walkthrough rather than a productcatalogue, the plan follows the vulnerabilities, not the other way around.
Areas of Expertise
● Home Security
● Residential Security
● Burglary Prevention
● Home Hardening
● Early Detection Systems
● Security Window Film
● Forced-Entry Protection
● Safe Rooms
● Security Cameras
Work With Guy Cohen and SecureIt Homes
SecureIt Homes providescustomized residential security and home-hardening solutions throughout LosAngeles and the surrounding communities, with every property evaluatedindividually before any recommendation is made.
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