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Security leaders are starting to move on from COVID-related safety measures and are instead focusing on mental health and violence on campus, according to a new Rave report. 

Loss prevention teams must balance asset recovery and employee safety. Going beyond the traditional with solutions and strategies can help.

After a mass casualty event (MCE), strategic executive response can help victims and survivors in the days, weeks and months after the MCE. Security leaders can follow these strategies when creating emergency plans for mass casualty events.

A virtual global security operations center (GSOC) can increase reach, productivity and operational efficiencies. 

The Michigan state government's School Safety Task Force has released a progress report including initial school security recommendations for K-12 environments.

Security leaders on the Board of Executive Protection Professionals (BEPP) will develop a standard for executive protection to be submitted to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Deploying an integrated, multi-technology approach to perimeter security gives organizations the agility to optimize protection for their business, people and property.

Researchers from the University of South Carolina received Department of Justice (DOJ) funding to investigate school safety and mental health in the "Interconnecting PBIS and School Mental Health to Improve School Safety: A Randomized Trial" study.

Engaging Multinational Police Women on Equality and Rights (EMPoWER), a project from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of State's Counterterrorism Bureau, aims to provide leadership opportunities for women in security.

To help reduce tragedies due to misogynistic extremism, such as the Hot Yoga Tallahassee attack, organizations should establish proactive safety programs and a multidisciplinary threat assessment program.