Campus Security
Solutions and Strategies for Higher Ed
3/13/2009

Security Spotlight

Campus Security News

  • Blackboard Teams with Acxiom To Deliver Student Identity Verification

    Blackboard and Acxiom have teamed up to authenticate the identities of distance learning students. Acxiom will make its Risk Identification Suite, prevalent in authenticating online banking transactions, available to Blackboard clients to verify the identity of distance learning students.More
  • Iona Aims To Shore Up Data Security

    Iona College in New Rochelle, NY is looking to bolster its data security while also protecting students and staff from potential identity theft.More
  • New Online Course Helps Campus Personnel Recognize Student Red-Flag Behaviors

    The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management (NCHERM) and Magna Publications have produced an online course to help higher education faculty and staff know how to recognize problematic behaviors, when to confront them, and how to report them.More
  • Virginia Tech, 6 Others Adopt Rapid7 Security Software

    Seven colleges and universities have gone public with their adoption of Rapid7 NeXpose security software. The University of Pennsylvania, Virginia Tech, Weill Cornell Medical College, University of Miami, Norwich University, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Mary Washington are now leveraging NeXpose to locate, assess, and eliminate vulnerabilities across networks, Web applications, servers, and databases.More
  • San Diego State Builds Radiation Detection System

    San Diego State University's Homeland Security Program and its Immersive Visualization Center (Viz Center) are partnering with Defentect and other vendors to establish a permanent gamma radiation detection perimeter system. The program demonstrates best practices and solutions to deter, detect, and defend against the illicit transport of radiological materials, which are the core components of dirty bombs. More
  • Spanish University Rolls Out Multi-Function Identity Cards

    Spain's University Politecnica Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona will be rolling out a university identity card from Banco Santander that uses technology from Gemalto, which develops digital security software.More