Lockpicking - by Deviant Ollam

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Presentation Slides

I keep copies of all versions of my slides as they are presented at events around the country and the world. I do my best to keep these files as small as possible by not embedding all the videos and other content that is part of my lectures and trainings. If you are viewing one of my presentations and wish to have these additional files, they are available on the resources page.

The most updated versions of my main presentations are available here...

Ten Things
Four Locks
Lockpick Village
This is my "Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Lockpicking & Physical Security" talk which covers the most popular material in a one-hour format.
This talk, "The Four Types of Lock," was first presented to the Secret Service. It assesses the differences between basic, commercial, high security, and nearly unpickable locks.
This is a PowerPoint file that is used to give quick overview presentations at Lockpick Villages which TOOOL runs at security and hacker conferences.

Archives of past versions of my slides are available here...


2010/04/21 SOURCE Boston My first time at SOURCE Boston... i gave a corporate-focused assessment of security with a version of my "Four Types of Locks" talk.

2010/03/19 CarolinaCon A new presentation, "Wicked Cool Handcuff Shit", that went into far more detail than anyone had seen from us since Babak and i gave a little talk at the MetaLab in late 2008.

2010/03/04 RSA
(talk)
The slides for our presentation at RSA in the Spring of 2010. These have a rather different look and feel than my usual work, given that conference's standard templates, and the material touches on some new topics, as well.

2010/03/02 RSA
(video)
The slides for our video interview segment from RSA in the Spring of 2010. They are a shorter version of the full hour-long presentation slides that are in the entry just above.
2010/01/30
Black Hat DC The Federal side of the Black Hat conference series is held in Arlington, VA in the spring. At the 2010 briefings my topic of "the Four Types of Locks" was included and it's become very polished and properly fleshed-out.
2009/12/7
PaulDotCom I gave an interview on the PaulDotCom radio podcast and these are the slides that i had submitted to them for inclusion on their web site and reference during that session.
2009/10/20
SeaCure preview At the SMAU conference in Milan, Italy there was a preview of the SeaCure material that will be shown the coming spring. Here are some slides i used to show why phyiscal security matters, some common examples of weak Italian locks, and how to hack one's love life.
2009/10/06 HackInTheBox At HackInTheBox, Babak and i prepared a whole new chapter of material concerning rotating disk locks and how they can be exploited. Since this is considered the "premiere" lock in Malaysia, it was astonishing how weak they are and how many ways they can be attacked.
2009/09/17
ekoparty At ekoparty i gave a new spin on my "Four Types of Lock" talk. Again, with some more focus on things in their part of the world. Heh, and at the end of it i introduced Gringo Warrio with an all-new storyline geared towards this audience.
2009/08/25
Philly JECTF When i was invited to speak to the Secret Service and some FBI folks at their quarterly meeting, i wanted to come up with something new... so i made this talk about the "Four Types of Lock."
2009/06/06
SummerCon This was my first time at what is known to most as the world's oldest hacker con. In a real throwback bit of fun, i conducted just a plane jane intro to lockpicking workshop and it was a smash.
2008/10/08
SecTor 2008 The SecTor conference in Canada was wonderful enough to have me stop by and setup a Locpick Village. On day two, i gave a new version of my "10 things" talk. Here are the slides.
2008/08/15
major update After Black Hat & DEFCON i rolled in all of the new stuff i added during those conferences and also worked on some other additions i've been meaning to get to for a while.
2008/08/08
DEFCON 16

I did not give a full talk at DEFCON this year (well, other than a version of my "Flying with Firearms" talk in the 303 skybox) but did often give intro to lockpicking lessons in the LP Village. These are the slides from that mini-lesson.

2008/06/10
ShakaCon II During ShakaCon i gave my Ten Things Everyone Should Know presentation, with some small updates.
2008/03/24
BlackHat Europe This is the PDF writeup document that went with the above talk. The crew at Black Hat found my preparation for their event quite impressive, i must say.
2008/03/24
BlackHat Europe For my first Black Hat talk, i created an entirely new presentation focused toward a corporate audience. Entitled Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Lockpicking and Physical Security, this covers some of the basics as well as some key factors concerning concerns specific to larger institutions.
2008/02/15
ShmooCon 4 Similar to the presentation at ToorCon 9, this was a half-hour lightning talk about bump keying. I did, however, intoduce the Gringo Warrior game for the first time ever here.
2008/02/06
HackCon 3 My third presentation in Norway, this time at HackCon i was with Q (Andrew Righter) and we discussed electronic security technologies.
2007/10/19
ToorCon 9 This was a very short half-hour talk, focusing exclusively on the current status of the bump key attack.
2007/09/26
SecVest This talk represents the first time i reorganized my presentation materials, covering all weak locks first and then introducing high security materials in the second half.
2007/09/05
HITB Malaysia A very short talk, covering just a few basics and introducing the Lockpick Village.
2007/02/05
HackCon 2 My first time in Norway, this talk was also one hour and similar to the SUMIT lecture above.
2006/08/11
SUMIT 2006 A shorter, one-hour talk covering the essentials of lockpicking only.
2006/01/15
ShmooCon 3 My talk with Renderman, it's a pity that there aren't detailed slides for his segments on antique locks, safecracking, and the Scorpion system.
2005/07/30
DEFCON 13 My first major talk, i spoke for over three hours. New additions included sections on handcuffs and gun locks.
2005/04/18
West Point Similar to the ShmooCon talk, some new topcis like barrel locks, SFIC systems, and the American Lock fable.
2005/01/16
ShmooCon 2 My first talk ever, with all HTML slides.