Industries · Telecom

Physical access governance for telecom

Mast sites, exchanges, street cabinets and data centres: a network is only as closed as its most remote door. Key2XS connects the IAM you already run to the keys already on your sites.

Thousandsof sites: masts, cabinets, exchanges
< 2 hrsstandard integration, live
99.99%platform availability
NIS2 + CERdigital infrastructure in scope
The problem

Shared masts, subcontracted hands

Tower crews, fibre contractors and facilities firms all carry keys. Sites are shared, work is subcontracted, and every handover multiplies who can open what.

Subcontractor chains

The operator contracts the tower firm; the tower firm hires the crew. The key does not know that.

Shared sites

Co-location means more parties at the door than any one registry shows.

24/7 fault response

Night call-outs need doors open now, so keys are cut broad.

Crew rotation

Riggers change per job; site keys outlive the work order.

The network carries everyone's traffic. The question a regulator asks is simple: who can open your sites, right now?

How it works

Access that follows the identity

Middleware between your IAM and the key systems on your sites. Follow one tower crew through four events.

Call-out access active
Access network Core sites

Audit trail
07:45:12GRANTmast-nl-0417work order 8841
07:45:12GRANTmast-nl-0431work order 8841
07:45:13GRANTcabinet-c88work order 8841
16:20:04REVOKEmast-nl-0417order closed, auto
16:20:04LOGold rights closedsame movement
02:11:48GRANTexchange-zuidon-call role
02:11:49LOGevidence sealedaudit chain
chain intact · tamper-evident
NIS2 and CER

Digital infrastructure, physically governed

NIS2 puts providers of public electronic communications networks in scope. CER names digital infrastructure a critical sector. Both ask who can physically reach the network.

Who can enter this mast site, right now?Live, per identity, work order and approval.
Which subcontractors hold access today?Every access right traces to a contract in your IAM.
Show a year of changes for this exchange.One tamper-evident trail. Minutes, not days.
Mechanics

Governance that survives being offline

A street cabinet has no badge reader and a mast site has no receptionist. Rights travel with the key, and a withdrawal is enforced at the next key update.

How rights travel

Control planethe decision
The keycarries the rights
The lockno power, no network

The next time the key is used or updated it picks up its new rights. Revocation propagates the same way.

What happens on withdrawal

Right withdrawnin the control plane
revocation window
Enforced at the keynext update or check
Closed by the key system's own offline logic
Validity expiryBlacklist checkOnline update

Near real time, not instantaneous. Each key system closes the window with its own mechanism; Key2XS makes the decision centrally and logs the change.

Works with what you run

Identity decides. Policy governs.
Technology executes.

Middleware through standard interfaces. Locks, keys and the locking plan stay as they are.

Identity side
SailPointCertified partner Microsoft Entra ID Okta One Identity Manager OpenText Identity Manager
Key2XS

Identity decisions become access rights, with evidence.

Locking side
iLOQ ASSA ABLOY CLIQeCLIQ · PROTEC², certified ASSA ABLOY AccessASSA ACCESS · ASSA CUMULUS · ASSA PULSE ASSA ABLOY Traka
FAQ

Telecom, answered

Our sites range from street cabinets to data centres. Is that one solution?

Yes. Key2XS governs access rights centrally regardless of site type. Masts, street cabinets, exchanges and data centres are all mapped to roles in the same flow.

Can subcontractor crews get access per work order?

Yes. Access follows the assignments and end dates in your IAM system. When the order or contract ends, the corresponding access rights are withdrawn automatically and the change is logged.

Does this help with NIS2 and CER audits?

Yes. Key2XS produces a continuous, tamper-evident audit trail linking every physical access right to an identity and a policy decision, so audit questions about physical access are answered in minutes instead of days.

Do we have to replace our locks or keys?

No. Key2XS is middleware. It orchestrates access rights through the standard interfaces of your existing key systems: iLOQ, ASSA ABLOY CLIQ, ASSA ABLOY Access or Traka. Locks, keys and the locking plan stay as they are.

How long does implementation take?

A standard integration is live in under two hours, through pre-built connectors, with no custom development required from your team.

See it on your network

A guided walkthrough of how identity, policy and physical keys come together across masts, cabinets and core sites.