There are many home security setup options. You can get an alarm company to provide equipment and setup a monthly service plan. They will have installers come to your house. You could buy equipment yourself and use cameras, software, and computers to monitor your property.
You can also do both. What I mean is some services ship you the equipment in a kit and you do it yourself. Then you turn on and pay for monitoring service. There are many options. This place will be dedicated to self install options.