Posted June 24th, 2011 | No Comments
“I’ve Got Nothing To Put In A Safe!”
I hear that so often and have to remind people of the consequences of the loss of so many familiar items, passport, wallet, driving license, bank books, just a few of the things that could lead to misery, or at least severe inconvenience if they were to fall into the wrong hands.
It was really heartening earlier this week to be able to work with a local ‘Elderly People’s Home’ to source a quantity of low cost but secure safes for each of their thirty residents. This represents a recognition of the right to privacy of the residents as well as a duty of care to the staff who may wrongly fall under the finger of suspicion if something were to go missing from a residents room or area.
These days safes can be purchased for very reasonable prices and used for so many different things. Parents sending children off to university after the summer might want to think about the provision of a low cost safe, which could be bolted to the floor or wall in student accommodation and provide a really effective facility to keep valuables safe from light fingered ‘acquaintances’ in what can be a hectic and sometimes chaotic lifestyle, led by students.
Elderly or vulnerable people who have careres in their homes on a regular basis are also at risk from theft or the perception of theft, in that if an item of value, money, jewelry or the like goes missing, there is often an assumption that theft has occurred, even though it may just have been temporarily misplaced. In these circumstances the ill feeling that develops can often destroy a relationship which otherwise was good.
Providing the facility to lock items away in a dedicated safe, which should be firmly bolted to the floor or wall provides peace of mind to the owner and removes temptation from anyone who may be weak willed when faced with a tempting opportunity!
“Remember – Always use a Master Locksmiths Association ‘Approved Company’ when considering your security needs. You can be assured that our trained staff will provide a quality service with integrity to give you total peace of mind.”
Contact Authorized Access by e-mail or phone 0161 762 9936 for further information and a quotation.
Tags: Home safe, home security solutions, Safes, security in care homes, security in student accommodation, student security | Posted in Security Advice |
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Posted June 23rd, 2011 | No Comments
Keeping control of the keys in any organisation can be the biggest threat to breaching security!
Large or small, organsiations with multiple key holders run a serious risk of loosing control of who has keys and how many are in circulation, unless their system uses ‘Restricted Keys’ and a register of keys issued is maintained.
Restricted keys are keys cut on a unique ‘profile’, or shape of key, available only to specified suppliers and issued only on the express authority of the suite owner. This ensures that duplicate keys are not obtained illicetly, either for unauthorised, illegal activity or simply for the convenience of occasional users.
Even in the home, restricted keys improve the security of premises by ensuring that temporary key holders, decorators, builders or cleaners for instance are unable to obtain copies of those keys and giving peace of mind to the owner that as long as keys are reurned after use, their home will not be susseptible to unlawful access after the event.
“I never realised just how many people had keys to my home until I sat down and thought about it!”
In commercial environments where a number of employees are official key holders, whether for an external gate to a vehicle compond for instance or for access to an entire building, if the key system used is not restricted then anyone may obtain copy keys, either to be passed on for illegal purposes or retained after that person no longer works for that organisation, either way control of security in that organisation has been compromised.
Voluntary organisations are repeat offenders when it comes to ‘irresponsible control’ of security. Churches, youth organisations, schools, etc. where multiple key holders may be authorized to provide acccess to various people out of hours often sacrifice secuirity for the sake of convenience but if something untoward were to happen, i.e. a breach of security and property was damaged or stolen, then the finger of suspicion may be pointed to unsuspecting, innocent people if it is known that they allowd or encouraged the unauthorized copying of keys, often causing further internal distrust and ill will.
“A little consideration before an incident occurs can often prevent a lot of unnecessary trouble!”
The use of restricted keys in all these situation, removes the occurence of break-ins, unauthorised entry and theft by people who would not under normal circumstances have been trusted with the security of the building.
Restricted keys are readily available from reputable locksmiths and often at little more expense than non restricted systems.
“Remember – Always use a Master Locksmiths Association ‘Approved Company’ when considering your security needs. You can be assured that our trained staff will provide a quality service with integrity to give you total peace of mind.”
Contact Authorized Access by e-mail or phone 0161 762 9936 for further information and a quotation.
Tags: High security locks, Home security, Home Security advice, home security products, Key Control, Key Cutting, Premises security, registered keys, Restricted Key Cylinder locks, Restricted keys, School security, security in schools, security solutions | Posted in Security Advice |
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