Research Library
Locksport
Physical-security learning, SecSIG activities, and teaching references.
Explore physical security as a learning activity
Locksport approaches locks as mechanical puzzles through study, practice, and discussion. It offers a way to ask how physical security works and how design choices, maintenance, and human decisions affect it.
SecSIG at Mensa events
According to Bill Weber, SecSIG has previously provided lockpicking exercises at multiple Mensa events. These activities give participants a practical setting for asking questions and learning together.
Interested in an activity at your event?
Event organizers interested in discussing similar activities can email info@secsig.org to talk about the format and practical arrangements.
Teaching resources
Bill’s personal locksmithing teaching page (opens in a new tab) describes his interest in physical security and teaching kids and adults at security conferences. It also explains the background of a classroom worksheet project.
- Intro to Lockpicking: animated browser presentation (opens in a new tab) — the retained TOOOL presentation, with its original animated diagrams available alongside the slides.
- Download the original Intro to Lockpicking PowerPoint (opens in a new tab) — credited to Deviant, Preston, and Nite 0wl / TOOOL; hosted on Bill’s site.
- The Open Organisation Of Lockpickers (TOOOL) (opens in a new tab) — the educational organization credited in the teaching material.
Keep practice authorized
Use practice locks that you own or have explicit permission to work on. Leave locks that are in use, relied on, or protecting anyone’s property out of the exercise. The aim is an authorized learning activity.
Sources and links reviewed October 24, 2026. External publishers maintain their own material.