The 2024 Unsaflok advisory affects Saflok MT, Quantum, RT, Saffire, and Confidant locks. There is a clear, planned path off it, on your schedule.
Replace Saflok locks in Los Angeles.
RevKey is a Certified Salto Partner and veteran-owned business that plans and installs Salto for Saflok properties in Los Angeles, migrating you off Saflok floor by floor without pulling rooms out of inventory.
Los Angeles hotels are searching to move off Saflok after the March 2024 Unsaflok disclosure exposed a forged-keycard vulnerability across the MT, Quantum, RT, Saffire, and Confidant lines. Because remediation means touching every lock, reissuing all keycards, and upgrading encoders, LA's seismic frames can change mortise scope and its 1,000-plus properties and 90,000-plus rooms turn the work into a route-planning exercise across distributed sites. California prevailing-wage and labor coordination apply either way, so the marginal cost of upgrading rather than patching narrows. With roughly 105 projects in the pipeline ahead of the 2028 Olympics and entertainment guests expecting premium finishes, the timing favors a clean platform. If you are opening every lock to remediate, re-platforming to Salto is a legitimate option.
- Greater Los Angeles had roughly 105 hotel projects in development as of 2025, with about 2,600 rooms expected to open before the 2028 Olympics and around 2,100 rooms across 18 hotels already under construction.
- The Los Angeles hotel sector spans more than 1,000 properties and roughly 90,000-plus guest rooms across a geographically sprawling metro, one of the largest and most fragmented hotel markets in the U.S.
- California requires prevailing wages on all public-works projects over $1,000, with rates generally based on local collective-bargaining agreements, a higher-cost labor regime that shapes install crew planning.
Sources: Bisnow, Los Angeles Hospitality Authority, California Dept. of Industrial Relations, Unsaflok
What we plan for in Los Angeles
Los Angeles door assemblies often sit in earthquake-rated frames, and seismic retrofit work can shift or distort openings in ways that complicate mortise lock swaps. RevKey surveys each frame and strike condition before mobilizing, so cylindrical, mortise, and electronic deadbolt selections match the actual prepped openings rather than assumed templates. Where a retrofit has already altered a frame, we coordinate the access-control cutover to follow the structural work instead of fighting it.
The LA market spreads across Downtown, Hollywood and Beverly Hills, the Westside, and the LAX corridor, so a single portfolio can mean long drives between buildings. RevKey sequences our deployed crew by geography and floor blocks rather than treating each address as an isolated trip, which keeps reader programming, gateway placement, and verification efficient across multiple stops. This routing discipline is built into the schedule before the first lock comes off a door.
The Saflok migration, in brief
2024 Unsaflok advisory affects Saflok MT, Quantum, RT, Saffire, and Confidant locks. Manufacturer-recommended action: software update or replacement, plus reissuing all keycards.
The Wide Body trim covers the existing Saflok door prep, so most doors take the new lock without new millwork. Runs modern encrypted MIFARE DESFire credentials, closing the MIFARE Classic exposure the advisory exploits.
Full Saflok playbook: every Salto option, door prep, and timeline ranges →
How a Los Angeles project runs
The same disciplined sequence on every property, scaled to your door count.
Site assessment and door-by-door survey
We walk the property (or review your survey worksheet), confirm door prep and brand requirements, and identify what each opening needs. No guesswork before the quote.
Scope and migration plan
A real scoped quote: hardware, credential plan, PMS integration, and a phased schedule built around your occupancy, not a placeholder estimate.
Phased install
Floor-by-floor cutover coordinated with housekeeping, so rooms stay sellable. No property-wide shutdown.
PMS and mobile-key validation
PMS integration and brand mobile keys configured and tested before guests touch them, so the front desk is live on day one.
Train and support
Front-desk training and a fixed post-install support window so the team is confident before we hand off.
Common questions about Saflok migrations in Los Angeles
Do I have to replace my Saflok locks, or can I upgrade them?
Either can be valid. The 2024 Unsaflok advisory affects the Saflok MT, Quantum, RT, Saffire, and Confidant lines, and dormakaba's fix is a software update or replacement on every affected lock, plus reissuing all keycards and upgrading encoders. If your fleet is already in dormakaba's remediation program, finishing it in family is a legitimate path. We will tell you honestly which makes sense before you commit to anything.
What does a Saflok-to-Salto migration actually change at the door?
On most Saflok MT installs, Salto XS4 One drops into the existing ANSI mortise prep, so the door itself does not change. You move from the MIFARE Classic credentials the advisory forges to modern encrypted DESFire with BLE, NFC, and Apple Wallet mobile keys, so that exposure goes away entirely.
Do I have to convert every door at once?
No. We install door by door during normal operating hours, typically thirty to forty doors per day, with a first-door sign-off before mass install. Larger properties run phased over weeks against your access windows.
How long does a Saflok migration take?
Scoping plus phased install runs roughly 3 to 5 weeks under 100 doors, 6 to 10 weeks for 100 to 250 doors, and longer for larger phased properties. Actual timing depends on access windows, brand-standard review, and materials procurement, which we date for you when we quote.
Will Salto meet my brand mobile-key standard?
Yes. Salto installs to brand mobile-key spec and integrates directly with the major hotel PMS platforms. We validate brand compliance as part of the install, not as an afterthought.
How long does a Salto rollout take for a Los Angeles hotel?
Timelines depend on door count and how spread out the property is, but most single buildings fall into a multi-day to multi-week range once hardware is on site. Larger or multi-site LA portfolios run longer because our deployed crew has to move between Downtown, the Westside, and the LAX corridor. We confirm a building-specific schedule after the door survey rather than quoting a fixed number up front.
Next step: scope your Los Angeles migration
Tell us about your Los Angeles property currently running Saflok hardware. We respond within four business hours with a real, phased migration scope.