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Examine the easiest real-world path into the facility.
BURGLARY • FORCED ENTRY • DELAY
Forced Entry: The Seconds That Matter
A residential break-in story that illustrates a core security principle: security measures do not need to make intrusion impossible to create value—they can buy time.
REAL-WORLD LESSON
Risk is rarely isolated.
The ebook recounts an attempted burglary at the home of the author's CPA. A rear glass opening was attacked while the wife was home alone. The event is useful as a risk-assessment lesson in delay, detection and response: slowing entry can create time to retreat, call for help and allow an intruder to abandon the attempt.
This case is presented as a risk-assessment lesson drawn from Michael Fjetland's Houses of Straw, Houses of Wood. The consulting objective is not to prescribe a particular product. It is to identify the weak link, understand the consequences of failure, compare practical mitigation choices and help leadership prioritize action.
WHAT THIS CASE TEACHES
Four questions for leadership
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Think in layers: deter, detect, delay and respond.
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Treat glass and doors as a combined opening system.
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Measure security improvements partly by the time they can create.
FROM LESSONS TO ACTION