Since joining the University of Utah as the inaugural Chief Safety Officer (CSO) in February 2020, Marlon Lynch has reorganized the structure of the Department of Public Safety. The changes, which include the addition of new leadership throughout the organization and the elevation and growth of existing divisions, increases capacity, improves accountability and better meets the needs of the U community.
Organizations need to enhance current technical security controls to mitigate against the threat of deepfakes to the business. Training and awareness will also need revamping with special attention paid to this highly believable threat.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is introducing a new four-year degree program in cybersecurity in the fall 2021 semester to help meet the rising demand for cybersecurity professionals.
Johns Hopkins says it will pause the development of a police department for at least two years so that it may benefit from the national re-evaluation of policing in society.
UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May announced the formation of a campus safety task force to discuss and assess how the university’s police department should evolve to look, operate and engage on both the Davis and Sacramento campuses.