One element of your employee ID card solution is identifying who belongs in your facilities and where/what they have access to in your organization. Regardless of what or where your employees need access, there's a badge or ID for it. From barcodes and magnetic strips to contactless smart chips, you can create the access ID solution that works best for your business, security needs, and budget.
Whatever type of access you need, your ID card solution needs a level of security that protects your business's assets and your employees. Your best bet, regardless of security needs, is to create and administer your ID cards/badges in house for ultimate control. Get total control over who issues, what is issued per card, and how your cards are issued to secure your ID card solution from tampering or forgery.
Bringing control over your ID cards/badges in-house gives you the security you need to manage your ID solution. You also get complete control over what is included in and on your cards and how quickly you can create and administer your ID card program. For companies with more than a 100 employees, in-house ID card production makes the most sense.
Boost your security
All you need to create your own ID cards and badges is a desktop ID card printer that quickly and easily prints out fully secure and complete access ID cards. Choosing an in-house ID card printing solution offers absolute security from end to end. You choose what's included in the entire production chain for card issuance, from access and security measures to a controlled option to replace damaged or insecure cards. This means you need not share your cardholder information with a third party; it's completely managed in-house.
Some ID card solutions include cardholders' sensitive data. Rather than a third party handling that data, bringing the production in-house means you and only you have access to proprietary or sensitive information. No one outside your operation has access, meaning you have complete confidence that your data processing adheres to your company's policies and procedures. And your staff will feel more comfortable knowing that only your ID card solution experts have access to their confidential data.
Control chain of ownership
Security measures require that the chain of control be between those who produce your ID cards and the cardholder him/herself. When your in-house ID card producer personally hands an ID card or badge to its identified recipient on-site, you've checked one significant security measure off your list. This prevents others from recreating fake IDs or generating false credentials which give the holder unauthorized access to facilities, labs, and so much more.
When you control the chain of ownership, you know each ID card or badge is produced by approved personnel and delivered directly to the authorized cardholder. Managing internal access control card issuance means you control what goes on the cards, like data encoding and other features, as well as security measures like smart chips or holographic images that create highly secure cards less likely to be forged.
Less expensive card issuance costs
When you control your employee/staff ID card/badge issuance, you also control the costs. You choose the type of card you need to meet your security, business, and budgetary needs. Not only can you limit and control the issuance and usage of cards, but you also control the infrastructure needs to produce each card.
On a general day-to-date basis, issuing your own cards will end up being cheaper and more efficient over the long haul. You'll also achieve greater security when you keep all your cardholder information in-house. Using an on-site ID card printer offers several benefits like:
- Cheaper per card cost to produce each ID card or badge
- No minimum order; you can print only a few or as many cards as you need
- No express costs for urgent requests of cards needs immediately
- No shipping costs
Expend your card offerings
When you create and produce cards, you have options you don't have with an on-demand printer. For example, you can offer visitor ID badges to those coming to your facilities each day, and you can easily print event badges for workshops, seminars, and other events.
If you often have contractors, vendors, and others on-site, easily issue access control ID cards for each individual to ensure they only have access where and when you want them to. Help your security staff make sure everyone on-site is approved and has authorized access when and where you want them to.
Final thoughts
An ID card system for access control and more offers you the ultimate in control. While employee and visitor badges offer visual proof that cardholders belong and are where they're supposed to be, you have even more control when you issue all cards in-house. You reduce the number of individuals who have access to proprietary information stored on cards, as well as eliminate the possibility that someone can forge or duplicate cards and gain unauthorized access.
A final benefit is centralization of your ID card solution in a single system. You don't need a variety of systems or services or an outside vendor to produce ID cards with proprietary or sensitive information. You control the process; you control the output.
If you're unsure how an ID card printing solution can benefit your company, contact an Idesco ID Expert to discuss your options. We have over 75 years of experience helping companies just like yours create ID card and badging solutions that meet or exceed your business and security needs.