What security risk can volunteers pose?

• A. Regular patients
• B. Vendors
• C. Visitors with authorization
• D. Imposters

Answer: (D)

Imposters posing as volunteers are the security risk. They try to blend in with legitimate volunteers to bypass screening, gain entry to restricted areas, or access sensitive information. Because volunteers are trusted and often move through the facility with less scrutiny, an impersonator can slip past front-desk checks, reach patient data, or disrupt operations. Mitigation comes from rigorous volunteer screening, requiring official photo IDs and role-based badges, enforcing escorted access in sensitive zones, and training staff to verify identities before granting entry. Other groups—regular patients, vendors, and authorized visitors—have established controls and legitimate reasons for access; imposters threaten security precisely because they misrepresent themselves to defeat those controls.