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In emergencies such as a natural disaster, industrial accident, IT service disruptions or facility intrusion, delivering important messages with real-time speed while collecting situational feedback can save lives and keep critical business operations running. Enter mass notification technology. Here, we explore a sampling of the latest mass notification solutions.

More than 50% of organizations are considering a passwordless authentication strategy, according to the 2021 Duo Trusted Access Report. The study, released by Cisco's Duo Security, measured authentication trends across more than 36 million devices.

The Dallas Police Department, which is the ninth largest municipal police force, utilizes a layered approach to physical security at its headquarters building, including recently-installed perimeter security.

Inova Health System began a Behavioral Health Officer program several years ago with the goal of creating a specialized group of security personnel to reduce workplace violence incidents. Since then, the program has grown, evolved and proven its value to the organization many times over.

A new resilience and risk report from First Street Foundation, “The 3rd National Risk Assessment: Infrastructure on the Brink,” calculates the risk of five key dimensions of community risk: residential properties, roads, commercial properties, critical infrastructure and social infrastructure.

Bonnie Michelman, the recipient of the 2021 SIA Insightful Practitioner Award, is the executive director of police, security and outside services at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) and for Mass General Brigham Corporation. She also serves as the board president of the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS) Foundation and has held a wide variety of leadership roles in the security industry.

Mobile Access solutions and Visionline technology provide guests with a secure environment at the two recently opened Residence Inn by Marriott locations. The security solution by ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions foregrounds access control with radio frequency identification (RFID) locks.

The global Entrust report, "Pulse Check on In-Office Security for Hybrid Work Models," surveyed employers and employees about COVID-19-related visitor protocols and how enterprise security models have shifted in the hybrid workplace.