ASAP Lock & Security Locksmith Service-Gives Business Clients Key Control

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Locksmith Laura

Employee theft has always been a problem for business owners. As you continue to look at your budget to cut spending, security should not be on that cut list. Manage your security. Now more than ever, have key control.

Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) August 4, 2010

It's a fact, as small business owners push through this economic downturn, crime is up, all kinds of crime. Employee theft and break ins for businesses are common in big cities. Remember that protecting business on a budget can be done by calling a professional locksmith service.

Locksmith Laura from ASAP Lock & Security suggests that business owners take the time to understand what type of keys they use on their doors. It's usually the case that people just do not notice their keys, of course until they lose them. That's when locksmiths become very popular.

When thinking about office or building security, a professional locksmith should encourage that, at the very least, the business should have keys that are clearly stamped “Do NOT Duplicate” is the least one can do. However, these types of stamped keys only act as a deterrent.

In Phoenix and Mesa Arizona, there are shops, mail office stores and small hardware stores, staffed with busy, multi-tasking people who will cut new keys regardless of how the key is stamped. Albeit inadvertently, this habit includes that of the distracted kid behind a key-making kiosk at a large home improvement store.

Business owners, in this economy, understandably don't want to spend a lot of money on anything security based that doesn't immediately glare up as an issue. Contact a local locksmith service like ASAP Lock & Security, and they will inform that there is no need to break the bank to, at the very least, have control of keys. The best way to have control is having restricted keyways for building entry. A key that truly cannot be duplicated is a really important security feature.

Once a restricted key system in place, then truly, keys cannot be duplicated in common shops. It's very simple as they won't have the keys for duplication. Only a manufacturer’s issued locksmith and the manufacturer to which the lock was made will have the proper keys for duplication needs.

Another way to help improve security is to adopt a formal administrative process to require employees to turn in all issued Hi-Security keys. To help with this task, perhaps after a locksmith installs key-restricted, hi-security locks, have employees sign off on the keys inclusive of a clause of monetary penalty for not handing them in when requested.

When restricted keys are all accounted for and back in management's hands, then one can be confident and relaxed that there has not been, and will not be, a security breach. No need to call a locksmith if someone has been let go and they have turned in their key.

Another great way to control keys is to NOT widely distribute keys. Consider installing access control locks that can be coded with a keypad or a key-card system in which entries and exits are audited, codes can be changed easily when a card is lost, etc. These systems are more costly, but they are quite convenient and easy to use.

Sadly, ASAP Lock & Security attends to some of their clients after they've had a security breach. This usually happens because the business owner wanted to save money and not upgrade locks. However, when thousands of dollars of equipment walk out the back door and insurance rates go up because someone had the keys, saving money is not what happens.

One cause for a break in on a building is due to having residential or sub-standard locks on a commercial building. These types of locks can be easily bypassed by common criminal techniques. Popular criminal covert methods such as Picking or "Bumping" cannot happen with an upgraded lock system. And thus, properly installed locks make it virtually impossible for criminals to manipulate hi-security.

Choose a locksmith service that can be contacted for questions or concerns at any time and one that takes the time to understand building lay-out and company methods and schedules. Security consultation before choosing a key system is a must. ASAP Lock & Security has many business clients that have purchased key control systems even in this economy. It's an economical idea to think of a trusted locksmith service as an extension of a security team to the point that prevention is always the best proactive security measure.

ASAP Lock & Security is a woman owned, LLC locksmith service located in Mesa, Arizona.

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