Burglary (also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking)
is a crime, the essence of which is illegal entry into a building for the purposes
of committing an offence. It is one of the most common types of crime and
also a serious issue for every society. A house that is left insecure is an
accessible and attractive target for burglars and therefore burglary resistance
test & certification system for doors and windows has been developed in many
countries.
This paper explores several advanced foreign burglary resistance
test/certifcation cases (the British SBD, the Dutch KOMO SKH/SKG, the
Japanese CP mark, the Australian Standard Certification) for security products
and domestic test/certification systems for fire safety products as a
comparative study so that any improvement points can be gained for South
Korea in the field of security product performance.
The comparative analysis results show that South Korea is far behind the
security product certification system and needs a lot of improvement in the
system by benchmarking foreign cases. The domestic test/certification systems
for fire safety products also give some insights for burglary-related security
productsʼ performance certification system in Korea. Overall, the need for
relevant rules and regulations, the establishment of standards regarding
testing and certification, including certified security +hardware product in
building security certification system, performance testing as well as
production testing (i.e. quality management system evaluation), the basic
competency of testers, incentive system for certified/high quality security
products were suggested in order to make an optimal model for the security
production performance testing and certification system in Korea.