Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Lockpicking & Security - Deviant Ollam

Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Lockpicking & Security
by: Deviant Ollam (Black Hat Europe, 2008)

1. Locks are not complicated mechanisms
2. Most locks are wildly easy to pick
3. Unpickable doesn't mean invulnerable
4. Minor changes make a big difference
5. Advanced features aren't a panacea
6. Adding electricity isn't magical
7. Safe locks vary as widely as door locks
8. Bump keying is a real problem, but one with real solutions
9. Large facilities have their own unique concerns
10. Security in the Real World (most physical security risks are not from elegant finesse tacticts but rather from brute force attacks.)

Video: Deviant Ollam Ten Things You Should Know About Lockpicking (1 hour) 

Deviant Ollam is a security auditor and penetration testing consultant from The CORE Group. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the US division of TOOOL, The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers. Every year at DEFCON and ShmooCon Deviant runs the Lockpick Village, and he has conducted physical security training sessions for Black Hat, DeepSec, ToorCon, HackCon, ShakaCon, HackInTheBox... and more.

Deviant Ollam is one of my favorite resources for security information on-line, and I highly recommend his articles and videos.