Access Management

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A movie theater chain in the Northeast banned moviegoers from bringing in backpacks and packages in the wake of attacks at theaters.

Alaska Airlines just completed a test program that allowed passengers to use their fingerprints instead of government-issued IDs and boarding passes.
 

Not surprisingly, radio frequency identification (RFID) and that technology’s “little sister” real-time location systems (RTLS) seem to be everywhere doing just about everything. Many times, solutions blend together security and operations at myriad enterprises, organizations and agencies. And, ironically, some of the most cutting edge applications are geographically far flung in areas where it makes business sense to leap-frog at times nonexistent legacy technologies.

Ohio's building standards board took a strong position against the installation of barricade devices on classroom doors in the event of an active shooter.
 

The district attorneys from Lehigh, Northampton and Berks counties in Pennsylvania announced the MVP – Maximum Victim Protection program. 

New Jersey's private and parochial schools would receive state funding for security measures under a bill approved by a Committee.

 An internal investigation of the TSA revealed security failures at dozens of the nation’s airports.