Guide
Visitor badges: printed, QR, NFC and mobile
What each kind of visitor badge is good for, how to show expiry and visitor type at a glance, when to reuse and when to bin, and the uncomfortable truth about how little a badge actually proves.
Security
Guide
Integrating visitor management with access control
How to connect a visitor system to the doors: issuing time-bound visitor credentials, deciding what data flows each way, and the questions to put to both vendors before anyone writes a line of configuration.
Analysis
ID scanning and watchlists: where the line is
Scanning a driving licence and checking visitors against a list feels like good security. Often it is more data than the risk justifies. A case for starting with the decision the check will change, and working back from there.
Analysis
Cloud or on-premises visitor management: what the choice really trades
Most visitor management products in our directory list a cloud option, and most of those offer nothing else. The on-premises minority is concentrated in one category, and the reasons it survives tell you when you might need it.
How-to
Security questions to ask a visitor management vendor
A visitor system holds names, photos, host details and sometimes ID scans, and it runs on a tablet in a public lobby. These are the questions that separate a sound supplier from a slick demo, and how to read the answers.