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Access Badge

What is Access Badge?

A physical credential such as a smart card or proximity badge used to control entry to secure areas and track personnel movements.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern access badge

ISO 27001:2022View framework →NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →

What the standards actually require on access badge

Requirements naming access badge across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant1 control

Physical and technical security can slow responders unless kits are prepared and placed to help them get past it. The organization should create, maintain and secure emergency response kits containing: tools to enter the facility such as access badges or grand...

ansi-asis-wvpi-aa-2020-workplace-violence-and-active-assailant::A.2.5 · A.2.5 Emergency response kits and bags →
Netherlands Works Councils Act (WOR)1 control

The entrepreneur needs the consent of the works council for every proposed decision to adopt, amend or withdraw an arrangement on facilities aimed at, or suitable for, observing or checking the presence, behaviour or performance of the persons working in the u...

netherlands-works-councils-act-wor::27(1)(l) · Art. 27(1)(l) Obtain the works council's consent to a staff arrangement: personnel tracking systems (monitoring of presence, behaviour or performance) →

Questions people ask about access badge

What is Access Badge?
A physical credential such as a smart card or proximity badge used to control entry to secure areas and track personnel movements.
Why is Access Badge important for compliance?
Access Badge is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding access badge helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Access Badge?
Access Badge appears in the requirement text of ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant, Netherlands Works Councils Act (WOR). Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Access Badge?
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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.