Company Key Control

Determining a proper system for key distribution can help you maintain better control over your business. By consulting a professional locksmith, you can gain superior understanding for how key control can create better organization among employees, eliminate confusion and lost keys, reduce insurance costs, and save money through improved loss prevention. Not only can a locksmith explain the importance of proper key control, but he can also help you determine what lock system is right for you and your business environment.

One of the most important elements to having an efficient key control system is maintaining a balanced relationship among keys, employees, and areas. By limiting the number and type of keys within your business, you can better regulate who has access to high impact areas within the structure and to what they have access. Admission to restricted areas should be on an ‘as need’ basis and master keys should be limited to authorized personnel only. The ability to copy these keys should be held by only the highest levels of management.

The use of a sign in/out process (which can be administered through either security or members of upper management) can reduce the risk of unauthorized entry to controlled areas, as well as the frequency of lost or missing keys. When employees realize that they will be held accountable for keys, and the use of those keys, better care on the employee’s part will be taken to ensure proper use and return.

For businesses that deal with highly valuable and/or danger materials, a locksmith may advise the installation of a magnetically read key card system. With such a system, lock swipes can be read and retained in a time coded database for future reference should they be needed to determine who accessed a certain area or when. These type keys can also be programmed with certain levels of security clearance, are reusable, reprogrammable, and should a key be lost, locks and keys can be reprogrammed immediately and in house.