1. A method of operating a security system having at least one user interface, the method comprising: assigning a user identification to each of a plurality of users of the security system; selecting a preferred language for communicating with each user from a plurality of different available languages; associating the user identification of each user with the selected preferred language for that user; sensing a security breach; detecting a particular user's presence adjacent a user interface of the security system; determining the preferred language associated with the particular user; and providing an indication to the particular user that an alarm signal will be issued in response to sensing the security breach, the indication being provided in the particular user's associated preferred language and including instructions given in the particular user's preferred language regarding how to abort the alarm signal.