Site Assessments

The Risky Business of DIY Security: There Is a Better Way

A serious pitfall of Do-It-Yourself campus security is the temptation to tackle a project that should be entrusted to professionals.

How SAVI Can Help Schools and Universities Improve Security

Here’s an overview of NAPCO’s SAVI, a self-auditing tool that schools and universities can use to evaluate their safety and security needs.

Why You Should be Using Red Teams to Enhance Hospital Security

Red Teams can evaluate campus protection measures and challenge your assumptions about how secure your hospital is against the threats posed by criminals, terrorists and others.

Safe Havens to Conduct Security Assessment of Broward County Schools

The assessments will be done in two phases, including a physical assessment of each school and an assessment of each school’s safety operations.

Sage Advice from a School Security Veteran

Former Houston ISD security manager Byron Thurmond encourages campuses to see challenges as opportunities.

There Is No Such Thing as Plausible Deniability in School Safety

Just because you don’t know about a threat doesn’t mean you aren’t liable for it.

In Search of a Repeatable, Affordable School Security Model

One North Carolina elementary school demonstrates how risk assessments, technology and policies can be implemented in a cost-effective way to improve safety. Could this model apply to your K-12 campus?

43% of K-12, Higher Ed Security Professionals Not Satisfied With Frequency of Risk Assessments

Survey shows many university, school and hospital protection professionals want their campuses to conduct more risk/vulnerability reviews.

School Perimeter Security and Safety Assessments

This site assessment of an Ohio elementary school shows what the campus is doing right and what needs improvement with regard to its perimeter and outside security and safety.

Fla. College Conducts Security Measure Survey