KeySpot® is a discreet external key storage and authorised access solution developed for properties where visible key safes create risk. Developed from real-world locksmith experience, KeySpot® helps reduce visual targeting while supporting safer key sharing, collection, entry, and exit for managed properties.
KeySpot® and the wider Disguised Security Technology™ (DST) Built for landlords, housing providers, care settings, and managed properties seeking a more secure and discreet approach to external access.
Security that doesn’t advertise itself
KeySpot® is a discreet, insurance-aligned key storage solution designed to reduce targeting risk by avoiding the visibility of traditional key safes and supporting secure property access.
KeySpot® and the wider Disguised Security Technology™ (DST) framework have progressed through academic engagement and innovation support, with development focused on real-world property access and long-term adoption in public sector and regulated environments.
What is KeySpot®?
KeySpot® is a discreet external key storage and authorised access product designed to blend into everyday property fixtures rather than visibly signalling the presence of a key.
Unlike traditional key safes, which can draw attention to where a key is kept, KeySpot® has been developed to reduce visible vulnerability while supporting controlled and practical property access.
KeySpot® is designed to support:
- Discreet external key storage
- Authorised entry and exit
- Safer key sharing and collection
- Reduced visual targeting
- Improved safeguarding positioning
- More secure property access management
What is DST?
Disguised Security Technology™ (DST) is a physical security design approach that conceals the presence of security within everyday property features, helping reduce visual targeting, tampering, and attack risk.
KeySpot® is the first practical implementation of this principle, applying concealed security thinking to external key storage and authorised property access.
Developed by KeySpot Security Ltd.
The Problem
Why visible key safes can create bigger problems
Traditional external key safes solve one problem — access — but can create several others.
Visible access points can:Signal vulnerability:
- Attract opportunistic crime
- Increase targeting and tampering risk
- Create safeguarding concerns
- Raise liability and insurance concerns
- Increase repair, replacement, and incident-related costs
For organisations managing multiple properties, these risks can multiply quickly.
The Solution
What KeySpot® provides
KeySpot® has been developed to provide the practical benefits of external key access without visibly advertising where security is located.
KeySpot® helps enable:
- Discreet external key storage
- Controlled authorised access
- Safer key sharing and collection
- Reduced visual targeting
- Improved safeguarding positioning
- A more considered long-term alternative to visible key safes
Research, Partners & Certification Pathway
KeySpot® and the wider Disguised Security Technology™ (DST) framework have progressed through academic engagement and innovation support, focused on real-world property access and long-term adoption in public sector and regulated environments.
Innovation support – Innovate UK
KeySpot® has been accepted for support through Innovate UK, helping progress the concept towards scalable, evidence-led deployment.
Academic engagement (University of Sunderland – Arrow Innovation Support)
Supported through the University of Sunderland’s Arrow Innovation Support programme, with independent recognition of DST as an emerging direction in physical security design.
Certification pathway (in development)
KeySpot® is being developed with recognised physical security standards in mind, working toward independent testing and certification through a structured pathway: design review, prototype testing, refinement, and certification.
Customer Feedback
What Our Clients Say About KeySpot®
Why KeySpot® makes practical and commercial sense
KeySpot® has been developed to do more than hide a key. It is designed to support safer, more controlled property access while reducing the visible vulnerability created by traditional key safes.
For landlords, housing providers, care settings, and managed properties, KeySpot® can help:
• Support authorised entry and exit
• Enable safer key sharing, collection,
and return
• Reduce visible targeting risk
• Improve safeguarding positioning
• Reduce avoidable repair, replacement, and incident-related costs
• Provide a stronger long-term investment in secure access management
Built for real-world access needs
KeySpot® is being developed for environments where access must be practical, safe, and discreet.
This includes settings where:
• Approved users need controlled entry and exit
• Keys need to be shared, collected, or returned securely
• Vulnerable or elderly occupants benefit from less visually obvious security solutions
• Care or support staff require safer access arrangements
• Organisations need a more discreet alternative to visible external key storage
Our Story & Development
KeySpot® was developed to address a simple problem: visible key safes can signal vulnerability. Development has progressed through academic engagement and innovation support, focused on real-world property access and long-term adoption in public sector and regulated environments.
Our Development Process
We follow a structured process of design review, prototyping and evaluation to refine KeySpot® for real environments and operational teams — supported through the University of Sunderland’s Arrow Innovation Support programme.
Milestones Achieved
KeySpot® has moved from concept to prototype, with Innovate UK support helping progress the concept towards scalable, evidence-led deployment. Work is ongoing towards independent testing and certification through a structured pathway: design review, prototype testing, refinement, and certification.
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If you manage property access across housing, supported living or maintenance teams, we can help you explore a safer, more discreet approach.