What should happen to a visitor's badge or identification before leaving the facility or at expiration?

What should happen to a visitor's badge or identification before leaving the facility or at expiration?

• A. The badge is surrendered before leaving the facility or at expiration.
• B. The badge must be returned to security for deactivation before leaving or at expiration.
• C. The badge may be kept as a souvenir after departure.
• D. The badge can be recycled for future visits.

Answer: (B)

Temporary visitor credentials grant access for a limited time, so the responsible action when leaving or when the badge expires is to deactivate that credential in the security system. Surrendering the badge to security for deactivation ensures the access rights are removed from both the badge and the access-control roster, preventing reuse and preserving an accurate audit trail of who had access and when. This deactivation typically disables any embedded credentials (like RFID) and updates security records, reducing the risk of someone else gaining entry with an old badge. Keeping the badge as a souvenir or recycling it would defeat this purpose, and simply surrendering without deactivation could leave the system with an active credential and ongoing risk of unauthorized access.

Temporary visitor credentials grant access for a limited time, so the responsible action when leaving or when the badge expires is to deactivate that credential in the security system. Surrendering the badge to security for deactivation ensures the access rights are removed from both the badge and the access-control roster, preventing reuse and preserving an accurate audit trail of who had access and when. This deactivation typically disables any embedded credentials (like RFID) and updates security records, reducing the risk of someone else gaining entry with an old badge. Keeping the badge as a souvenir or recycling it would defeat this purpose, and simply surrendering without deactivation could leave the system with an active credential and ongoing risk of unauthorized access.