NATIONAL HOME SECURITY MONTH
Security Standards
Ensuring products placed on the market are
compliant with current standards is always
best practice and this is of huge importance
when specifying or selling security products.
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Security Month (NHSM), an annual
campaign that raises awareness of
the importance of home security for
consumers. There is therefore no better
time to be kept up to date with the latest
standards for the locking and security
industry.
BS 3621:2017 - Lock assemblies
operated by key from both the
inside and outside of the door.
The previous version of this
standard was entitled “Thief resistant
lock assembly, Key egress”. It is the
most well-known security standard
and is frequently cited as a minimum
standard for external doors in domestic
premises by Insurance Companies.
Locks which comply with BS 3621
display the British Standards Institution
(BSI) Kitemark.
BS 8621:2017 - Lock assemblies
operated by key from the
outside of the door and by
handle or thumb turn from
the inside of the door
The previous version of this standard
was entitled “Thief resistant lock
assembly, Keyless egress”. The locks
covered by this standard requires no key
internally and are only lockable by key
from outside.
Locks that comply with BS 8621 display
the British Standards Institution (BSI)
Kitemark. Locks which are covered under
this standard should not be confused
with emergency escape locks which
must be comply with the harmonised
European standard BS EN 179 and be CE
marked.
BS 10621:2017 - Lock assemblies
in which the operating mode
can be switched between the
normal BS 8621 operating
mode and a secure mode in
which no egress is possible
The previous version of this standard
was entitled “Thief resistant dual-mode
lock assembly”. This standard is a
mixture of keyed and keyless egress
(dual mode) and is one of the least
popular of the 621 series of British
standards. It is for locks which can only
be locked from the outside with a key.
Locks which comply with BS10621
display the British Standards Institution
(BSI) Kitemark. Care must be taken
when specifying or choosing this type
of lock as there is always the danger of
entrapment within the room or building.
Types of lock which conform to BS
3621, BS 8621 and BS 10621 include:
• mortice sashlocks
• mortice deadlocks
• euro profile sash locks and
deadlocks
• rim cylinder locks such as
nightlatches and rim locks
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Issue Takeover
This suite
of standards
for single point
locking assemblies were all revised to
allow them to fall in to line with both
EN 12209:2016 and EN 1303:2015. As
these are British Standards these are
not harmonised and locking product can
only be CE marked if they are tested to
EN 12209 2003.
DHF TS 621:2018 Thief Resistant
Electronic Door Locking.
Electronic escutcheons and cylinders,
along with electronic multipoint and single
point locks all fall within the scope of TS
621. This is the Technical Specification
for thief resistant electronic door locking
devices which has been adopted as a
recognised standard for these types of
lock by the British Standard Institute (BSI).
Products which have been tested to TS
621 can receive the BSI Kitemark.
‘several layers of built in
protection as standard’
DHF TS 007-1:2014 +
A2:2018 - Enhanced security
performance requirements for
replacement cylinders and/
or associated hardware.
This Technical Specification has been
prepared following the emergence of
attack methods focused on cylinders
used in locks. The cylinder itself can be
kitemarked with a 3-star cylinder having
several layers of built in protection as
standard and having undergone rigorous
testing before being approved to TS
007. The cylinder must feature the TS
007 Kitemark together with three stars.
It is also possible to have a TS 007
Kitemarked 1-star cylinder combined with
a TS 007 2-star Kitemarked armoured
handle or lock surround.