Mass events like the Super Bowl can become targets for cyberattacks. Security leaders need to plan ahead to keep entertainment, staff and guests safe.

Peter Kranske, CSSP and Event Industry Hall of Fame inductee, has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS⁴) at The University of Southern Mississippi for his sports security efforts.

This February, two of the biggest in the sports world will occur concurrently: the Winter Olympic Games and the Super Bowl. Cybercriminals could use a broad range of cyber activities to disrupt these events. 

The FAA has announced that Hard Rock Stadium near Miami is a “No Drone Zone” for Super Bowl LIV on Feb. 2, 2020.

On February 7, the biggest football game of the year will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. 

During the pre-game coverage for NFL Super Bowl XLVIII, television news inadvertently broadcast the stadium's internal Wi-Fi login credentials.

In an effort to avoid the 2013 Super Bowl power outage, officials put the MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands sports complex through multiple power and utilities tests. 

The San Francisco 49ers play the Baltimore Ravens this weekend in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII, and the city’s police force is counting on support from law enforcement agencies to help secure the sport’s biggest game. Like winning the big game itself, keeping the peace during the Super Bowl will be a team effort.

Low-flying government planes, bomb-sniffing dogs, magnetometers, high-tech mobile command centers, SWAT officers, police horses or robots will all be a part of the massive annual security effort that comes with hosting the Super Bowl, which has long been considered a potential terrorist target