Mechanical Lock Expert, Marc Weber Tobias will be in Dubai next month presenting a paper at the UAE's first deep-knowledge network security conference; HITBSecConf2007 - Dubai. Marc has been one of the primary spokesmen in the United States regarding methods of bypass of mechanical locks and has appeared in hundreds of publications and media interviews discussing this topic. He was Assistant Attorney General and Chief of the Organized Crime Unit in South Dakota and also conducted internal investigations for the Office of Governor between 1974 and 2002.Marc has written five police textbooks and has lectured extensively on security, criminal investigations and interrogation techniques. He has also been one of the leading advocates for truth in advertising by lock manufacturers and thinks that there should be clear warnings so that the consumer understands the risks from certain forms of attack and the lack of protection that many locks offer. His paper at HITBSecConf2007 - Dubai is titled 'Opened in Ten Seconds: The Insecurity of Mechanical Locks' and discusses the compromise of mechanical pin tumbler locks and how their weaknesses can affect the security of almost every physical facility.
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