Vulnerability Assessment Team (VAT)
Seals
New Seals
Some of Our 20+ New Seals:
- MagTag - volumetric seal & trap
- Glass & Powder Seal - for cargo security
- Beads-in-a-Box Seal - volumetric seal
- Theodolite Seal - remotely read seal
- Plug Seal - for containers with no hasp
- 3D Profiling- tag & seal
- One-Time Keypad “Seal” - for intrusion detection
- Magic Slate Seal - passive anti-evidence seal (fully reusable)
- Triboluminescence Seal - for high security
- RJ Lock/Seal - protects computer ports
- Time Trap - $8 in quantities of 1; fully reusable; no hardware outside the container
- Talking Truck Cargo Seal - inexpensive, "anti-evidence" high-tech seal brought down to the human level
- Blinking Lights Seal - extremely simple, low-cost electronic seal
(Many are based on a novel anti-evidence approach to tamper detection. A number do not require a hasp.)
For more information on the theory behind these new seal concepts, see RG Johnston, "The 'Anti-Evidence' Approach to Tamper Detection", Packaging, Transport, Storage & Security of Radioactive Material 16, 135 (2005).
LAUR-03-4103
Seal Patents
- "Magnetic Vector Field Tag and Seal",
U.S. Patent 6,784,796,
August 31, 2004
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- "Enhanced Tamper Indicator",
U.S. Patent 6,588,812,
July 3, 2003
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- "Tamper-Indicating Device Having a Glass Body",
U.S. Patent 6,553,930,
April 29, 2003
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- "Triboluminescent Tamper-Indicating Device",
U.S. Patent 6,394,022,
May 28, 2002
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PDF (790KB)]
Contact:
Roger Johnston, Section
Manager
National
Security and Non-proliferation Department
Vulnerability Assessments Section
Fax: +1 630-252-7323
