which like reference designators refer to like elements there is shown in fig1 a diagram of an exemplary device constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention and designated generally as u201c 100 u201d adaptive security device 100 is affixable to an eas or non eas device to be protected adaptive security device 100 includes a processor module 102 and an eas tag analog module 104 the processor module 102 includes a controller 106 that controls the transmission and reception of signals e g radio frequency acousto magnetic electromagnetic etc between the device 100 and a security system such as an eas system or an rfid system the processor module 102 also includes a tag disable electronic circuit 108 the tag disable electronic circuit 108 receives a transmit control signal e g receive off u201c rxoff u201d from the controller 106 in this embodiment and for illustrative purposes only when the rxoff signal is a logical high the tag disable electronic circuit 108 does not generate a disable signal and the analog module 104 remains active or enabled on the other hand when the rxoff signal is a logical low the tag disable electronic circuit 108 generates a disable signal that causes the analog module 104 to be disabled the transmit control signal rxoff is one example of a control command issued by controller 106 other examples of potential disable.