Articles Tagged with ''school safety''

Grand Forks School District in North Dakota receives half million in security grant monies

North Dakota's Grand Forks School District receives $535,000 security grant to improve surveillance

December 22, 2020

The Grand Forks School District in North Dakota received a $535,000 security grant to improve surveillance throughout the district's campuses.

CISA identifies data-driven security best practices for K-12 schools in simulation experiment

CISA, MITRE, and GMU collaborated to explore and analyze current and evolving security procedures and technologies to improve school security—primarily against active assailants

December 15, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a report from a School Security Simulation Experiment (SIMEX) focused on current security procedures and technologies to improve both physical and operational security in K-12 schools. The two-week SIMEX, conducted jointly with MITRE and George Mason University in August, served as a pilot to determine whether a SIMEX is a viable tool that can be used to evaluate policies, technologies, and procedures related to school safety in the future.

Virginia gets $12 million in security grants for schools

Virginia schools obtain $12 million in security grants

December 7, 2020

489 Virginia-area schools in 102 school divisions will share $12 million in security grant funding from the state's department of education. The grants will include monies for video monitoring systems, voice and video internal communications systems, school bus interior cameras, mass notification systems, visitor-identification systems, access control systems, two-way radios, security vestibules and other security upgrades.

Texas school district implement access control

Glasscock Texas schools install combination of wireless and wired locks for managed access

November 24, 2020

Glasscock Independent School District, a public school district located in Garden City, Texas, with hundreds of students across two schools, has embarked on an ongoing security plan to convert to a largely wireless, keyless access-controlled environment, to streamline its security and access at its facilities.

CISA announces K-12 school infrastructure security best practices webinar

Maria Henriquez

November 20, 2020

Interested in learning about the resources, tools, and grant opportunities offered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to help improve school security and resiliency? Join CISA's School Safety Task Force for a webinar on K-12 School Infrastructure Security Best Practices Webinar on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EST in support of this year's Infrastructure Security Month.

PA schools receive security and safety grants

Local Pennsylvania schools awarded $362K in school safety and security grants

November 19, 2020

Several local Pennsylvania schools have received Safe School grants from the State's Department of Education to fund safety and security-related equipment spending.

Jason Bender hired as Director of Security for Solon Schools

November 17, 2020

Police Detective Jason Bender has been hired as Director of Security for the Solon City Schools in Ohio.

S.C. Department of Education funds over $33 million in PPE and supplies for all school districts

October 14, 2020

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced at River Springs Elementary School that the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) will purchase and distribute over $33 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) and supplies to all eighty one public school districts to support efforts to maintain and return to face to face instruction.

Michigan public schools receive grant for physical security measures

Cadillac, Michigan public schools receive almost $500K to ramp up safety and physical security measures

September 28, 2020

Cadillac, Michigan Area Public Schools (CAPS) close to a half a million dollars to enhance training and physical security measures for school safety and security.

COVID-19, K-12 cybersecurity & responding on the home front

Evan Francen

September 24, 2020

Previously, school districts dealt with securing their systems at both the district and school level. But now, teaching, learning and working are all happening at home simultaneously. It’s messy, far more complicated, and gives our cyber and IT teams significantly less control over networks and security than there was when traditional in-school learning was the norm. It’s especially crucial we keep our security measures tight, even if it feels like an uphill battle.

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