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Small schools can improve security in affordable ways
Monday, April 10, 2017 by Paul Kazlauskas
It’s no secret that school budgets are tight all across America. Resources may decline, but it seems requirements never do. This is especially true in the area of security. Many small or rural schools feel they are at a competitive disadvantage because they don't have the same grant-writing resources and expertise as bigger or more urban districts. Their concerns came up during a recent conference call hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Rural Education ...
Increase security with visitor badges that "expire"
Wednesday, March 15, 2017 by Paul Kazlauskas
Any time you encounter strangers at your place of work, you may wonder who they are and what they are doing there — especially if they aren’t wearing an I.D. badge. Some places require visitors to wear a visitor badge, and some don’t. Likewise, some places require employees to wear an I.D. badge, while others don’t. At best, not identifying visitors arouses employees’ curiosity and, at worst, leaves people and property exposed to potential harm. Let’s ...
Threshold' badges that "expire" now run on Brother label printers
Tuesday, February 21, 2017 by Andrew Jones
Data Management Inc.’s market for high-security visitor badges just got bigger. After years of producing time-expiring visitor badges for visitor management software, DMI, makers of Threshold, has just expanded its offering of rolled badges to run on a wider range of label printers. Now developers, resellers, and end-users of visitor management systems can print their visitor badges on Brother direct thermal printers. “Our time-expiring badges have always run on several ...
6 mistakes when using an
Electronic Visitor Management System
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 by Paul Kazlauskas
When an entrance to an office building, healthcare facility, or school isn’t secure, the facility is vulnerable and ultimately could be liable if something bad happens as a result of negligence. A great way to help secure a facility’s entrance is to use a visitor management system (VMS) to document all visitors. Once the software is set up and in-use, you’ll enjoy the many benefits of the system, such as quick and easy sign-in, secure identification, reliable data access, ...
Visitor I.D.'s that your employees can really see
Monday, October 17, 2016 by Andrew Jones
One of the best-kept secrets about our visitor passes is we design them specially to be worn on clothing. This gives them an advantage for two reasons: Our visitor badges don’t fall off. Our visitor badges don’t harm fabric. Every other adhesive visitor badge is made like a shipping label, to stick to cardboard cartons, not shirts, jackets and blouses. Perhaps for that reason many people still don’t like putting any kind of adhesive on their outfits, no matter how ...
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