What are the answers to the questions based on the provided case study regarding hotel key control?

Here are the answers to the questions based on the provided case study:

31. What type of key would have allowed access to Room 512 without forced entry? The incident states that "The front desk could not account for two Guestroom Keys issued the previous night." A Guestroom Key is designed to open a specific room, allowing access without forced entry.

• b. Guestroom Key

32. Why is the unattended Floor Master Key a security risk? A Floor Master Key grants access to all rooms on a specific floor. If left unattended, any unauthorized person could pick it up and gain access to multiple guest rooms.

• b. Unauthorized personnel could access all rooms on that floor

33. Which key control failure likely contributed to the missing jewelry incident? The incident details explicitly state that "The front desk could not account for two Guestroom Keys issued the previous night." This indicates a failure in tracking these keys.

• a. Poor tracking of Guestroom Keys

34. How should the hotel respond to the missing Guestroom Keys? The hotel's key control policy states that "Lost keys require immediate reporting and lock reconfiguration." Rekeying the affected room and deactivating the compromised keys is the appropriate action to prevent further unauthorized access.

• b. Rekey Room 512 and deactivate the missing keys

35. Which key should never be issued to housekeeping staff routinely? Housekeeping staff routinely use Floor Master Keys and Supply Keys. Emergency Keys are for emergencies and are highly restricted. However, a Grandmaster Key provides access to all rooms in the entire hotel and is reserved for the highest levels of management or security, making it unsuitable for routine issuance to housekeeping staff.

• d. Grandmaster Key

36. What key control policy could prevent future incidents like the VIP room access? The incident mentions a maintenance worker accessing a VIP room without prior approval. Implementing a policy to log all key access with timestamps would create an audit trail, showing who accessed which room and when, thereby ensuring accountability and deterring unauthorized access.

• a. Log all key access with timestamps