National Government Services, Inc NGS surveyed businesses last year and recently published its 2024 Storefront Security and Emergency Response Report. Its findings were staggering. 86% of respondents reported that their stores were broken into last year, compared with only 83% in 2022. That’s unsettling if you’re a business owner. The good news is that you can make your business more secure with a good key management system.
A digital master keying system has advanced features: real-time access control, audit trails, remote management, and the ability to immediately revoke lost keys and credentials that help make your business safer. It’s much better than a physical master keying system. You will have more control, and at Metro Locksmiths, we know how to install both. We’re good at rekeying systems as well.
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We’ve been in business in Fairfax, VA for 20 years, so we know many local neighborhoods well. Our locksmiths work 24/7 and are always very professional.
Unveiling our master keying and key systems locksmith services.
Our simple master key systems use locks designed specifically for your business’s doors. They’re extra secure because their cylinders have an extra master pin or wafer. So, they are harder for thieves to pick or turn. Each lock may have its own change key, but they will all open with a master key. These systems use two levels of permission: change key (inferior) and master key (superior). It’s not a very good safety lock system.
Grand master key systems are more secure than simple master key systems because they have different levels of locks, with the higher levels being more secure. You can control who accesses which rooms and departments with grand master key systems. Each lock has its own master key. The beauty of these systems is that a single key (which only authorized people have) will open all of the locks in the system.
We can install these systems if you own a jewelry store or a business with valuable or confidential inventory or information.
A great grand master key system will open all locks, but a master key may not work on lower level locks.
We’ll secure your apartment buildings, multiple-location franchises, or various properties.
We install maison key systems, allowing different people to access common areas in your buildings. You’ll love this feature if you own an apartment complex or Airbnb and need to let different tenants or guests access different but common rooms, like the laundry room, the living room, or the kitchen.
A digital or electronic master key system works like a grand or great-grand master key system. The main difference is that digital or electronic systems use programmable cards, fobs, and mobile apps for control. Digital and electronic systems have a central controller and locks that use electronic cylinders. So, you can control them in real-time, program and reprogram them immediately, and look at logs telling you who accessed areas and when that occurred.
Business owners with employees who work in offices love this system because it gives them more control.
All master key systems use keys. A simple master key system uses change keys–one key operates all of the locks in the system. Master keys open all of the locks in its system. Grand master keys open master key systems and their corresponding change keys in large companies Great grand master keys are the most secure because they open all locks in the system and work with all keys in the system.
We offer the following building key copying services.
We use special machines to duplicate regular keys. We sand, buff the new key, and get rid of burrs when duplicating a key to make sure that it will open your lock.
You must prove that you can legally access the building or vehicle’s master key system before one of our locksmiths will copy the keys. Then the locksmith will cut a new key out with a specialized machine. They may use a key code to reconfigure the key (if it’s a digital key).
We will check a card that was issued when you bought the lock system to verify that you can access it. One of our locksmiths will duplicate the key using specialized systems and complex software to trace around the original key, learn the details of its design, and use that knowledge to cut the new key out. They will program the new key’s electronic parts to have it work with your car or building locks.
Our locksmith will verify that you are authorized to access a particular building’s lock system. Note that only locksmiths can duplicate restricted or patented keys because it needs specialized machines to do right since restricted or patented keys have special shapes and grooves that regular mechanics don’t have and can’t easily cut out of keys.
We need patented or restricted keys to make copies. So, this is not a DIY job.
You can’t duplicate a digital or electronic key by yourself. Come to us, we’ll have a locksmith duplicate your key using an RFID reader. The machine will ‘read’ special information from the key or key fob to create new keys. They will use specialized programming equipment when duplicating a key for vehicle transponders.
We can duplicate all digital/electronic keys:
