Miami International Airport (MIA) has launched biometric exit technology, so passengers can now board using facial recognition rather than a boarding pass and passport.
The International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) has released a new industry guideline: “Firearms in the Healthcare Security Program” under the category of “Security Department Operations”.
The challenges of keeping inappropriate people out of a K-12 school have led many campus administrators to rethink how they control building entries. Unwanted visitors ranging from a non-custodial parent to an active shooter have too often entered a school through an easily accessible door. However, there are steps security experts agree can prevent – or at least delay – entry, making both students and teachers safer.
A report from the National Center for Education Statistics reveals that the percent of schools reporting cyberbullying increased from 62.3 percent of schools in 2010 to 80.9 percent in 2016.
Event security has evolved well beyond the standard uniformed officers, access control, and incident response. Today’s event security professionals are strategists who use intelligence driven risk-based models to mitigate threats by identifying and addressing gaps and vulnerabilities.
The FBI Agents Association has released a 72-page report with accounts from FBI agents explaining how the U.S. government shutdown has impaired their ability to fight terrorism and other crimes.
A new national survey from the Center for Data Innovation finds that just one in four Americans (26 percent) want government to strictly limit the technology, and that support drops to fewer than one in five (18 percent) if it would come at the cost of public safety.