Campus Security & Life Safety Magazine Digital Edition - March 2019

March/April 2019

  • HOW FACIAL RECOGNITION CAN PROVIDE SECURE ACCESS FOR K-12 SCHOOLS
  • PROACTIVE STEPS IN PROTECTING STUDENTS USING TECHNOLOGY
  • UPGRADING CAMPUS SECURITY WITH SMART CARD READERS? THINK AGAIN
  • TACKLES STOP THE BLEED AT 2019 SUMMITS
  • THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF RISK IN CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTS


Features

Roadmap to a Security Operations Center

For those of you who follow this industry, you know this is a remarkable feat. I sat down with Mark Reid, Director of Safety and Security and Cheryl Michaels, Associate Director, at SPU who also founded Educational Safety LLC, a security consulting firm.


From Safe Campus to Smart Campus

By Stephanie Weagle

Much like cities, campuses are embracing sophisticated artificial intelligence and datadriven solutions to understand, mitigate and solve security and operational challenges.


How Facial Recognition Can Provide Secure Access for K-12 Schools

How Facial Recognition Can Provide Secure Access for K-12 Schools

By Mike Vance

Keeping students and staff safe while they’re at school is critically important for public, private, and charter school leaders—and controlling who has access to the building is a fundamental element of any school safety plan.


Proactive Steps in Protecting Students Using Technology

Proactive Steps in Protecting Students Using Technology

By Victoria Fox

Safe and nurturing environments are necessary for today’s learners. It is an unfortunate reality that today’s educators are worried about how safe their school environments are.


EDITOR'S NOTE

Changing Adapting and Being Flexible

By Sydny Shepard

Life is unexpected and even the most perfectly laid plans and strategies go awry no matter how hard you try to plan for all scenarios.


Upgrading Your Campus Security with Smart Card Readers? Think Again

Upgrading Your Campus Security with Smart Card Readers? Think Again

By Larry Reed

With the recent media hype about low frequency card readers being easily hacked, schools are now being encouraged to upgrade their low-frequency card readers to higher frequency 13.56 MHz (also known as smart card technology) which are far more difficult to hack.


Risks of Aging Technology and Benefits of Upgrading

By Brian Carle

Many organizations maintain regular technology refresh schedules where old equipment is replaced on a set schedule, usually every three to five years.


Leveraging a Unified Mass Notification Solution

By Pat Scheckel

Make no mistake, mass notification solutions are a critical necessity no matter what size your campus is.


Tackles Stop the Bleed at 2019 Summits

Tackles Stop the Bleed at 2019 Summits

This year, Campus Security & Life Safety will be expanding their successful campus security summits to four new cities: Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and Long Beach, Calif.


The Constantly Changing Landscape of Risk in Campus Environments

The Constantly Changing Landscape of Risk in Campus Environments

By April Musser, PE, CFPS, MBA

One of the most pervasive features of any facility, but especially campus environments such as universities and colleges, is constant change.


Indoor Positioning Tech Enhances Campus Security with 3D View

Indoor Positioning Tech Enhances Campus Security with 3D View

By Sydny Shepard

With the ever-present risks of crises and emergency situations on university campuses, the A&MSA Police Department began looking for ways to increase efficiency when it came to campus security.


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