Education
Reflections on security challenges for schools, universities and colleges.
Podcast: Unlocking smart cards
Whether you call them credentials, badges, or ID cards, the world of access card technology can be a confusing one. Learn about the misconceptions and …
Podcast: Unlocking Video Surveillance
Security cameras are smarter than ever before. The move from analog to IP-based digital video surveillance has allowed cameras to go from a documentary …
Podcast: Unlocking Physical Security Costs
In Episode 2 of the new podcast 'Unlocked', we take you on the journey of an IT Director at a small college as he navigates through the sometimes choppy …
Podcast: Unlocking Campus Lockdown
Active shooter emergencies are a reality on today's campuses. On this first episode of the podcast series 'Unlocked', we take a look at what can go wrong …
Benefit from young innovators
By 2020, Millennials will make up over a third of the global workforce, bringing with them challenges as well as opportunities for potential employers. …
Students impress with innovative designs
A futuristic smart lock system resembling an animated robot character has been voted the most innovative design in a competition held for industrial design …
Listening to the Voice of the Customer
How can you understand customer needs and increase benefits of new products? ASSA ABLOY is using Voice of Customer (VoC) exercises to do just that. Customer …
Pride fosters secure schools
As security requirements expand within schools, educators are faced with a balancing act. How do you ensure safety without turning schools into fortresses?
Smartphones open campus doors
Mobile phones are second nature to today’s students which is why security and NFC mobile phone applications are making their way to campuses worldwide.
Not without my magstripe card
Magnetic stripe cards have been popular on campuses for years and their appeal shows little sign of waning. But external factors may be providing the impetus …
Schools combat cheating
The Internet, wireless communication and mobile phone cameras have put cheating within clicking distance for students. Schools are responding with increasingly …
Identity control online
As technology improves, establishing who’s who, especially online and through non-traditional identification methods, is becoming increasingly difficult.