In response to the national issues of drug and alcohol abuse on college campuses, the University of Pennsylvania has formed a new commission on student safety, alcohol and campus life.
A vulnerability in a school records system could reveal the home address, social insurance number, telephone number and class schedule of any student enrolled, but when Hamed Al-Khabaz revealed and tested the flaw, he was expelled.
Thief! Intruder! Birdwatcher? Sometimes, perimeter security puts you in contact with a variety of visitors, not all of them welcome, but how does one differentiate between visitors without making a bad first impression or creating a vulnerable situation? And how does that situation change based on a facility’s location and risk profile? Three security executives weigh in on the issue.
In today’s era of budget cuts, education leaders are looking for ways to leverage existing resources to meet institution-wide goals, as opposed to buying new, expensive tools that may or may not work as intended.
This whitepaper from Guardly Safe Campus compares the swiftness of incident response efforts by university campus security between new smartphone applications and existing methods of reporting.
While some students are calling the new ID badge policy a threat against their rights, university officials are sticking with their policy of requiring students and faculty to wear their badges at all times.
Under new policies, employees in the UI system will undergo background checks before they can work with minors, especially at 4-H meetings, music or sports camps.
Edinburgh Napier University will offer an 18-month, part-time course, teaching network and operating system security, cloud security, auditing and more.
Just after Batman shootings, two of the suspect's university campus buildings were evacuated of nonessential personnel on order of the university's police chief. Law enforcement fears potential of copycat actions.