There are many reasons you might want to affix security tags to personal ID badges or to bags that are brought onto your grounds by employees or visitors. While you can think of many reasons why they could be useful, badges for security and access control may be most important to protect you from the things you haven't thought of. You can even incorporate some simple security measures into your already-existing employee identification protocol.

Access Control Security Systems for Personnel

In fact, if you want to update your ID badge security system, that's even easier than getting started with a new system. You can affix small stickers with expiration indicators to any plastic or laminated badges that employees wear. They're durable, but can be easily removed, replaced, or covered if you want to extend your temporary employees' access permission.

You may also want to tag bags and briefcases if you work in a building where belongings are checked by security at the door. You may be checking for weapons, or perhaps for illicit substances. Some of the same simple measures taken by airports can be useful to a school or business, too.

The primary concern if you're going to be tagging baggage for security is using a type of label or tag that is non-transferable. If you just put a sticker on someone's bag, he could move the sticker to another bag and re-enter with it. He might even innocently remove the sticker and toss it in the trash when he leaves, and someone else could pick it up and affix it to another bag or briefcase. If you use non-transferable security tags, once they are sealed or fastened around a handle, they cannot be re-used. This is one of the simplest ways to make sure that inspecting bags actually keeps the people in your building safer.