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Regardless of campus size or building locations, the challenges faced by educational institutions are often the same. The need to survey a wide area of both interior and exterior spaces without violating labor agreements or privacy rights. Maintain spaces that are still conducive to learning and allow students, faculty, staff, and visitors to easily navigate the campus, while also making it impenetrable to intruders. Throw in budget cutbacks that many institutions face, and today's security solutions must deliver more while also being cost-effective. A unified IP security platform lets your team handle it all. From a single solution, your operators can view video, manage door security, and enforce parking across various locations on campus. You can also extend system capabilities to others such as facility managers who can ensure everyone on campus has the credentials, they need to move freely from building to building. Even with limited resources, the unified platform keeps your team efficient. Whether it's a break-in at a lab or a dispute in the cafeteria, operators can see what's happening and make faster, more informed decisions, while still maintaining an individual's privacy. They can use intuitive maps to get different views of the situation and track suspects through a campus. With easy-to-follow response procedures, the system will guide your operators through the right steps to reach a resolution. Your team will also be alerted to potential risks or improvements. This could be a device suddenly falling offline or a required software update that addresses known vulnerabilities. With these capabilities and other built-in privacy and cybersecurity measures, your team can protect identities and keep data out of the wrong hands. 5 questions to ask before making your security purchase 1 Can we keep existing infrastructure? With an open security platform, you can keep all existing cameras, door controllers, and other network infrastructure. This decreases your costs while providing all the system tools and capabilities that help operators safeguard your sites, students, and staff. 2 How do we keep our security data cybersecure? To keep up with cybersecurity compliancies, you need to ensure that student records and other sensitive information stay safe. With the right security platform, protect your data and become resilient to cyber threats with authentication and encryptions. 3 Is there a better way to manage digital evidence in the same system? Today, you can speed up investigations on liability, theft, fraud, or other crimes using a digital evidence management system. Instead of wasting time and money copying files to USB sticks, you can securely email digital files to law enforcement or authorized individuals. 4 Can we enhance parking oper- ations using our security platform? Within a unified platform, you can add automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) to enforce parking lots in less time and increase revenues without adding more staff. You can also use the ALPR system to better understand lot occupancy or to track unwanted vehicles accessing your facilities. 5 How can we work with law enforcement during emergencies? Your security platform should allow you to foster city-wide connections by securely sharing video or system access with local police departments. With more data, they'll be able to quickly assist your team, no matter the situation.