Even today, some organizations and facilities still log in visitors through a sign-in book and issue “stick ‘em” paper badges similar to a HELLO I’M badge at a class reunion.
However, slowly but surely corporations, office buildings and numerous types of facilities are upgrading their visitor procedures as they tighten up on lobby and reception desk security. While fewer than 35 percent of SECURITY Magazine readers, in a recent poll, report they have security officers at the main entrance desk, many also say they have added technology or will soon purchase technology to better identify and track visitors, including contractors.