Home > Resources > Whitepapers > SECURING OUR FUTURE: BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CAMPUS SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION

SECURING OUR FUTURE: BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CAMPUS SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION

A technology tool that is currently available and in use at institutions of higher education and other organizations is the use of social media monitoring software applications and/or third party monitoring services. While some institutions are manually reviewing social media content (i.e., individually reviewing sites for threats or setting Google alerts for keyword usage), there are a variety of companies that offer software and services for this purpose, which is significantly more efficient and effective. The software that is currently available can aggregate data via key phrases, hashtags, geofencing, and algorithms, working with meta-data in real-time to help officials identify and mitigate threats, reduce crime, and bring actionable intelligence for review and mitigation. The software applications can be purchased for use by the institution or they can hire a third party service, providing the institution with direct alerts whenever the agreed upon threshold for a threat presents itself.

Spotlight

MoreDirect

MoreDirect, Inc. is an industry-leading IT solutions provider for corporate enterprises. From hardware and software, to complex services and solutions like complete data center and virtualization optimization, our team can make IT innovations a reality. With its proprietary procurement system, Traxx™, MoreDirect connects clients to items from over 2,000 IT resellers and manufacturers, empowering them to electronically source, price-check, and evaluate a product in the channel in real-time. This gives clients the option to purchase based on price, location, quantity and availability.

OTHER WHITEPAPERS

Modernize Your Payments Architecture

whitePaper | August 9, 2020

The payments industry is going through a period of massive disruption. Consumers increasingly expect a fast, easy payment process, coupled with immediate, uninterrupted access to account information and services.

Best Practices for Secure Access of Third Party APIs from Mobile Apps

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

Mobile apps typically communicate with several backend services over the Internet. In some cases those services may have been developed specifically for that mobile app, but in most cases the app will be dependent on services developed by a 3rd party. This whitepaper discusses how communication with those services can be properly secured, and how Approov’s new runtime secrets protection feature enables significantly enhanced security to be added with a minimum of development effort.

Delivering Exceptional Customer Experience Through Your Contact Center

whitePaper | October 3, 2022

Contact center associates deal with complex incall tasks, across multiple systems. High staff turnover is common, and training up new staff can take weeks or even months. These challenges can quickly begin to affect engagement, performance and KPIs. With a cohesive digital strategy, your Digital Workforce has instant access to all customer information from one system, meeting the customer’s expectation of immediacy.

Government AI Readiness Index 2022

whitePaper | October 18, 2022

We first published this index five years ago. The world was different then. Governments were dealing with a landscape defined by benign growth, relative global stability, the optimism of an emergent technology. In 2022, it feels like everything has changed. It looks like we are entering a global recession, war has returned to Europe and AI breaks new ground every week. Just the last month has brought advances in art (Stable Diffusion), chat (ChatGPT) and negotiation (CICERO).

A PERSPECTIVE ON IT COST MANAGEMENT

whitePaper | August 10, 2020

2020 has posed significant, unexpected challenges to the world – and to IT departments in most organizations. Work practices have shifted rapidly and, given the volatile economic climate, many organizations are looking to protect against uncertainty and ensure business continuity by implementing cost savings initiatives. As an IT leader, you and your team are uniquely positioned to deliver added value to the organization by leveraging Technology Intelligence data to find these additional cost savings opportunities.

Embracing Ethical AI

whitePaper | September 2, 2022

The past several years brought about an abundance of change in how we as individuals, organizations, and a society approach daily life. Our views on ethics are evolving and our sense of acting with purpose is increasing – and as part of that, diversity, equity, and inclusion have become top corporate and personal objectives. Consumers are asking the brands they engage with for more transparency and are tasking them to act in ways that are fair and respectful to all stakeholders: suppliers, employees, prospects, and anyone else who interacts with the brand.

SECURING OUR FUTURE: BEST PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CAMPUS SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION