EMU selected ZeroEyes following an extensive selection process and is the first higher education institution in Michigan to adopt an AI gun detection solution.

The university is encouraging all students, faculty and staff to download and use the SafeZone application, which is available free on iTunes or Google Play stores.

During a recent installment of the Security Industry Association’s “Vertical Insights Symposium Series,” Niall Jenkins of Omdia described the higher education sector as “more complex than most of the verticals” that the market research firm assesses. 

In 2020, the Slippery Rock IT and housing department’s leadership team moved some of its offline locks into an online system in student residences. 

While access control is a fundamental element of security in higher education, many aging access control systems urgently need to be upgraded, according to a survey of 1,800 higher education security and IT professionals conducted by Genetec and HID Global.