Standards & Testing
General Security
LPS 1262 (Draft) Requirements for companies installing security equipment. The correct installation of any security equipment is critical to that product providing the expected level of protection. This standard assesses installation companies on their training and suitability to install products to the appropriate level of protection.
LPS 1183: Issue 4.1, 2004. Requirements and test procedures for the approval of safe storage units. Safes and strongrooms are classified according to their resistance to determined attempts to gain unauthorised access to the contents.
EN 1143-1 Secure storage units. Part 1 Safes, strongroom doors and strongrooms. Very similar to LPS 1183 except there are prescriptive requirements for the locking system which must meet EN1300 (Secure storage units. Classification for high security locks according to their resistance to unauthorised entry).
EN 1143-2:2001 Secure storage units. Requirements, classification and methods of test for resistance to burglary. Deposit systems.
LPS 1228: Issue 1, 1997 Specification for testing and classifying the burglary resistance of office furniture - lightweight containers.
LPS 1214: issue 2, 1996. Specification for testing and classifying physical protection devices for personal computers and similar equipment.
LPS 1224: Issue 2, 1999: Requirements for secure database registers. Specifications to ensure the viability and effectiveness of database registers for the recording of property and its owner.
LPS 1225: Issue 3, 2003: Specification for testing and classifying asset marking systems. Tests to prove the effectiveness and durability of property marking products.
LPS 1269 (Draft) Requirements for the approval and testing of microdot' asset marking devises. The classification system within this standard indicates the resistance of the microdot mark to eradication of ownership traceability without visible damage to the marked item.
LPS 1175: Issue 5.1, 2004: Specification for testing and classifying the burglary resistance of building components, strong-points and security enclosures. This covers a range of products for which the LPCB have developed tests to satisfy the security needs of insurers, police, government or other specifiers.
BS 7939:1999 Smoke Security Devices - Manufacture, installation & maintenance. Devices which, on intrusion, generate non-toxic smoke to disorientate intruders and reduce loss.
LPS 1266 (Draft) Requirements and tests for external barriers, fences and gates. This standard is based on manual attack testing and defines six levels of resistance to penetration. Fencing materials that create a complete five or six sided enclosure are covered by LPS 1175.
Security Fencing. Independent evaluation has also been accepted for certain high security fencing, including electronic protection and wall/fence-top protection, for which there is currently no suitable test standard.
Forensic Trace (DNA) products. Independent evaluation has also been accepted for these products that identify the owner through chemical analysis.
BS EN 50131-1:1997 Alarm Systems Communication systems for intruder alarms as tested against the standard by LPCB.
