Tobias on Locks and Insecurity Engineering
Understanding and Preventing Design Vulnerabilities in Locks, Safes, and Security Hardware
1. Edition February 2024
720 Pages, Hardcover
Professional Book
A must-read exploration of lock and physical security from a renowned author and expert
In Tobias on Locks and Insecurity Engineering, renowned investigative attorney and physical security expert Marc Weber Tobias delivers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of how locks are designed, built, and -- ultimately -- defeated by criminals, spies, hackers, and even lockpickers. In the book, you'll discover the myriad ways that security experts and bad actors have compromised physical locks using everything from the newest 3D printers to 99-cent ballpoint pens.
The book explores the origins of different lock designs and the mistakes that design engineers make when they create new locks. It explains the countless ways that locks remain at risk for attack.
The author explains the latest lock designs and technology, as well as how to assess whether a specific solution will work for you depending on your individual security requirements and use case. You'll also find:
* Ways to differentiate between fatally flawed locks and solid, secure options
* Several relevant and real-world case examples of catastrophic lock design failures that led to monetary loss, property damage, or bodily harm
* Examinations of lock security from the perspectives of forced entry, covert entry, and key-control
An instructive and indispensable roadmap to locks and physical security, Tobias on Locks and Insecurity Engineering is the perfect guide for security and information technology professionals, design engineers, risk managers, law enforcement personnel, intelligence agents, regulators, policymakers, investigators, lawyers, and more.
Introduction xxxv
Part I Locks, Safes, and Insecurity Engineering 1
Chapter 1 Insecurity Engineering and the Design of Locks 3
Chapter 2 Insecurity Engineering: A Lack of Expertise and Imagination 25
Chapter 3 Vulnerability Assessment in Lock Designs 49
Chapter 4 The 3T2R Rule for Assessing the Security of a Lock 67
Part II Legal and Regulatory Issues in Locks, Safes, and Security Systems 87
Chapter 5 Security Is All About Liability 89
Chapter 6 Legal Liability and Insecurity Engineering 103
Chapter 7 Standards for Locks and Safes 131
Chapter 8 Patents, Security, and the Protection of Intellectual Property 163
Chapter 9 Notification of Defects in Product Design 187
Chapter 10 Legal and Security Issues in Keying Systems 209
Part III Basic Designs and Technologies for Mechanical and Electronic Locks 231
Chapter 11 A Brief History of Lock Design and Development 233
Chapter 12 Industry Definitions 257
Chapter 13 Modern Locking Mechanisms: A Merging of Old and New Technology 279
Chapter 14 A Comparison of High-Security Lock Designs 317
Part IV Design and Insecure Engineering of Locks 339
Chapter 15 Attacks Against Locks: Then and Now 341
Chapter 16 An Overview: Vulnerability Analysis in Designs and Testing 379
Chapter 17 Destructive Attacks Against Locks and Related Hardware 395
Chapter 18 Covert Methods of Entry 417
Chapter 19 Attacks Against Electronic Locks 445
Chapter 20 Advanced Attacks Against High-Security Locks 459
Part V Attacks on Key Control and Special Keying Systems 475
Chapter 21 Attacking Keys and Keying Systems 477
Chapter 22 Advanced Attacks on Key Control: 3D Printers and Special Software 507
Chapter 23 Digital Fingerprints of Locks: Electronic Decoding Systems 523
Chapter 24 Code-Setting Keys: A Case Study of an Attack on High-Security Key Control 537
Part VI Specific Case Examples 545
Chapter 25 Case Examples from Part VII Rules 547
Chapter 26 Case Examples By Category 571
Part VII Design Rules, Axioms, and Principles 597
Chapter 27 Design Rules, Axioms, and Guidelines 599
Epilogue 625
Appendix A Patents Issued 627
Appendix B Trademark Listing 629
Index 633
