There are locksmiths who specialize in being Master key system specialists, and who will help you find the best solution for a master key system for your home or office, in accordance to your specific needs and security risk levels.
The master key system allows for each lock to have its individual key, but also there is a master key which will open all of the locks.
- Better control of the security of the different parts of a building, or a number of buildings. Access to different parts of the building can easily be designated individually to different residents or employees, depending on their level of access. This is great for the property owners and the administrators of the buildings.
- Makes entering a building or area easier and faster by using one single individual key per person.
You can use a master key system for you private residence, in case you want to limit access of your children to weapons, prescription drugs or anything else you may have in your house. Also for residential purposes, a master key system is recommended in order to increase the security of a particular area in the house where you have an art collection or other valuables, for example.
Most locksmiths who are master key system specialists are called to provide expertise and services for commercial needs though.
Company owners and institution managers all want to protect their assets and their facilities as well. This is why adopting a master key system can make this much easier, by programming the various access levels when the locksmith does the master key programming (initial and systematic key conferences).
The master key system locksmith you hire will also offer a maintenance and security of the chart which includes the actual master key system and the way the keys are cut – this is the so-called “bitting array”. They will be asked to perform systematic key conferences (changing the master key system levels), in accordance to changes in the personnel, changes in policies and other reasons. This is why, finding a reliable and trustworthy locksmith to install and manage your master key system is crucial – you will probably be working together for years.
So in most cases, the ownership of the master key system belongs to the locksmith who created it.
There are some cases, when the institution has its own institutional locksmith, or chooses to maintain their master key system by themselves, which is when they can ask the locksmith to actually add the development of the master key system to the invoice. This is a risky venture for those who do not have an experienced locksmith to maintain their master key system, because generally the locksmith who created and handed over the master key system to the client may refuse to take responsibility for the safety and security of the building in case of a breach occurring following unauthorized tampering with the master key system.
And finally, one note:
A professional locksmith does not usually know how to create a good website that has a high PageRank and how to make fancy flash animations. They know how to make security systems, repair and replace locks and how to increase their customers’ security. Many of them are not so interested in creating extravagant websites which can often cost too much money. So how do you know the locksmith in Miami Beach FL that you found on the internet is actually a good locksmith?!