Visitor management

"Visitor tracking" redirects here. For tracking of website visitors, see website visitor tracking.

Visitor management refers to tracking the usage of a public building or site. By gathering increasing amounts of information, a Visitor management system can record the usage of the facilities by specific visitors and provide documentation of visitor’s whereabouts.

Visitor management technologies

Computer visitor management systems

Basic computer or electronic visitor management systems use a computer network to monitor and record visitor information.

An electronic visitor management system improves upon most of the negative points of a pen and paper system. Visitor ID can be checked against national and local databases, as well as in-house databases for potential security problems.

Visitor management software as a service

Another alternative to visitor management software is an on-line, web based visitor management system offered as a service. A SaaS visitor management software allows landlords and managers to remotely control and monitor access rights without the need to pass physical keys and keycards to new tenants.

Controversy

Proponents of an information rich visitor management system point to increased school security as one substantial benefit. As more parents demand action from the schools that will protect children from sexual predators, some school districts are turning to modern visitor management systems that not only track a visitor’s stay, but also check the visitor’s information against national and local criminal databases.

See also

• Access control
• Optical turnstile
• Identity document
• Proximity card

External links

• Access Control at DMOZ