Often safer school design conjures images of school buildings that use advanced technology and building materials to deter, delay and deny violent intruders, from state-of-the-art surveillance systems to forced-entry resistance glass doors and windows. But enhanced school security begins at the perimeter fence, well before the building façade. K-12 safety and security start at the district level and includes multiple layers and protocols for keeping faculty, students and visitors safe from v...| Campus Safety Magazine
ATLANTA -- ADT can chalk up another legal victory, this one in Georgia. Commercial subscriber Robert Webb entered a building in Georgia to turn off a false alarm and was exposed to an alarm, which it described as "loud and continuous." The personal injury/product liability case does not indicate if the alarm was from a bell or siren, but the system, manufactured by Ademco, is the Security Manager 2000. It's sold by ADT all over the country. Webb filed an appeal of the ruling in the Eleventh ...| Campus Safety Magazine
Inspectors evaluate Texas schools in three phases, each of which assesses critical components of access control.| Campus Safety Magazine
Intrusion detection software is meant to monitor network traffic or host activities for malicious actions, such as successful or unsuccessful intrusion attempts, hostile traffic (i.e., malicious scans and denials of service), unauthorized configuration changes, malware symptoms, and user policy violations. An intrusion detection system (IDS) typically can produce reports describing the details of the potentially … … Continue reading →| Doug Vitale Tech Blog