Marc Tobias
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Marc Weber Tobias
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[edit] Professional Background
Marc is an American investigative attorney and author. His law practice specializes in technical fraud and related investigations that require the use of special interviewing and interrogation techniques and polygraph testing. Marc Tobias has conducted or reviewed investigations involving locks, safes, security and locking products and technologies for both public and private clients. Marc also consults with corporations and government agencies with regard to the analysis of locks, alarms and security hardware for bypass capabilities and defective product designs that could lead to breaches in physical security.
Marc Weber Tobias is recognized as one of the foremost security experts in the world and has authored one of the leading references on the subject. He has provided expert testimony in patent infringement lawsuits and defective product litigation with regard to product design and security defects, and in criminal trials.
He was trained as both a lawyer and criminal investigator and has been a certified polygraph examiner for the past twenty years. He has conducted thousands of polygraph examinations in both criminal and civil investigations involving cases of kidnapping and murder to employee theft from commercial businesses.
[edit] Global Reach
Marc Tobias has consulted with government agencies and private organizations regarding locks, safes and security issues in the following venues: United Kingdom, Germany, Bulgaria, Russia, Israel, Hong Kong, Austria, Netherlands, Ireland, Norway, Jersey (Channel Islands), France, Taiwan, Japan, China, Sweden, Pakistan, Canada and the United States.
[edit] Security Analysis
Marc has analyzed and released numerous security alerts with regard to the security flaws in locks, ranging from high security, state-of-the-art systems that are installed in the White House and the Pentagon to the basic pin-tumbler cylinder locks that are commonly used around the world. He has been responsible for the disclosure of such security defects as the bypass of tubular locks with ball point pens, the insecurity of gun locks that are relied upon to protect children, many popular consumer security devices, lock bumping in the United States, and most recently the security flaws in one of the most recognized high security lock in the United States.
[edit] Revealing Security Flaws
As a lock expert he has demonstrated the vulnerabilities of the security products of many lock companies, including Kwikset, Medeco, Targus, Master Lock and others. Revealing the security flaws in locks with techniques as simple and effective as lock bumping, Marc Weber Tobias’ work has forced many companies back to the drawing boards.
[edit] Patents
Marc Tobias has been granted two U.S. and several foreign derivative patents regarding bypass tools and techniques for locks.
[edit] Lectures
Marc has lectured on security in the United Kingdom, Germany, Bulgaria, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Israel, Hong Kong, Austria, Netherlands, Canada and the United States.
[edit] Literature
As an author, Marc Weber Tobias has written five police and security textbooks including:
Locks, Safes, and Security (First edition) 1970, 350 p, Charles Thomas Publishers;
Locks, Safes, and Security (Second edition) 2001, 1408 p. Charles Thomas Publishers;
Pretrial Criminal Procedure, 1973, 400 p., Charles Thomas Publishers
A Field Manual of Police Procedures, 1972, 300 p. Charles Thomas Publishers
Police Communications, 1975, 650 p. Charles Thomas Publishers;
LSS+ Multimedia Edition of Locks, Safes, and Security, 2002 (10 volumes).
[edit] Press
He has also been featured in press outlets around the world, including CNN, Wired Magazine, Fox News, Agence France-Presse, NewsWeek, The London Economist, USA Today, New York Times, MacWorld, ABC News, Popular Mechanics, Security Management Journal, and many professional trade journals.
[edit] Associations
Marc is a member of several professional organizations including: American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS); American Association of Police Polygraphists (AAPP); American Polygraph Association (APA); American Bar Association (ABA); Associated Locksmiths of America (ALOA); and Safe and Vault Technician Association (SAVTA).
Marc Weber Tobias writes a feature column on security for [Engadget.com], the largest technical blog in the world..
His official site is [www.security.org] and his blog is [1].
