Over time, business management is typically occupied with matters relating to maintenance and sustainability — hiring new employees, moving to larger premises, developing new business opportunities and so on. A strategic physical security plan – one which includes a key control and management solution – makes it easier to implement necessary changes and improvements.

In large, multi-building campuses such as medical centers, military bases or universities, it is not unusual for there to be thousands of doors, each with a lock that has a corresponding key. It is also not unusual for the facilities department to have responsibility for maintenance and servicing of the locks as well as having some responsibility for the keys — but not necessarily for the safekeeping or tracking of the keys. And therein lays a significant security issue which can readily be addressed with a high-volume automated key control and management system.

Owners of automotive dealerships are making difficult choices to survive the economic downturn. In addition to being more creative in their sales approach, dealership administrators are strengthening customer service and inventory security.

In the extremely competitive world of high technology computer and electronics manufacturing, physical security at some companies is so stringent that employees must pass through a gauntlet of physical security measures in order to reach their desk or work area. And while this is an extreme example, it is true that computer manufacturers rely heavily on research and development to keep their competitive edge. Physical security, along with established policies and procedures, helps to maintain a secure facility.

Security services are a large and varied business offering in today’s security conscious environment. Using a combination of personnel and technology, security service providers offer products ranging from manned security to mobile patrols to monitoring and investigation. To help ensure that services offered are of the highest caliber, and to provide an added layer of assurance, many security service providers use a key control and management system to secure and safeguard keys entrusted to them.