A security system includes a proxy site that interconnects a protected
site and one or more responder sites using a computer network. The
protected site operates an event data collector coupled to sensors that
when activated, produce event data. The event data collector can initiate
connections with an event processor in the proxy site to transmit the
event data to the proxy site for access by one or more of the responder
sites. The event processor can receive and store the event data and can
provide notifications to the responder sites of the stored event data.
The responder sites can periodically poll the proxy site and can receive
responses that reference available event data associated with those
responder sites. The system allows responder sites share references to
event data, and allows the event processor to use event rules to notify
different responder sites in different manners according to different
event types.