The problem is that the consumer sees an 86-pound container and it looks to be secure. SentrySafe has a good reference guide that talks about this. There are very few containers that are rated for both burglary and fire. Burglarly safes are designed to prevent break-ins through the use of force or covert attacks, rather than compromise from fire, high temperatures, water, and dropping the container up to thirty feet (which could occur during a fire if the safe fell through a floor). There is a fundamental difference between fire and burglary-rated safes which I would imagine most consumers do not fully understand. ItвЂ™s a fire safe meant to protect valuables and documents in the event of a fire.

To be fair, the SentrySafe is not meant to thwart burglars.

SentrySafe is one the most recognized brands for protecting contents from fire and are sold at major office supply and hardware stores. These safes are manufactured in Rochester, N.Y. The day before we arrived, he had gone to Costco and purchased a new fire safe ( Model # SFW123FTC )В produced by SentrySafe. He is flamboyant, clever, and comes from a long line of locksmiths in his family. LocksmithВ through his multiple locations in Vancouver and Calgary. Last month I was in Vancouver, Canada in meetings with Terry Whin-Yates, one of Western CanadaвЂ™s most famous and experienced locksmiths.

But this story is as much about how their design engineers violated one of the simpler rules of security engineering as it is about what the company is going to do about it. The leading and most respected fire safe manufacturer in North America has designed one of its most popular containers with a fatal security flaw that can allow the three different versions to be opened in one second.

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