HARDWARE & SECURITY
AVIA, LEADING THE WAY WITH SMART SECURITY
» MIGHTON HAS
underlined the credentials of
the Avia smart lock as the most
secure product of its type on the
market, thanks to an unbeatable
combination of traditional
mechanical hardware, recently
approved by independent test
house, Sold Secure, and market
leading software that is designed
to work with Apple’s HomeKit
security ecosystem, regarded
as the most secure platform
available.
Mighton’s chairman,
Mike Derham, commented:
“Despite the surge in interest
in smart home products, many
homeowners are still wary
about the security credentials.
With Avia however, there
are no such concerns, as we
have proven it to be the most
advanced and secure smart
lock available.
“Not only does Avia benefit
from the security that the
Apple iOS operating system
provides, which includes 265-
bit data encryption to mitigate
the threat of hacking attempts,
but it also incorporates a
manual key – unlike other
smart locks on the market –
which is crucial to winning
homeowner confidence in the
technology. Plus, in the highly
unlikely event that there is a
technical issue, homeowners
know that with Avia, they can
still maintain access to their
property, manually.”
Avia was designed from
the offset to incorporate the
very best levels of security
for both its mechanical and
electronic elements. It was
the first smart lock to achieve
the Government’s Code of
Practice for consumer Internet
of Things (IoT) security,
earning accreditation from
the British Standards Institute
(BSI) as a result, as well as
recognition from the European
Telecommunication Standards
Institute (ETSI TS 103 645), the
first globally applicable standard
for consumer IoT security. More
recently, Avia was subjected to
rigorous manual attack tests at
Sold Secure’s facilities in Rugby,
where, thanks to its inherent
strength it became the first smart
lock to ever meet the criteria for
SS301 Silver approval.
As the world’s first Apple
HomeKit compatible smart
lock to be developed for lever
operated multipoint systems,
Avia can be controlled via
iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch,
keypad and fob, and gives users
access to a full audit trail that
records all its activity. Access
for additional users can also
be controlled, via the app from
anywhere in the world. In
addition, Avia features bespoke
software designed to prevent
any ‘man in the middle’
interception, plus the option
for facial recognition as an
additional layer of security.
www.mightonproducts.com
Brisant gets Sweeter
» CREATING A PIT-FREE
furniture system has been a
bugbear of Nick Dutton, CEO
of Brisant-Secure, ever since he
moved on from running a door
manufacturer and couldn’t
find a hardware system that
did what it was supposed to
achieve.
2020 sees Brisant launching
a brand new 20-year guarantee
on the Sweet hardware system.
They’ve taken the decision
to leap from ten years to
twenty, following the rigorous
testing which they have put
the handles and letterplates
through over the last year.
The choices they made in
manufacturing, coating with
6 layers of armour, have paid
off. They put a handle in an
independent test chamber
and it still looked great,
even after being hammered
with saltwater for over 8,000
hours. That’s an incredible
30x more time than required
for the flagship EN 1906:2012
corrosion standard.
Sweet is an edgeless, long
lasting, pit-free beautiful
hardware system for any door.
It comprises of two types of
handle, including the patented
secure and award-winning
Lock Lock. They have created
a second shape of letter plate,
having listened to customers.
There is now a more traditional
square plate as well as the
oval, edgeless shape. There are
rounded, screw-less numerals
and letters as well as a new
two-part knocker.
In addition to the standard
colour range, Brisant have
added the on-trend rose gold.
It looks fantastic on all door
colours and is manufactured
to the same standard as the
original colours. 2020 also sees
the introduction of the 2-part
knocker which is still true to
the Sweet design concept but
moving on from the historical
‘urn’ knockers.
Nick Dutton CEO of Brisant-
Secure concluded: “Brisant
aims to be at the forefront of
development, whether that
is keeping door furniture
looking great against extreme
weather conditions or staying
on-trend with the launch of
the new rose gold. We are
delighted with how good
it looks and how well it is
performing and are delighted
with the result.”
www.brisant-secure.com
JAN/FEB 2020
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