Gone in nine seconds
November 2015

BRISANT SECURE has launched three videos showing how quickly a burglar can break into a real house with three different cylinder lock types most commonly used by the industry – with one failing in just nine seconds.

Brisant Secure CEO Steve Stewart said: “We want to show the industry the security it’s selling. We’ve produced the videos carefully, showing a lot of the attack, but we’ve used different camera angles so we don’t show people – what burglars already know - how to break into a door.”

The videos show real attacks on a real house with a real door fitted in turn with a standard cylinder lock, an anti-snap lock and a Kitemarked TS007 one star anti-snap lock. Each attack is shown alongside an attack on an Ultion lock, Brisant’s flagship cylinder lock. All three locks are broken in well under a minute. The locks most of the industry uses effectively categorise installed doors as 9 second, 18 second or 45 second doors.

“It’s alarming to see how quickly doors fitted with these commonly used cylinders simply let burglars in,” he added, “The videos show that if a standard £3 cylinder is fitted on your door, a burglar can get in and take your car keys from the table beside the door in just 9 seconds. It’s time the industry took security seriously.”

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