Specifications
| Unit Count | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages Count | 720 |
| Publication Date | 2024-02-21T00:00:01Z |
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This 720-page technical reference examines design vulnerabilities in locks, safes, and security hardware, detailing how common mechanical and electromechanical failures arise and how they can be analyzed. It presents engineering principles, assessment and testing methods, and practical mitigation strategies for designers, security engineers, and evaluators (First edition, published February 2024).
Project Ideas
Business
Product Security Consulting for Manufacturers
Offer consulting services that use the book's engineering principles to help lock/safe/electro-mechanical hardware manufacturers identify design weaknesses and prioritize mitigations. Deliver threat-modeling workshops, secure-design recommendations and roadmap support while focusing strictly on defensive improvements and compliance.
Corporate Training & Awareness Programs
Develop instructor-led and on-demand training courses for physical-security teams, facility managers and product engineers that translate the book's findings into actionable policies, procurement checklists and design review practices. Emphasize risk management, detection, and mitigation rather than attack techniques.
Independent Testing & Certification Lab
Create a lab service offering non-destructive evaluation, lifecycle testing, and compliance assessments for security hardware using standardized methods inspired by the reference. Provide third-party reports, improvement plans, and retesting services for manufacturers and procurement organizations.
Technical Summaries & Compliance Toolkits
Package high-value parts of the reference into industry-specific toolkits: executive summaries, design-checklists, supplier-evaluation forms and user-facing guidance for procurement teams. Sell as licensed content, subscriptions, or embedded resources for engineering teams to streamline secure-hardware development.
Accredited Continuing Education Courses
Build a curriculum for continuing education credits aimed at mechanical/electrical engineers and security professionals, deriving sanitized case studies and high-level methodologies from the book. Partner with professional bodies to offer certification badges that demonstrate competency in secure hardware design and evaluation.
Creative
Lockscape Sculptures
Collect decommissioned locks, keys and safe parts to build large-scale kinetic or wall sculptures that explore themes of trust and vulnerability. Focus on aesthetic assembly, patina and motion; ensure all components are non-functional or rendered safe and clearly sourced from retired hardware.
Upcycled Lock Jewelry & Accessories
Design a line of pendants, cufflinks, belt buckles and keychains made from inert lock components (tumblers, key blanks, faceplates) reworked into wearable art. Market as limited-edition, handcrafted pieces with stories about the original hardware and ethical sourcing.
Anatomy-of-a-Lock Educational Dioramas
Create tabletop diorama kits or laser-cut models that illustrate internal lock and safe mechanisms in a deactivated, non-operational form for makerspaces, schools and museums. Include annotated panels and removable parts to teach engineering principles, material choices and failure modes at a high level, without providing exploit techniques.
Secure Stories — Mixed-Media Coffee Table Book
Produce a visually rich book combining historical case studies, infographics (high-level), interviews with locksmiths/designers, and photographic art made from retired security hardware. Position it for designers, hobbyists and collectors interested in the cultural side of security engineering.