Tag: School safety and security
Kansas school district deploys ZeroEyes AI solutions
June 24, 2026SSN Staff
PHILADELPHIA – ZeroEyes, creators of a multi-analytics weapons detection and threat intelligence platform, today announced that its artificial intelligence (AI) gun detection and intelligent situational awareness software has been deployed by Kansas’ Meade USD 226 to help protect the district’s approximately 350 students, 40 staffers and visitors across two schools from gun-related threats. The addition of ZeroEyes complements the district’s multilayered security plan, which...
CISA hosting inaugural National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security
October 19, 2022SSN Staff
WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has announced the first National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security to be held Nov. 1-3 this year.
The virtual event will be the opening volley in the CISA’s Infrastructure Security Month and will feature a variety of experts in the practice of school safety. The CISA have said that CISA Director Jen Easterly, and Tony Montalto the president of Stand with Parkland will deliver keynote remarks (Montalto...
Spending bill provides funding for school safety
March 28, 2018Paul Ragusa
School safety grants administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)—a major policy priority for the Security Industry Association (SIA) since 2008—will provide $25 million immediately, and $33 million annually, as provisioned in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, which was officially signed into law by the president earlier this week.
The new law provides $25 million immediately for school security technology and equipment in addition to emergency communications systems...