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It's time for leaders to stand up and start to make positive changes as it pertains to school security and safety. Consider 11 best practices to build a comprehensive foundation for school security and safety. 

Technology alone will not solve school attacks — it should be used as a tool to enhance school security programs, along with security by design changes, which can be highly effective and more affordable than state-of-the-art security solutions.

Something as simple as a smile can have a massive effect on security interactions, especially if used before a conversation is started. 

Access control is more than just a system. It is rather a multi-layered strategy involving a combination of smart security entrances, data analytics, predictive metrics, and, yes, even systems.

The White House has launched a federal task force to combat the effects of online harassment and abuse, which disproportionately targets people of color, women and LGBTQ individuals.

Security teams can leverage social media threat monitoring to improve business continuity, risk management, crisis management & more.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a set of guidelines for security leaders to ensure worker safety by protecting against heat exposure in their environments.

Luggage at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport may be scanned in computed tomography (CT) scanners to detect explosives.

University of Massachusetts Amherst has deployed a video surveillance management platform to protect the campus population of 32,000 with a 24/7 view of its video surveillance and integrated access control operations.

DHS Intel is designed to deliver and share timely intelligence information with law enforcement and first responders across the country.