Security/Privacy

MDI Wins Contract To Provide Texas District Close Circuit TV, Security Products

9/15/2008

MDI announced last week that it has been selected by Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District (Cy-Fair ISD) to provide a variety of security products and services to the 70-campus district. Read More

Walling Data Deploys AVG ANti-Virus for Arkansas District

9/15/2008

Arkadelphia Public Schools in Arkansas has switched to AVG Anti-Virus--with the help of value-added technology distributor, Walling Data Systems--to secure the district's network of more than 700 workstations. Read More

Alabama School District Graduates to Application Whitelisting

9/11/2008

Trussville City School District in Alabama has selected Bit9 Parity to secure its computers, replacing application control technology from Lumension Security. The new school district, with five schools and 4,150 students, created a state-of-the art, technology-focused curriculum that uses blogs, podcasts, and other Web 2.0 approaches as part of the learning process. A majority of teachers and students in the sixth grade have been issued laptop computers, which introduced security challenges. Read More

Georgia District Struggling with Web Proxies and Network Invisibility Implements iTrust

9/11/2008

Dougherty County Schools in Albany, GA has selected DeepNines iTrust to secure its students and control its network. The 17,000-student district found that despite its investment in a content filter, students were using Web proxies and other circumvention techniques to access inappropriate material online during school hours. The district also needed a solution that could provide granular network control. Read More

Valcom and Keltron Integrate Technologies for a Life Safety Communications System

9/11/2008

Valcom, which sells telephone integrated paging systems, and Keltron, which sells life safety event management systems, have formed a partnership to offer Total Life Safety Communications System, an integrated, wireless system that provides extended life safety communications for organizations with multiple buildings. Read More

Scottsdale Unified Works with GE Security on District Security Assessment

8/28/2008

Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona has completed the first phase of a district-wide strategic security master planning process designed to boost safety and support student achievement. The district recently received results of the security assessment from GE Security, including recommendations on ways security might be further improved throughout the district's schools. Read More

Poway USD Implements iPrism Web Filter To Increase Productivity, Cut Costs

8/15/2008

Poway Unified School District (USD) has deployed St. Bernard Software's iPrism 100h Web filter. The new implementation is intended to cut costs, save time, and provide a useful set of reporting and tracking features. Read More

Teltronics, GE Security Partner for School IP Communications and Security

8/15/2008

Teltronics announced recently that it's been selected by GE Security to provide a new IP-based, secure multimedia platform that will serve as the next generation of the company's StarCall system. Dubbed StarCall iPLUS, the new SIP-compliant, IP-based platform is designed to provide a host of new features designed to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Read More

Dallas County Schools Hires MDI To Implement First Phase of Safety and Security Program

8/13/2008

Dallas County Schools has awarded MDI a contract to begin implementing the first phase of a school safety and security program within school facilities. That includes centralizing safety and security operations into the county school district's headquarters building. It will include the installation of security technology such as infrared detectors, biometric fingerprint readers, integrated time and attendance, and networked IP and wireless video surveillance. Read More

Fargo District Deploys Computer Management and Monitoring Technologies

8/12/2008

Fargo Public School District will be implementing NetSupport School (NSS), a classroom management program that allows the teacher or media instructor to control website access and record computer activities. The district has 14 public elementary schools, three middle schools, and two high schools, as well as an alternative high school. Enrollment is around 11,000, and district employs about 1,000 people. Read More