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    Campus Safety & Security
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    If security is not a profit center but still has value, how do you position corporate security to be that business enabler?
    Aug. 8, 2022
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    Although edge video surveillance solutions seem like the next greatest trend in security, it is not a one solution fits all situation.
    Aug. 8, 2022
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    As devices become more disparate across the network, security professionals must create a secure infrastructure for them all to reside.
    Aug. 8, 2022
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    Many lessons were learned in the Columbine shooting in 1999 and numerous new policies and procedures were created. However, to effectively meet the challenges of an active shooter event, personnel require training and equipment.
    Aug. 8, 2022
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    We all have a duty and an obligation to equip our personnel with specific communications and script messaging techniques to become “professional communicators.”
    Aug. 8, 2022

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    The growing adoption of physical access control systems to monitor occupancy data is just one of the outcomes of the global pandemic
    July 11, 2022
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    Many opportunities abound in small access control applications.
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    July 11, 2022
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    July 11, 2022
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    Access chaos existed before the latest access control trends were introduced and will exist long after. Adding in the velocity of personnel changes in today’s workplace, due to both the growing number of movers, leavers, joiners and the new hybrid workforce, access chaos will only increase in complexity.
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    June 8, 2022
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    School security experts say it is time to start holding administrators responsible for safety on their campuses among other recommendations in the wake of this week's mass shooting at Ross Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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    Facial recognition as a credential is the ideal solution for organizations looking to deploy the most current, accurate, and rapid technology while simultaneously enhancing the user experience in most access control applications.
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    May 4, 2022
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