Tag: Athena Security
Franciscan Health Olympia Fields partners with Athena Security
May 14, 2025SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas — Athena Security has announced Franciscan Health Olympia Fields hospital in Chicago's South Suburbs will utilize Athena Security's weapons detection platform.
Athena cited health care professionals experiencing the highest rates of workplace violence of any private industry sector as impetus for the partnership. Franciscan Alliance is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest with 12 hospital campuses in Indiana and Illinois, including Franciscan...
Athena Security deployed by LCISD
November 21, 2024SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas — The Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD) recently updated their security with the Weapons Detection Systems from Athena Security.
Citing campus security as a priority, LCISD Chief of Police Henry Garcia chose to deploy 24 of Athena's systems across LCISD to scan for concealed weapons at school entrances.
"It's a force multiplier," says Chief Garcia. "It puts us in a position to see and detect the things that we're not able to...
Athena Security adds evasion detection to weapons screening system
April 2, 2024SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas—Athena Security, a provider of advanced weapons detection systems (WDS), has announced the addition of evasion detection to its set of features from best practices from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
In crowded entryways, visitors sometimes try to elude the screening process, be it out of haste, unfamiliarity, or ill intent. Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the evasion detection locates individuals who attempt to bypass weapons detection portals while...
A shot in the arm
October 4, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
I’ve decided that the theme of this week’s blog will meander a bit more than usual, since there’s a couple of topics to check off the list.
First off, I wish you all the best health as it feels like it’s finally transitioning to fall here in Arizona. That’s normally the time of year when bugs start going around. This might be the first year on record that the virus you have to watch out for is a computer virus. I want to say the past two months have been host...
Champions Club Texas selects Athena Security’s Weapons Detection System
October 3, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
AUSTIN, Texas – Athena Security’s Concealed Weapons Detection System has been selected by Champions Club Texas to protect its patrons, members, and staff at a first-of-its-kind hospitality destination in Houston.
Located in Houston’s Westchase community, Champions Club Texas features a full-service hotel, lounge and bar with Southern-inspired cuisine and private-membership poker. Currently they’re celebrating its grand opening as a destination offering something for everyone,...
Cynerio collaborates with Microsoft on cybersecurity for healthcare industry
June 13, 2023SSN Staff
NEW YORK – On May 29, 2023, Mountain View Hospital and its partner clinics in Idaho Falls were hit by a cyber attack, affecting critical computer systems, and interfering with the operation of life saving devices, and it's only one of the most recent attacks on the healthcare industry.
Fortunately, cybersecurity vendors are moving to counter these incidents with enhanced security offerings and solutions, as is the case this week with connected healthcare cybersecurity provider Cynerio...
Athena Security system deployed at Jefferson Regional
May 1, 2023SSN Staff
AUSTIN, Texas – American security firm Athena Security has announced that its weapons detection system has been deployed by Jefferson Regional of Southwest Arkansas.
Jefferson Regional is a not-for-profit health facility with 300 beds providing essential healthcare services for 11 different counties for more than a century. In equipping themselves with the Athena Security weapons detection system they are carrying on a tradition of leveraging state of the art technology to better serve...
Athena addresses unreported attacks with Healthcare Violence Reporting software
March 10, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
AUSTIN, Texas – Athena Security rose to the challenge recently with the release of its latest software targeting unreported attacks in the healthcare industry.
The Healthcare Violence Reporting software provides clients using Athena’s Weapons Detection System with the tools to document and analyze incident data easily to help solve an increasing number of attacks. According to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office violence against healthcare workers is...
SSN Interview with HCA Executive Director Russell Marino
January 19, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
BATON ROUGE, La. – Last year Security Systems News reported on the installation of Athena Security’s weapon detection system at Hosanna Christian Academy. We sat down with school Executive Director Russell Marino to discuss how it’s been going.
This interview has been edited for length.
SSN: Could you tell me a little bit more about yourself and the Academy?
Marino: Coming out of LSU as a college graduate, I went into the Air Force and served as a pilot. I rose to the rank...
Call Me, Call Me Any, Anytime
January 11, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Any time, any place, any day. A little Blondie to start things off. Our operators are ready to receive you, and if you hadn’t guessed it’s still a little quiet on the news front here. Everyone’s still in that holiday funk and trying to shake it off. Which is not to say there’s been no news, far from it! CES 2023 wrapped up this past week and we got a good look at the tech lineup for the coming year.
For example, Ring announced the arrival of their security camera for cars....