National Home Security Month
Source: ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales, year ending March 2025
For fabricators, this is a supply chain decision that needs to be made now. For locksmiths specifying replacement cylinders, it is an increasingly relevant conversation to be having with customers who want to know if their lock meets current standards.
Most cylinders on the market do not yet meet the updated requirements.
The cylinder to specify
Ultion ALPS Plus is already fully compliant with both the updated PAS24 and Sold Secure SS312 2024 standards. It protects against all six known attack methods including thermal manipulation and twist attacks, two methods that most cylinders on the market still leave unprotected.
Importantly, the way security products are tested has also evolved beyond the written standard. Accredited test houses in the UK are now applying more sophisticated techniques within the existing test parameters, reflecting real-world attack methods more accurately than before.
Ultion ALPS Plus has been developed specifically to withstand these techniques, not just to satisfy the minimum requirements on paper.
Available to trade now, ALPS Plus is backed by a £ 5,000 security guarantee and comes with KeyControl as standard, giving homeowners the ability to block unauthorised copies.
The ONS data is a reminder that a break-in is not just a property crime. For more than half of victims, it changes how they feel in their own home for years afterwards.
The installers and fabricators who understand that are the ones having better conversations with their customers. Not conversations about compliance, but conversations about what a front door actually needs to do and why the product fitted to it deserves more than a minimum standard.
Ultion ALPS Plus. Available to trade now. Visit www. brisant-secure. com or call 01924 410 200.
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