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School Security & Active Shooter Interdiction: A Q&A With Vince Riden

Security Industry Association

It’s important to promote a safe learning environment for every student and protect the teachers, staff and visitors in our schools, and SIA appreciates the many talented security professionals who are working diligently each day to enhance the safety and security of our schools and mitigate active shooter threats.

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Enterprises Need to Evaluate Data Privacy Approaches, Global CTO Says

Solutions Review

In fact, according to a Cisco study, consumers say the most important activity organizations can do to build trust with them is to provide clear information on how their data is being used. To gain consumer trust, it’s paramount that the consumers understand why their data is being collected and what it will be used for.

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Security Industry Association and International Biometrics + Identity Association Oppose Adding Extraneous Prohibitions on TSA Use of Facial Biometrics in Potential FAA Measure

Security Industry Association

Department of Homeland Security and component agencies like TSA have already adopted an extensive facial recognition technology governance policy that includes comprehensive oversight responsibilities, data privacy and civil liberties obligations, and testing and evaluation requirements.

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Five ways to improve campus safety and security

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Department of Education, Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2021 , 93 school shootings with casualties occurred at U.S. Especially because “ K-12 schools and higher education institutions are the second most common location, after businesses, for active shooter incidents in the U.S.

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Security Industry Association Opens Call for Nominations for 2024 Women in Security Forum Power 100

Security Industry Association

Power 100 nominations are reviewed by the WISF AmplifiHER Subcommittee and evaluated on the criteria of quality of response, significance of achievement(s) and positive impact towards innovation, leadership and/or diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

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Amplifying School Security With Gunshot Detection Systems

Security Industry Association

Nearly 60% of active shooter incidents at educational institutions since Columbine in 1999 have occurred in high schools, and about 21% have occurred in middle schools or junior high schools. A Guide to Evaluating Systems Much like other security technologies, not all gunshot sensors and alerting systems are created equal.

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Mastering Effective Cybersecurity Research: Going From Data to Actionable Insights

FS-ISAC

One of my main duties included briefing the Commander on the latest research/threat intel on cyber domain adversary activity. I quickly realized I had trained him to ‘go to his happy place’ and ignore me because I was briefing him on generic threat activity so it was not anything he would ever make a decision on.