<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>KeyCustody — Field notes</title><description>Field notes on physical key custody, accountability, and building a record you can trust.</description><link>https://keycustody.io/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>Key control software: what it is, and how to choose one</title><link>https://keycustody.io/blog/key-control-software/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keycustody.io/blog/key-control-software/</guid><description>Key control software tracks who holds every physical key, code, and combination — and proves it. Here&apos;s what the category does and what to look for when you evaluate a system.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Guide</category><author>The KeyCustody team</author></item><item><title>Why a key log has to be append-only</title><link>https://keycustody.io/blog/why-append-only/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keycustody.io/blog/why-append-only/</guid><description>A custody record you can edit is a custody record no one can trust. Here&apos;s why KeyCustody never lets you rewrite history.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Principles</category><author>The KeyCustody team</author></item><item><title>Keys aren&apos;t passwords — stop managing them like one</title><link>https://keycustody.io/blog/keys-are-not-passwords/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keycustody.io/blog/keys-are-not-passwords/</guid><description>Physical keys, codes, and combinations behave nothing like digital secrets. The tools that manage them shouldn&apos;t pretend otherwise.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Perspective</category><author>The KeyCustody team</author></item><item><title>The key log, upgraded: from spreadsheet to system of record</title><link>https://keycustody.io/blog/from-key-log-to-system-of-record/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keycustody.io/blog/from-key-log-to-system-of-record/</guid><description>A key log on a clipboard or spreadsheet can hold your keys, but it can&apos;t prove who had them. Here&apos;s what an append-only system of record adds — and the questions it lets you finally answer.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Perspective</category><author>The KeyCustody team</author></item><item><title>How to write a key control policy that holds up</title><link>https://keycustody.io/blog/key-control-policy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://keycustody.io/blog/key-control-policy/</guid><description>A practical key control policy sets who can issue keys, how handoffs are logged, when codes rotate, and how access ends. Here&apos;s a template you can adapt.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Playbook</category><author>The KeyCustody team</author></item></channel></rss>