Heavy rain overnight, and a lot of the snow has melted away now, so we are no longer snowed in. Hopefully some couriers will arrive with desperately needed stock today! (We’ve now run out of our most popular security upgrade completely!) Whether you are locked out in an emergency, or just need a lock changed
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Sad to report that after a week of careful driving and extreme weather, we are now snowed out (or snowed in). With a layer of ice under 6″ of snow, conditions are treacherous, and even 4×4’s are struggling. Due to our rural location, and the lack of ploughing and gritting, we have no hope of
For the last 12 months the Government, particularly DEFRA and NaCTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security Office) have been telling farmers and farms to secure their fertiliser. If you are interested in having a professional security review, or even secure area penetration testing (where we, with your permission, come and try to break in) then please
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I was reading New Scientist (last weeks issue, 12/12/09), and I stumbled across a small but interesting story on page 7: A Chinese woman used plastic surgery to fool a biometric fingerprint scanner. The appropriately named Lin Rong was arrested in Japan for being an illegal immigrant. Police report that she had swapped skin patches
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Followers of this blog will probably recall our whitepaper on combination padlocks, and the mention of the mechanical keysafes available, especially the poor security of some of them. Today I received another keysafe. This unit is branded Asec, and also some are branded Burton. At first glance, it looks like the high security Supra keysafe
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Here’s a report I found online, reporting on a 2-man crimewave using bumpkeys. Lasting over several years, the police had a very good idea who was behind it, and despite traiing them for 2 years theey never got them red-handed. However, when police eventually went to one of their houses, they found it packed with
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