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Key systems are designed to provide patented, restricted, and high-security solutions to help protect human safety and the valuable assets of your hospital, school, or business. They are an essential aspect of your overall security even if access is primarily supported by credential use.

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Layered Security

There are two ways to look at keyway security. The first, administrative security, is about key control. It relates to the barriers you put in place to prevent unwanted duplication. The second, physical security, is based on design features that determine the cylinder’s resistance to bypass through picking, bumping or drilling.

Utilizing Schlage’s layered security approach, you can apply different cylinder types and levels of administrative control on a door by door basis throughout a facility under a single keyway family. You gain budget savings where risks are low, appropriate high-security solutions where needed, and maintenance simplicity.

To see how each of the Schlage keyway families fit into a layered security plan visit the interactive key system learning tool.

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Upgrading Open and Legacy Keyways

It's important to recognize that a key system 15 years or older has likely lost its patent protection. As keyway designs age past their patent life of 20 years, risk of aftermarket key blanks coming available increases year after year. The first step to ensuring better security is to learn about the patent status of your key system and, if out-of-date, consider replacement or upgrading specific entries.

Schlage offers two easy paths to upgrade that allow you to selectively add patent protections back to sensitive areas and critical points of entry. Everest 29 keyways are fully backward compatible to legacy Everest keyways and the highly restricted, geographically exclusive Primus cylinders are available for all Classic Obverse, legacy Everest and Everest 29 keyways.

High Security Solutions

A true high security cylinder will carry a UL 437 listing which is the industry standard for high security. This means the cylinder has undergone UL's stringent testing and is proven pick- and drill-resistant to withstand extreme physical attacks. Physical security though, is only part of what is needed to have a high security key system. Equally important is administrative security. This relates to the barriers put in place to eliminate unwanted key duplication. HIgh security in a Schlage key system involves the application of Primus cylinders.

Primus UL 437 cylinders feature restricted access to unique factory-milled side bitting on the key that can be owned at a local, regional, or even national level, two independent locking mechanisms in the cylinder, and added drill pins behind the cylinder face.

KEY SYSTEM PRODUCTS

Everest 29™ Keyways are the natural upgrade of any legacy Everest product offering complete backwards compatibility to Everest B, C, and D keyway families
Everest 29™ SL Cylinders and Cores enable a building or campus using Schlage small format keying to gain Primus levels of security
Primus® Security Upgrade is essential to building layered security within your key system and provides the only path to high security UL 437 cylinder use

Other Resources:

Visit the interactive key system learning tool to see cutaway videos of how cylinders work and all the ways you can apply key system layered security to your building
Schlage Key Systems Catalog covers all available options and how to apply layered security

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