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SCHOOL SECURITY BEST PRACTICES: THE SECURITY CONCERNS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:49:15 GMT

SCHOOL SECURITY BEST PRACTICES: THE SECURITY CONCERNS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY

In the wake of heartbreaking acts of violence at schools across the country, parents, school administrators, teachers and communities everywhere are left wondering how we can keep our children safe when they are at school, and how we can prevent future tragedies.

Security in schools has always been a top priority, but recently it has moved to a necessity. Active shooters in schools have increased the level of awareness and concern for overall campus safety. In 2002, the Secret Service completed the Safe School Initiative during which they analyzed 37 incidents involving 41 student attackers. The focus of the study was to develop information about pre-attack behavior and communications. The study determined that most of these acts were not impulsive but rather thought out and planned in advance. Most importantly, it was determined that fellow classmates of the attacker had reason to believe that a catastrophic event could occur.

The findings of this study indicate that some of the attacks potentially could have been prevented and emphasizes the importance of schools creating safe campus programs. Safety awareness programs, which students can and do participate in, could help improve the overall safe campus perception and encourage students to report activities which they may otherwise ignore.

In 2013, President Obama took action and put gun control on the national agenda when he issued his Gun Violence Reduction Executive Actions . Unfortunately, despite this spotlight and his executive orders, there is no simple or foolproof way to protect schools from violence. And, according to many education security experts, school shootings such as those at Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and Columbine are destined to happen again and again.

While there’s no way to predict or prevent school massacres, experts do agree there are best practices that schools can adopt to be more aware and prepared when these incidents occur:

Identifying Potential Threats

While it is understood that only a school psychologist or other mental health practitioner can truly determine and/or identify potential threats, it is important to develop guidelines so that other people know what to report. A threat could be an expression of violence in writing, or drawing. It might be patterns of impulsive or chronic intimidation or bullying of others or it may simply be social withdrawal. When someone notices these characteristics the proper persons should be promptly notified. It is possible that reporting these early warning signs may serve to help those troubled individuals and should be a part of any plan for prevention/intervention which may take place on the campus.

A few of the outward indicators of behavior which might be reported by a teacher, student, parent, or other concerned individual were developed by the National School Safety Center and are listed below:

Has a history of tantrums and uncontrollable angry outbursts;
Characteristically resorts to name calling, cursing or abusive language;
Habitually makes violent threats when angry;
Has previously brought a weapon to school;
Has a background of serious disciplinary problems at school and in the community;
Has a background of drug, alcohol or other substance abuse or dependency;
Is on the fringe of his/her peer group with few or no close friends;
Is preoccupied with weapons, explosives or other incendiary devices;
Has previously been truant, suspended or expelled from school;
Displays cruelty to animals;
Has little or no supervision and support from parents or a caring adult;
Has witnessed or been a victim of abuse or neglect in the home;
Has been bullied and/or bullies or intimidates peers or younger children;
Tends to blame others for difficulties and problems s/he causes her/himself;
Consistently prefers TV shows, movies or music expressing violent themes and acts;
Prefers reading materials dealing with violent themes, rituals and abuse;
Reflects anger, frustration and the dark side of life in school essays or writing projects;
Is involved with a gang or an antisocial group on the fringe of peer acceptance;
Is often depressed and/or has significant mood swings; and/or
Has threatened or attempted suicide.

Planning and Training

School shootings are unpredictable and evolve quickly. Preparedness is critical in any type of school incident, whether an active shooter, a bomb threat, or other terrorist activity. Typically it takes 10 to 15 minutes before law enforcement arrives on scene to stop the shooter and mitigate harm to victims. This means everyone on campus must be prepared mentally and physically to deal with such situations.

Expert security service providers take into consideration the research and recommendations on this critical topic made by many different federal agencies including but not limited to the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Education and the Health and Human Services on this critical topic. Research shows that prevention through communication and identifying early warning signs is one of the most critical parts of any campus security program.

Targeted violence in a school is defined as “any incident of violence where a known or knowable attacker selects a particular target prior to the violent attack taking place.” Taking this into consideration, the U.S. Secret Service published a guide titled Threat Assessment in Schools . This guide explains how to manage threatening situations and create safe school climates. By building assets which are integrated into the school, family and community, responsive decision-making can be developed.

Prepare - Here are some ways schools and students can be more prepared:
Hire a security director or appoint an employee who will be responsible for creating and implementing these emergency response plans, and coordinating all security activities for the school;
Establish a command and control center to mobilize, deploy, and report information regularly to local law enforcement and emergency responders;
Designate individuals familiar with the campus to serve as liaisons with responding emergency personnel;
Provide floor plans and schematics to emergency personnel beforehand, or have them available digitally for quick access when an emergency occurs;
Post evacuation routes in conspicuous locations throughout a facility and ensure the facility has at least two main evacuation routes;
Create and assemble crisis kits containing radios, floor plans, keys, staff roster and staff emergency contact numbers, first aid kits, and flashlights. Distribute them to appropriate staff and employees;
Place removable floor plans near entrances and exits for emergency responders; and
Conduct security audits on a regular and continuing basis.
Train – There is no better way to prepare for emergencies than training and education. Knowing what to do can save lives and reduce injury of staff and students. One of President Obama’s recent executive orders was to “provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.” This should help raise awareness and funding for school emergency training and response programs. Education practices that should be followed include:
Train staff to know and follow standardized procedures in an emergency and incorporate security into employee training programs;
Provide security information and training to all students;
Conduct regular exercises for active shooters. For years children have been exposed to fire, earthquake, and even bomb drills. The most effective way to train your staff to respond to an active shooter situation is to conduct mock active shooter training; and
Include local law enforcement and first responders during your training exercises and encourage law enforcement and emergency responders to train for an active shooter scenario at your location.

Hire Right

Large concentrations of students gathering inside and around school buildings on a regular schedule make schools vulnerable to child predators, as well as shooters and terrorists. So, it is critical for schools today to conduct diligent and thorough background checks and fingerprinting of all school personnel. Other hiring best practices for schools include:

- Vendors and service providers that have access to school grounds -- such as janitors, landscapers, and other maintenance workers -- should have the same stringent background checks and fingerprinting as every teacher and administrator;

- Cross-train every person who is employed on the campus – including vendors -- to develop safety and security awareness protocols that provide support to, and enhance, existing security programs; and

- Look for vendors with “safe campus” programs; these vendors consult with administration and other school vendors to create a culture of safety awareness that includes every person on campus, and becomes part of the security/safety solution.

Improve School Facilities

Because schools are relatively open access, it can be difficult to control access to schools without new technology and improved facilities maintenance.

Ways to define and maintain access control and better protect students while on school grounds include:

- Define the facility perimeter and areas within the facility that require access control;

- Maintain building access points to the minimum needed;

- Issue photo IDs for all school employees and students;

- Provide visitors with school issued identification badges when on school grounds and require visitor check-in with the front office upon arrival and departure;

- Control vehicle access to school parking lots;

- Evaluate campus needs and design a video monitoring, surveillance, and inspection program;

- Continuously monitor people entering and leaving the facility and establish protocols identifying suspicious behavior;

- Deploy personnel assigned to security duty to regularly inspect sensitive or critical areas;

- Vary security rounds and schedules to avoid predictability;

- Improve lighting across the campus and maintain the grounds;

- Make sure the school has enough utility service capacity to meet normal and emergency needs and provide adequate physical security; and

- Make sure employees are familiar with how to shut off utility services, etc.

Increase Communication

Good communication is critical in emergency situations to increase response times and reduce confusion, panic, misinformation, and possible injuries. All schools should have a communication plan in place. Here are some components of a good school communication program:

- Establish a liaison and regular communication with local law enforcement and community leaders;

- Install systems that provide communication with all people at the school including employees, students, visitors, and emergency response teams;

- Establish protocol and systems – such as email -- that provide alerts and to communicate with parents in emergency situations; and

- Develop a procedure for communicating with the public and the media regarding security issues.

Security Personnel

Whether the threat is vandalism, student violence, terrorist threats, or an active shooter, having a law enforcement officer or trained/armed security guard on campus can be a strong potential deterrent. Schools can work with local police to establish a school resource officer program. Or, schools can turn to private security companies to provide a trained and armed security guard to fulfill the role of school resource officer.

School Resource Officers - A school resource officer (SRO) is a law enforcement officer assigned to a school. Their main goal is to prevent juvenile delinquency by promoting positive relations between youth and law enforcement. SROs are not just "cops" on campus; they become part of the staff. They educate students by teaching law related classes, and counsel students and parents as well. The SRO becomes involved in the students' lives as a trusted figure to students and faculty, and a positive role model. The intent is that the officer becomes part of the school community, making the students feel safer, and provide another trained set of eyes and ears among students to help identify potential issues and vulnerabilities, and reduce juvenile crime.
Trained and Armed Security Guards – An economical and effective alternative to an SRO is a fully trained, armed security officer. Many security officers are former law enforcement officers who can be employed through a security company for almost half the cost of the sworn officer.

The protective measures outlined in this article are just some of the things K-12 to higher education schools, both public and private, should implement today to decrease facility vulnerabilities, and help deter and minimize the effects of future school shootings.

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THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2019 HAVE SEEN ENOUGH DATA BREACHES TO AFFECT AT LEAST A FEW BILLION PEOPLE.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:40:21 GMT

THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2019 HAVE SEEN ENOUGH DATA BREACHES TO AFFECT AT LEAST A FEW BILLION PEOPLE.

Excerpt from a loss prevention median article 8-20-2019

The first six months of 2019 have seen enough data breaches to affect at least a few billion people. The leaked data includes influencers’ phone numbers, security audit logs, student records, banking data, medical records, and much more.

Here are the five largest data breaches and leaks of the first six months of the year 2019:

1. Collections #1-5 (approx. 3 billion accounts)

Collection #1 appeared on the dark web in January. It is said to contain addresses and passwords from over 2,000 previous data breaches, which includes the emails and passwords of 770 million people. It appeared on the cloud service MEGA and was available for download via torrent magnet links. Collection #1 contained over 12,000 files and “weighs” more than 87 gigabytes.
A few weeks later, a megaleak titled Collections #2-5 containing approximately 25 billion unique records and roughly 2.2 billion unique usernames and passwords, most of the stolen data come from earlier thefts, like the breaches of Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Dropbox. Same as with the first batch of data, most of it came from years-old leaks.

2. Cloud Service Leak (2.3 billion files)

At the end of May, researchers from the Photon Research Team at Digital Shadows discovered that 2.3 billion files were accessible online due to configuration errors. The data was public across data-sharing and cloud services, online storage services, and companies’ servers. These files included medical scans, credit card details, payroll files, intellectual property patents, and at least 11 million photographs, many of which were considered private images. They went public on a Japanese photo-sharing platform called Theta360. Fortunately, the company reacted quickly and sealed the leak over the next 24 hours.

3. Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram (2.1 billion users)

This list would not be complete without Facebook and its companies. They are responsible for a whopping 2.1 billion users’ data getting breached or leaked. An Israeli government surveillance agency called the NSO Group designed the spyware. It could turn on a device’s microphone and camera, gain access to emails and messages, and collect location data.

4. Internet of Things: Orvibo (2 billion records)

The most recent breach on the list happened at the beginning of July. Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, researchers from vpnMentor, discovered that a user database belonging to a Chinese company called Orvibo, was left openly accessible online. Orbivo runs an Internet of Things management platform. Its database contained over 2 billion logs, including, among other things, users’ passwords, email addresses, geolocation details, and, most disturbingly, reset codes. They could be used to reset passwords and email addresses leaving the users locked out of their accounts forever.
Breaches and Collections by Gnosticplayers (over 1 billion accounts)
A hacker called Gnosticplayers has been putting batches of hacked data on a darknet website called Dream Market since mid-February. He stole 1.071 billion credentials from 45 companies by the end of May, a goal he was aiming for.
The hacker requested varying sums of bitcoin in exchange for the stolen info and promoted the data in the mass media. He claimed that his two main goals are money and the “downfall of American pigs.” Dishonorable Mention:

5. Medical and Financial Institutions

In June, nearly 12 million patients were exposed in a Quest Diagnostics data breach.
The next day, LabCorp disclosed that the same hack also impacted 7.7 million of their customers.
American Medical Collection Agency’s security breach was by far the worst. It exposed personal and financial information of over 20 million people.
Unfortunately, a lot of financial institutions also suffered from similar attacks. Just a few examples:
In June, data on 2.7 million individuals and 173,000 businesses was stolen by an employee of Canada’s largest credit union, Desjardins. Names, social insurance numbers, age, addresses, emails, and phone numbers were compromised.

Hackers infiltrated Chile’s ATM interbank network, Redbanc, after tricking an employee into downloading a malicious program.

In February UK-based Metro Bank became the first major bank to suffer from a new type of cyber intrusion that intercepts text messages with two-factor authentication codes.

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THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2019 HAVE SEEN ENOUGH DATA BREACHES TO AFFECT AT LEAST A FEW BILLION PEOPLE.

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