We (I speak for myself - though perhaps not for others ....) don't really want to know whether you have something as valuable as the Crown Jewels or the Mona Lisa at the bottom of your garden, but my guess is that you should set up security appropriate to the value of the items you are trying to protect.
Personally I avoid clouds like the plague if at all possible, and if I were trying to safeguard the Crown Jewels I'd probably have multiple cameras, dedicated wired links, and trip wires, electric fences, and laser detectors as a bare minimum! {watching too many James Bond or Oceans 11 type movies ....).
Clouds may be OK if you trust the technology and the people/organisations which run them. There is an advert for Apple which is shown from time to time in cinemas, suggesting that using Apple kit will maintain your privacy. That's OK if you believe it - but the reality is that it will only be as good as the software and algorithms which Apple uses, plus also it may allow Apple, and various other governments (eg. US and UK and most EU governments - and hence indirectly other less benign governments and criminal organisations) - to access your data. If you really trust those organisations then feel free to use the services provided. If I had to put a figure on it, I'd say that 95% of the time those services are trustworthy, but I'd hesitate to rate them at 99% or highter.
You'd probably also need movement detectors, or software which could detect movement from the sensors/cameras you install.
Sometimes people have stuff which is so valuable that they either can't insure it, or can't go out without leaving a squad of SAS men round the house, or decide that it's easier to move it somewhere else - such as an art gallery (for art including sculptures and paintings) - which at least provides some level of protection and cover and some insurance. Having expensive stuff can sometimes impact so heavily on one's lifestyle that it's debatable whether it's worth the bother.
Wired links don't always work either, as determined malefactors can either power them down, or cut the links. As I wrote above, it depends how valuable stuff is, and whether criminals are going to be so determined that almost nothing will stop them.
If you have stuff which is ultra valuable I'm guessing you wouldn't/shouldn't even have mentioned it here.
Personally I avoid clouds like the plague if at all possible, and if I were trying to safeguard the Crown Jewels I'd probably have multiple cameras, dedicated wired links, and trip wires, electric fences, and laser detectors as a bare minimum! {watching too many James Bond or Oceans 11 type movies ....).
Clouds may be OK if you trust the technology and the people/organisations which run them. There is an advert for Apple which is shown from time to time in cinemas, suggesting that using Apple kit will maintain your privacy. That's OK if you believe it - but the reality is that it will only be as good as the software and algorithms which Apple uses, plus also it may allow Apple, and various other governments (eg. US and UK and most EU governments - and hence indirectly other less benign governments and criminal organisations) - to access your data. If you really trust those organisations then feel free to use the services provided. If I had to put a figure on it, I'd say that 95% of the time those services are trustworthy, but I'd hesitate to rate them at 99% or highter.
You'd probably also need movement detectors, or software which could detect movement from the sensors/cameras you install.
Sometimes people have stuff which is so valuable that they either can't insure it, or can't go out without leaving a squad of SAS men round the house, or decide that it's easier to move it somewhere else - such as an art gallery (for art including sculptures and paintings) - which at least provides some level of protection and cover and some insurance. Having expensive stuff can sometimes impact so heavily on one's lifestyle that it's debatable whether it's worth the bother.
Wired links don't always work either, as determined malefactors can either power them down, or cut the links. As I wrote above, it depends how valuable stuff is, and whether criminals are going to be so determined that almost nothing will stop them.
If you have stuff which is ultra valuable I'm guessing you wouldn't/shouldn't even have mentioned it here.
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