This white paper discusses in depth the numerous challenges posed by stand-alone safe locks and explores three simple yet highly effective solutions.
Safe locks have long been an essential component in protecting retailers most vulnerable assets. However, the management of safe locks, in particular safe lock combinations is often overlooked and neglected and as a result leaves retailers at risk.
In contrast, retail stores tend to have a more thorough management plan for their intrusion system with alarm codes being managed and changed more regularly. This is because there is a centralised process in which to change the codes. Security administrators can remotely change the codes, pass on the information, and enforce the change. This begs the question as to why safe lock combinations aren’t treated the same?
They’re usually the last line of defence in the protection of assets, but the challenge for safe locks is that most are a stand-alone device with virtually no governance and no remote connectivity to a centralised administration or network.
Also, with little to no audit capabilities and barely any oversight, the management of safe lock combinations usually falls upon the branch manager or supervisor. This not only creates an administrative nightmare but more often than not requires a visit to the site by the manager, or in some cases even a locksmith, to physically change the combination.
Another major challenge presented by stand-alone safe locks is meeting the needs of the business. It is highly common to have transient staff members who travel between multiple stores particularly those of a managerial level and thus sharing of codes with one another as opposed to each having their own access code. This practice not only counters good security governance and audit data but doesn’t effectively meet the needs and operational demands of the business effectively.
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