A campus credential, more commonly known as a campus card or a campus ID card is an identification document certifying the status of students, faculty, staff or other constituents as members of the institutional community and eligible for access to services and resources. Campus credentials are typically valid for the duration of a student's enrollment or an employee's service. History In 1993, the National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) board held its first board meeting at Duke University. The board was composed of thought leaders from Loyola College, Duke University, SUNY Geneseo, and Florida State University. Their vision was to create an organization with the purpose of educating college and university administrators charged with the responsibility for developing card systems by apprising them of newly installed applications, vendor performance, technology platforms, and other matters relating to the marketplace for card systems (National Association of Campus Card Users, n.d.). Today NACCU consists of campus credential professionals from colleges and universities around the world. NACCU provides its members with opportunities such as webinars, annual conferences, a resource vault, listserv, program assessment resources, and the CampusIDNews publication (formerly CR80News). Membership and activities for NACCU have continued to grow over the years. Purpose In today's complex campus environment, delivery of critical services such as building access, financial transactions, and privilege-based functions (i.e. meal plans, library and recreation facility services, etc.), is dependent on campus credential programs which bring together multiple constituencies, systems, hardware, services, and applications spanning the entire campus community using a single identity (Lv, 2013). Many institutions utilize access control paradigms that assign and revoke access based on structured, reproducible rules tied to their identity management systems (McKee, 2021). The functions of a campus credential program are complex and touch many parts of the campus beyond just the provision of the credential. Campus credential programs are part of a complex regulatory environment and help institutions comply with laws and policies. Staff who lead these centralized efforts must be knowledgeable of and adhere to multiple institutional/state/provincial/federal regulations such as FERPA, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS/EMV compliance, Red Flag Rules, federal or provincial data privacy laws (Thomas, 2020). Campus credential programs are subject to internal financial and technology audits and internal control assessments. Campus credential programs can influence and reinforce a sense of belonging for students and other stakeholders. Campus credential professionals need to recognize the impact that a credential and the policies surrounding