Budgets are stretched with varying priorities, yet safety threats continue to grow, challenging schools to strengthen their security posture using the resources they have on hand.
This year Security Magazine partnered with The National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) to present the Golden Eagle Award to SkySafe as the 2026 Golden Eagle Award winner for its case study submission, “University of Illinois Sets the Standard for Campus Drone Security.”
As colleges and universities look for ways to streamline operations and better protect students and faculty, it’s clear that fragmented, manually intensive access control systems are no longer sustainable.
When discussing common threats or best practices in education security, it is important that security leaders have a comprehensive understanding of the campus they are protecting.
Protecting 14 campuses and learning centers is almost herculean. But that’s what the security team of Portland Community College (PCC) in Portland, Oregon does for one of the Northwest’s largest college systems.