Whether it’s misinformation, concerns over personal data or a general reticence over the implementation of new technology, biometric solutions on campus are still not pervasive. Still, successful university deployments of biometrics for access control, privilege control and authentication have already...
The Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) has made the wearing of student ID cards compulsory while on campus. The new ID card measure has been classed as standard procedure, and seen as a way to better ensure...
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has taken a hard stance on classroom barricade devices, stressing that these supposed safety measures can cause more harm than they prevent. The warning comes in support of an effort launched by the Door Security...
Three men at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford have been arrested on allegations they conspired to make numerous vending machine purchases with someone else’s student ID card. The incident was reported to police after a student noticed 51 vending...
HID Global's Brett St. Pierre discusses how campus challenges like school violence and fraudulent ID card usage, as well as the ever-present need to evolve and expand services are challenging university administrators to improve security without compromising campus accessibility or...
The University of Mississippi and Emory University's Atlanta and Oxford campuses have all partnered with mobile safety app platform LiveSafe to deliver real-time security communication. The app enables campus communities to report non-emergency tips including threats, disturbances, assaults, theft, stalking,...
A Temple University student was able to use a Target gift card -- rather than the university's OWLcard student ID -- to bypass security desks in 13 campus buildings. Expecting to be turned away by security guards for presenting a...
The Texas A&M University System has selected online proctoring software and support specialist, Examity, as one of its test integrity solutions. The agreement enables Examity to provide online proctoring services for 11 universities within The Texas A&M University System.
Loyola Marymount's Department of Public Safety will launch a tailored version of the LiveSafe app on campus in November as part of a larger campus safety effort that will replace some of the campus' blue light emergency phones. University officials...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
