32 | JULY 2019
Products
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GAINING A ‘DISTINCTION’
IN GLASS SALES
The in-house glass facility at Barnsley’s Distinction Doors
is continually proving to be one of the company’s greatest
assets as it supports an enviable track record of ‘on time in
full’ service. With sales notably higher than this time last
year, the UK’s leading door manufacturer feels confident
that they are doing all the right things to remain favourable.
Distinction’s extensive dec-
orative glass selection enables
the customisation of over 350
door styles, some of which can
be visualised by customers before
purchase using the company’s on-
line door-designer software.
According to Sales Manager
Andy Grogan, one of the most
distinguishing features of the
glass range is that the glass is
both laminated and triple glazed;
“In particular, our decorative
panel is encapsulated between
two panes of glass as opposed
to appearing on the outside of
the pane. This makes it easy to
maintain both functionally and
technically, less prone to damage
and much simpler to clean. It is
efficiencies such as these which
make the product even more
desirable to potential buyers and
can be the final tip of the balance
that prompts them to purchase
from us.”
Notorious for high quality,
Distinction offers an elegantly
crafted glass style to suit every
‘ elegantly crafted ’
home; the majority of which are
named after some of the most
beautiful places in the world.
Italian ‘Trieste’, ‘Scotia’ – named
after the Scotia Sea – and ‘Andor-
ra’ are all examples of how every
inch of the marketing process
synchronises the transparent
essence of glass with the beauty
of the outdoors.
www.distinctiondoors.co.uk
FIRST SMARTLOCK TO
ACHIEVE KEY INTERNET
SECURITY STANDARDS
Adding to a growing list of milestone
achievements, Mighton’s Avia Apple Home-
Kit smartlock is the first to be awarded two
important Internet security standards, the
Code of Practice for Consumer Internet of
Things (IoT); and ETSI TS 103 645, issued
by the European Telecommunication Stand-
ards Institute, the first globally applicable
standard for consumer IoT security.
Company chairman Mike Derham, says:
“This achievement reinforces the principle
we set out to achieve whilst developing Avia
– that we should engineer in the very best
security possible for both the hardware and
software elements of our product. This in-
cludes the use of the Apple HomeKit secu-
rity ecosystem and a TS 007 3 star cylinder,
the latter of which allows a key override,
a crucial back-up feature on smart locks.
Peace of mind is the key to gaining consum-
er trust for smart locks for their homes.”
With the intensive growth of Internet-con-
nected devices cyber security is a growing
concern internationally as well as in the
United Kingdom. With this in mind, in
October 2018 the UK government released
a Code of Practice for Consumer Internet of
Things (IoT) devices that advised manufac-
turers on cyber security best practice and
gives guidance for consumers.
This was quickly followed in February of
this year by ETSI, The European Telecom-
munication Standards Institute, which re-
leased the first globally applicable standard
for consumer IoT security ETSI TS 103 645
The UK Code of Practice sets out practical
steps for IoT manufacturers and other in-
dustry stakeholders to improve the security
of consumer IoT products and associated
services. Implementing its thirteen guide-
lines will contribute to protecting con-
sumers’ privacy and safety, whilst making
it easier for them to use their products
securely. It also mitigates against the threat
of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) at-
tacks that are launched from poorly secured
IoT devices and services.
The ETSI Standard, based on the Code of
Practice, specifies high-level provisions for
the security of consumer devices that are
connected to network infrastructure, such
as the Internet or home network, and their
associated services. It provides basic guid-
ance for organisations involved in the devel-
opment and manufacturing of consumer IoT
on how to implement those provisions.
The Mighton Avia smartlock was submit-
ted for rigorous testing by BSI following
which the product was certified as being
compliant with both the Code of Practice
and ETSI Standard.
Further information on both standards
is available here:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/
secure-by-design
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