title: Modern High-security Locks: How To Open Them
author:  Steven Hampton 
description: Steven Hampton became interested in locks and electronics at an early age. At 14 he acquired a set of U.S. Air Force electronic training manuals and began building various transistor circuits by scalping radios and junkyard TVs. At 17 he was making his own lockpicks and was considered a master lockpicker, and by the time he was 18 he'd invented the magnetic padlock, which is still on the market today. After a stint in the navy, he studied digital electronics and worked in many technical fields. He also became interested in the martial arts, studying Tibetan White Crane kung fu, jujitsu and wing chun.
zlib_text: Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Lockpicking & Physical Security 
  Deviant Ollam 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Physical security is an oft-overlooked component of data and system security in the technology 
  world.  While frequently forgotten, it is no less critical than timely patches, appropriate password 
  policies, and proper user permissions.  You can have the most hardened servers and network but 
  that doesn’t make the slightest difference if someone can gain direct access to a keyboard or, 
  worse yet, march your hardware right out the door. 
   
  These ten general points will give you a solid overview of the weaknesses in many security 
  designs as well as an understanding of how certain (often very small) changes to how locks 
  operate and are utilized can make a huge difference in the security of your facilities as well as 
  your data. 
   
  1. Locks are not complicated mechanisms 
   
  In general, locks are very simplistic devices that are employed to address very a straightforwar