The reality is that most institutions of higher learning have decided to open their campuses this fall regardless of the political rancor, adding the specter of a deadly pandemic to an already challenging campus security environment where campus shootings, physical violence to women and theft usually occupy the top threat metrics for college security administrators. Because college and university campuses have thousands of students and faculty traversing a wide swath of buildings all day, every day, having an access control solution that not only addresses the security aspect of this population, but now one that must also handle myriad safety and health concerns due to COVID-19 to lessen the likelihood of the virus spreading, is a top priority.
The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) in partnership with Perpetuity Research has opened up a study to explore the roles, responsibilities and training of frontline Security Officers (sometimes referred to as security guards).
Diane Mack has been named Director of Emergency Management for both the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).
The COVID-19 Oxford Vaccine Trial run by the University of Oxford's Jenner Institute and the Oxford Vaccine Group clinical teams needed tight security surrounding the facility to mitigate risk and ensure the safety of staff and assets.
State Center Community College District (SCCCD) in California, which serves approximately 1.7 million people and 38 unified and high school districts in more than 5,743 square miles of urban and rural California territory, was looking for a new access control solution across campuses.
The Security Benchmark Report (formerly the Security 500) survey is now open! Calling all enterprise security leaders within your organization...fill out the survey today and help us benchmark where security lies within every sector and industry.
Carnegie Mellon University is set to launch its seventh picoCTF, an online cybersecurity competition run by security and privacy experts in Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab who hope to help generate interest in the field and build a pipeline of talent into the currently-starved workforce.
We asked several Women Security Leaders to tell us what drew them into the profession, along with their thoughts on continued diversification of the industry.
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