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Lockpicks

Lockpicking is commonly depicted in movies as a simple task that involves the insertion of a lockpick into a lock and with minimal effort getting a door open. In reality, it is not that simple. A social engineer may have to gain entrance into some places that have been secured using locks and a lockpick may come in handy. It might seem that this skill is useless due to the adoption of magnetic cards, biometric authentication, and RFID chipped cards in access control. However, it is more important than ever. These electronic access control measures are employed at obvious entry points but locks are still commonly used to secure rooms that are deemed to be of less importance. In some scenarios, you may find that a server room containing ...