Education: K-12
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Megapixel Camera Technology Yields Safer Campus Environment

March 5, 2012
The University of Miami, a private research university with more than 15,000 students in Coral Gables, Florida, had maintained a video surveillance system for a number of years, but many disparate systems made it difficult for campus police to monitor and investigate incidents.
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Visitor Management Software Protects K-12 Students

March 5, 2012
The Union Gap School District in Union Gap, Wash., uses EasyLobby visitor management software to protect students from unwanted guests. One primary reason the Union Gap School District installed EasyLobby was to alert lobby attendants to any visitor on each state’s sex offender database.
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Welcome Column

Seek to Develop an ‘Empowering Partnership’

Lance Holloway
Lance Holloway
April 1, 2011

Over the past decade, I have had the opportunity to lead Stanley Convergent Security Solutions’ Software Solutions Group (SSG); a team of Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco and security product certified professional support engineers with an amazing level of expertise in security system design, installation and support. 


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Community Feature

Securing the ‘Community’

An open environment, challenges with funding and many constituents to please: campus security directors and integrators share their challenges with securing these “communities within a community.”
Laura Stepanek
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Diane Ritchey
April 1, 2011

They say that these are the “greatest years” of someone’s life. The college years, the time to figure out a career, make friends and use the valuable time and experiences as the launching pad in which one can continue those “great” years in their 20s, 30s and beyond.


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Vertical Sector: K-12 Education

Security-Smart

Security issues exist at all grade levels; but diminished funding makes implementing the many available technology solutions a challenge.
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Diane Ritchey Laura Stepanek
February 1, 2011
The world of K-12 education brings to mind the archetypal images of playgrounds and lunchboxes, marching bands and football games. But clearly the “dear old golden rule days” of school have not been immune to pressures that are giving security directors greater concern and increased responsibility, even at the lower grade levels.
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Vertical Sector: K-12 Education

Schools Are Demanding, “Show Me the Money!”

With decreases in government spending and legislative bodies cutting budgets, those in the education market need help to find funding.
Beverly Vigue
February 1, 2011
Security is a top priority for school systems. Nonetheless, it is a reality that funding which provides a safe, secure learning environment often must compete with traditional financing that pays for books and buildings. Fortunately, federal, state, private foundation and corporate grants are available to pay for security programs — if you know where to find them.
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