Safety and Security


School Security

High-Stakes School Security

Violent incidents in K-12 schools have led security directors to develop more comprehensive programs.

The Arithmetic of Risk

Take cybersecurity seriously. The consequences of not doing so are significant.

Access Control

Moving Forward with Access Control

Finding a balance between security systems and budgets, always with the primary goal of a safe campus in mind, can be achieved with planning and advice from the experts.

Addressing Threats of Violence

Have plans in place to handle anonymous threats to your campus.

Monitoring and Management Systems

Evaluate and budget for effective incident management systems.

Prepared and Aware

The value of a unified, fire and life safety incident monitoring and management system.

No Single Answer

Increasing survivability in active shooter incidents.

The Embezzler Next Door

Preventing theft in school support organizations.

Integrated Security Systems

School Safety

Increasing the Focus on School Terrorism

Campus Policing

Campus Policing Made Friendly

Conflicting narratives make campus policing difficult. Three schools talk about high-touch practices that keep their schools safer.

Response To A Terrorist Attack at School

Planning Your School's Response To A Terrorist Attack

Terrorists do attack K-12 schools, and you need to plan a response just in case your school comes under attack.

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Looking Ahead: Thought Leaders Forecast Trends 2016

From the campus library to guns on campus, covering a variety of higher education issues, a range of higher education industry experts share their outlooks on what the future holds.

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Keeping Them Safe

With new safety and security technologies emerging at a rapid pace, campus police departments have an almost limitless selection to utilize in their quest for safety. Here are what some of the most effective campus police forces have found to work best.

Monitoring Technology

Monitoring Technology

Stay ahead of inspections with monitors for fire extinguishers and other equipment.

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Policies are Critical

The effective use of security technologies in schools.

Monitoring Technology

Zero Tolerance

Installing monitoring technology can eliminate hundreds or thousands of points of regulatory risk.

Illusions of Security

Illusions of Security

Be prepared to own the results.

Increasing Survivability

There is no single magic solution for preventing active shooter incidents.

Fire Safety Technology

A look at emerging trends in campus life safety systems.

A Sad Situation

We must be prepared for active shooters on campus.

Safety Within the Budget

Safety Within the Budget

Low cost security measures for schools.

Campus Security Tailored to a Budget

Campus Security Tailored to a Budget

It is possible to build an affordable, effective safety and security program by replacing some funding with more effort.

Consider New Technology

Changing trends in school life safety methods.

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