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In an Age of Cyberbullying and Exploitation, Digital Footprints Remain a Limited Part of Schools’ BTAM Processes

Do your school behavioral threat assessments take into account a holistic view of the student’s life? In 2024, U.S. teenagers spent an average of 4.8 hours a day using seven popular social media apps, according to research from the American Psychological Association. But only 15 percent of schools review a student’s publicly available online or social media footprint during every behavioral threat assessment case to assess a student’s risk of harm, 2025 data from the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) said.

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Security Technology: Entering the Agentic AI Era

Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are evolving to become tools with agency, aka agentic AI. The May issue of Security Technology looks at how security practitioners are using agentic AI and mitigating the risks associated with it.

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Protecting What’s Precious: Trade Secrets, Best Practices, and Children

Have you identified all of your trade secrets? It feels like table stakes, but it’s a critical first question to get all parties on the same page about trade secret protection, says Thomas Stutler, CPP. Then, ASIS Content Development Director Scott Briscoe shares some of the findings from the latest ASIS research report, sponsored by FacilityOS—including key takeaways about compliance, security controls, and adding value to the organization. To wrap up, Bruno Dias, CTM, PCI, explains how children’s behavior in-person and online is affected by their development. That context should inform behavioral threat assessments to avoid overreaction.

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Book Review: Private Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition

Your first feeling after reading Private Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, should be amazement that a single author could corral so many details about private security, even if you agree that security is expanding as our lifestyles evolve. 

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