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St. John's College High School (SJC), an independent, Catholic, coeducational college preparatory school with 1,100 students and 150 faculty and staff,...
An Enterprise Approach
By Jim Nanini
Security technology capabilities have advanced by leaps and bounds over the last decade. Integration between technology silos - security, fire, building...
RFID Technology Keeps Track of School Bus Riders
Seattle-based Zonar Systems has said it is providing RFID technology to the school bus industry to answer the iconic 1969-television question...
One Year Since Virginia Tech, School Security Funding Still Debated
Almost a year after the deadliest shooting on a college campus, Congress is still haggling over legislation that would provide federal dollars to colleges and universities to help pay for improved campus security, USA Today reports....
From The Field
EDUCATION California's Shasta Union High School District Reduces Theft and Vandalism With IP Video With recent incidents ranging from fights and vandalism...
No Interruptions
Ten minutes into a video during a film studies lecture, the projector flashes no signal on a blank screen. With 200 students waiting, the professor attempts...
Water Valley is Game for IP Video
Water Valley Independent School District in midwest Texas may be a little district it is home to 350 students in grades K-12 but it is big on technology....
Setting A Security Standard
BY CAROL CAREY
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg has spearheaded a groundbreaking sports security management program that it expects to go...
Purdue University Strengthens Security With Help Of Students
Increasing the number of employees in the Purdue University Student Security Patrol on its West Lafayette, Ind., campus will be an effective way to enhance safety on campus, reports The Exponent, Purdue University's student newspaper.
The Purdue Police Department reported that it would nearly double the number of positions open on the force. The current staff of 25 would jump to 35 beginning this spring. The student patrol will eventually employ 50 by the end of the year.
Saving the university millions of dollars that would normally be spent on installing security cameras, the path is adding student jobs while increasing campus surveillance....
Northern Illinois University Addresses Security Concerns
After a gunman shot and killed five students and himself at Northern Illinois University (NIU) last week, questions and concerns are being voiced about the school's security and method of communication.
According to the Associated Press, many students phoned each other and sent text messages even before school officials could warn them.
Drew Creal, a sophomore from St. Charles, was in a building next to Cole Hall when students around him began receiving text messages from other students that read, "There's shooting in Cole Hall" and "Get off campus," he says....
GAO Report Warns Of Campus Reactor Threat
The risks of a terrorist attack on a nuclear reactor at a college campus -- and the potential consequences -- have been underestimated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Congressional auditors say in a report.
According to The New York Times, the report, by the Government Accountability Office, says the commission overruled expert contractors who thought differently, and misrepresented what the contractors had said.
Security requirements at the reactors have changed little since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to the auditors, even though many of the reactors still run on enriched uranium, which terrorists could convert into an atomic bomb. In contrast, the rules for civilian power plants have become much stricter, the report said....
Reward: Peace of Mind
The importance of school security cannot be overstated. A secure school means that everyone inside can concentrate on the matter at hand, which is providing...
Education Security Symposium Part Of Awareness Campaign
PASS Security, an AMAG Technology Symmetry Authorized Reseller, hosted its first Southwestern Illinois K-12 Educational Security Symposium titled, Keeping Our Schools Safe and Secured on Oct. 24, 2007. The program was part of an education campaign PASS Security implemented based on a targeted marketing program created by AMAG Technology. AMAG's Central U.S. regional sales manager, Loren Lloyd, presented the benefits of electronic access control in schools and how it will help school districts prepare and prevent tragedy.
"PASS Security used AMAG's vertical marketing campaign to design our first Southwestern Illinois K-12 Educational Security Symposium," said PASS Security marketing coordinator, Luke Lieberman. "The marketing program and symposium educated area school districts on threat assessment, physical security, self defense and bomb and terrorism threats."...
Texas School Security Survey Finds Key Issues
Wren, a provider of video surveillance solutions, has released the results of its Texas School Security Survey. The survey found that while administrators consider video to be the single most important tool in securing school environments, budgets for investing in newer security technologies are tight, with only about a quarter of schools expecting a security budget increase in 2008.
Distributed online to administrators from public K-12 schools across Texas, the survey asked participants to rank their most significant security issues and their level of preparedness in dealing with those issues. Results indicated that, while Texas schools are moving to address security in their schools, they are not yet adequately prepared to deal with the many types of threats they face in today's world....
The Value of Extra Eyes
Recently, officials at the Douglas County (Colo.) School District were faced with evacuating a high school campus following a bomb threat. The 1,700 students...
A View of the Future
By Stephanie Silk
The Surveillance Studies Network, a group of British academics, have come out with a study entitled A Report on the Surveillance Society a look ahead...
CDW-G Releases Annual Higher Education IT Security Report Card
CDW Government Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDW Corp. and source of Information Technology (IT) solutions to governments and educators, has released the results of its third annual Higher Education IT Security Report Card, a national survey that asks higher education IT directors and managers to rate the state of IT security and the support they receive from constituents on their campuses. The 2007 report provides three-year trend data along with additional insights on increasingly complex campus security issues such as converged IT and physical security solutions.
According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, there have been 148 publicly-disclosed data breaches at colleges and universities since 2005. While some incidents are unintentional, such as a data file posted to a public Web site, hacker activity and malicious attacks account for much of the data loss....
School Safety Self-Assessment Tool Available To School Leaders
CDW Government Inc. (CDW-G), a subsidiary of CDW Corp. and source of Information Technology (IT) solutions to governments and educators, has published its School Safety Index Self-Assessment Tool, which allows school leaders to participate in CDW-G's School Safety Index survey and receive instant scores to learn how their school or district compares to the national school safety average CDW-G reported in June.
The School Safety Index published in June is based on a May 2007 survey of 381 school district IT and security directors on 14 elements of physical and cyber safety. It highlights the indicators of strong district safety programs, as well as the barriers to school safety. ...
Priority 1 Campus Safety
During its 50-year history, the University of San Diego (USD) has grown from a local college with 50 students and a handful of professors to a nationally...
Idaho School District Installs Crisis Management System to Protect Students and Staff
Idaho School District Installs Crisis Management System to Protect Students and Staff Meridian (Idaho) Joint School District (Joint School District...
Upgraded Protection
In Cincinnati, when one says school's out, it has a whole different meaning. That's because all 65 schools in the Cincinnati Public School District encompassing...
From The Field
GOVERNMENT U.S. Navy Deploys Outdoor Perimeter Intrusion Detection System At Southeastern Facility The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Navy have...
One-of-A-Kind Keys
Maintaining building security for the large and growing University of North Carolina's historic Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) campus is a continuing job that requires...
School Districts Nationwide Get Help From GE Security
GE Security Inc., Bradenton, Fla., is providing a new strategic planning model designed to help make schools safer and more secure.
The company is collaborating with school districts in Lynn, Mass., and elsewhere around the country, to develop and execute strategic security plans designed to create safer and more secure learning environments while maximizing return on security infrastructure investments. In addition to Lynn, these include the School District of Manatee County, Fla., and Scottsdale Unified School District, Ariz....
Colleges Plan For Security As School Starts
As colleges welcome back students for another academic year, they'll also be putting some new security measures in place -- some high-tech, some old-fashioned.
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings in April, college officials everywhere fielded calls from parents and students, reviewed emergency plans and systems, and added new tools to improve campus safety, reports the Spokesman-Review.
The most common approach seems to be two-pronged: a combination of siren or speaker systems and new text-messaging networks. That combination is in place at Washington State University (WSU), and it's on the way at Whitworth University, Spokane, Wash....
