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“Security operators
must balance the high expectations for an elevated and modernized campus experience, with the need to protect what matters most.”
Although you may immedi- ately think of educational facilities when someone says the word “campus,” these environments can also be found across a host of other vertical mar- kets, including healthcare, government and business enterprises. Regardless of the spe- cific market a campus fits into, the manage- ment staff responsible for these facilities are more focused on security than ever before. Traditional risks, such as workplace violence, terrorism and insider threats continue to evolve, while combating cybersecurity threats has gained importance when consid- ering a comprehensive security strategy.
Campus leaders have a tremendous responsibility in ensuring the protection of what matters most to their organization— students and faculty in a university setting, patients and hospital personnel in a health- care setting or corporate employees, custom- ers and customer data in a business setting. The stakes are high, and as the impact of these threats on an organization rises, the need for a real-time, predictive and compre- hensive security strategy increases.
The Data Challenge for
Campus Environments
The digital revolution and prevalence of con- nected devices has opened the door to a flurry of incoming data from numerous sys- tems and sensors, and campuses need mod- ern ways to capture and analyze this infor- mation to make informed decisions. At the same time, each connected device increases an organization’s vulnerability to nefarious activity and data breaches. A new compre- hensive security approach is necessary to help mitigate these risks so that campus lead- ers can gather, process and analyze the data available to them to enhance security, mod- ernize services offered on campus and increase operational efficiency.
The idea of an intelligent campus has grown over time as we’ve seen the Internet of Things (IoT) mature. At the same time, arti-
By Jeffrey Lewis
Intelligent Campuses Require An Advanced
data challenge
Security Strategy
The digital revolution has opened the door to a flurry of incoming data from numerous entities
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ficial intelligence (AI) and 5G have the potential to help all types of organizations offer better services, more robust user expe- riences and increased safety. Below, we take a closer look at which innovations and ideas are changing the campus security landscape and how you can gain the most value from them to improve your campus experience
while protecting what matters most.
The Heart of the Intelligent Campus
In the dynamic and fast-paced campus environment, security leaders need to look at managing security threats holistically. This can be a challenge, however, as securi- ty systems such as intrusion, access control