Package protection using existing security system

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a base station of a security system, from a first security sensor that is part of the security system, an identification of a shipment package;
• adding, by the base station, a shipment device of the shipment package as a security sensor of the security system;
• configuring, by the base station, the shipment device in protect-mode, wherein the shipment device sounds an alarm in response to the shipment being displaced by at least a predetermined distance when in the protect-mode;
• reconfiguring, by the base station, the shipment device in safe-mode in response to authenticating a user associated with a pickup of the shipment package;
• and
• removing, by the base station, the shipment device from the security system.

A security system comprising:

• a plurality of security sensors;
• and
• a base station coupled with the security sensors, the base station comprising:
• a memory device;
• and
• one or more processors coupled with the memory device, the one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising:
• receiving an identification of a shipment package, the identification received from a first security sensor from the plurality of sensors;
• adding, by the base station, a shipment device of the shipment package as a second security sensor of the security system;
• configuring the shipment device in protect-mode, wherein the shipment device sounds an alarm in response to the shipment being displaced by at least a predetermined distance when in the protect-mode;
• and
• reconfiguring the shipment device in safe-mode in response to receiving, from a customer associated with the shipment package, a confirmation signal that the shipment package has been safely received.