Security Spotlight
- The United States Department of Education is beefing up support for school safety and security programs. ED this week launched $26 million in emergency management grants, which are being awarded to 108 school districts; the department has also announced $32.8 million in safety and health grants.More
School Security News & Issues
- Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown that public information gleaned from governmental sources, commercial databases, and online social networks can be used to routinely predict most--and sometimes all--of an individual's nine-digit Social Security number.More
- A recent study found that teaching students about unsafe online behavior and cyberbullying can reduce its impact, at least in the short-term.More
- Oracle has begun releasing pieces of its identity management suite, Oracle Identity Management 11g. The first set of enhancements has surfaced in releases of Oracle Platform Security Services, Oracle Directory Services, and Oracle Identity Federation 11g, among other applications.More
- Lightspeed Systems has released the Educational Video Library, a new tool that allows teachers to review YouTube content and choose files to submit to the district administrator for approval.More
- The Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA) has entered into a partnership agreement with school notification company SchoolReach, making the vendor's SchoolReach system available for a discount to member schools.More
- Junior Achievement (JA) World's Huizenga Center at Broward College in Coconut Creek, FL has signed with Sonitrol for a sophisticated access control and school security system. More
- Wren Solutions has developed a new Web-based tool that helps administrators and school resource officers assess potential security and safety risks.More
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