What Items Are Best Kept in A High Security Safe?

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What Items Are Best Kept in A High Security Safe?
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• In many cases, what we keep inside a high
  security safe at home, are items that shouldnt
  actually be there. Large sums of cash or
  non-inventoried valuables for example, should be
  kept in a bank account or safety deposit box,
  while other items such as guns or jewelry, are
  best suited to a high security, fire resistant
  safe.
• To help you determine what should and shouldnt
  be going in your high security safe at home,
  weve compiled a short guide

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• What should you store in a high security safe at
  home?
• Anything that you consider to be of value to you,
  and that you dont want a thief to get their
  hands on, can (and in many cases, should) be
  stored in a high security safe. However, other
  items of significant value, such as a large sum
  of money, should be kept in a bank.
• Some of the items that definitely should be kept
  hidden away behind lock and key in a high
  security safe, are social security cards and
  passports, insurance policies, your last will and
  testament and power of attorney documents. This
  means that theyre kept ultra-safe and secure at
  all times, but you can still get easy access to
  them as and when you need to.

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• Should you have precious items that are not
  necessarily worth anything to anyone else, but
  which you wish to keep safe and secure, such as
  old photographs or camera negatives, you should
  place them inside well sealed plastic bags to
  reduce the risk of water damage before placing
  into a high security, fire resistant or fireproof
  safe. Small amounts of emergency cash can be
  stored inside a safe at home, but as with the
  items previously mentioned, it should be placed
  inside a resealable plastic bag first.

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• What should you take to the bank?
• Large sums of money belong in a bank, and items
  such as the deeds to your home, birth
  certificates and car titles should also be stored
  in a safety deposit box at the bank.
• Also, because bank vaults arent susceptible to
  extreme temperatures or magnetic interference
  that could erase data, computer media items such
  as USBs or external hard drives should be stored
  inside a safety deposit box.

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• Where should you keep your high security safe at
  home?
• Think carefully about what youll be storing
  inside the safe before you decide where to place
  it, as if youll need to access the items inside
  with relative frequency, you wont want to make
  getting to it, too difficult or time consuming.
• Its important to understand that not all safes
  are the same, and each type offers varying levels
  of protection. While a high security safe does
  exactly what its name describes, safes with an
  electronic lock, for example, may be damaged by
  high moisture levels or humidity that can cause
  the lock to fail, and leave the items inside,
  vulnerable.

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• Talk to your local licensed locksmith or safe
  specialist about the best spot to place your high
  security safe, and if in doubt, about what you
  should and shouldnt be storing inside it, too.
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  doors and other physical security equipment since
  1999. With a team of highly skilled workers and
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