Security Provider Genetec Joins the ZeroNow School Safety Alliance
Washington, DC (PRWEB) July 26, 2023 -- ZeroNow’s goal to increase the pace and scale of technology innovation, ideas, and investment in school safety just got a boost from the addition of security expert Genetec as a ZeroNow Industry Partner. A leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, Genetec brings expertise in protecting people, assets and organizations from both physical and cybersecurity threats.
“Genetec is proud to be a member of the ZeroNow alliance, which shares our commitment to employing innovative, cutting-edge technology, as part of the wholistic approach, to reduce the violence and aggression on school campuses to zero,” said Bruce Canal, school security subject matter expert and executive lead for education at Genetec. “Over the last 25 years, Genetec has seen that ensuring all physical security activities, functions, and data originate from within the same system is an advantage in preventing and addressing harmful events at schools. We look forward to contributing that and many other lessons learned to the ZeroNow collaboration.”
“Adding Genetec to the alliance expands our ‘brain trust’ of technology companies, educators, nonprofits and concerned individuals collaborating to make schools safer,” said Ara Bagdasarian, CEO and Co-Founder of ZeroNow. “Genetec’s experience as a provider of security, operations, and intelligence solutions augments our efforts to innovate and implement responsive and preventative measures in school attacks.”
Genetec collaborates with a global network of partners to provide unification and innovation, bringing multiple systems together and reducing redundancy, and cybersecurity solutions that protect data and privacy.
ZeroNow was founded by technology partners Additional, Axis Communications, Axon, Johnson Controls, and Omnilert, along with campus safety nonprofit partners the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), NASPA (the Association of Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education), Campus Safety Magazine, and VTV Family Outreach Foundation.
ABOUT ZERONOW
ZeroNow is the movement by the safety community to end harmful events in our schools. As a member-based non-profit, ZeroNow facilitates collaboration between industry, association, and education partners to foster new solutions to keep our campuses safe and secure.
ZeroNow brings safety assets and education safety leaders together to establish the standards for campus safety technology. We drive a unified voice to educate policymakers on the need for increased investment in school safety. For more information, please visit ZeroNow.org.
ABOUT GENETEC
Genetec Inc. is a global technology company that has been transforming the physical security industry for over 25 years. Today, the company develops solutions designed to improve security, intelligence, and operations for enterprises, governments, and the communities in which we live. Its flagship product, Security Center, is an open-architecture platform that unifies IP-based video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), communications, and analytics. Founded in 1997, and headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Genetec serves its customers via an extensive network of certified channel partners and consultants in over 159 countries. For more information, visit http://www.genetec.com.
Gigi Thompson Jarvis, CAE, ZeroNow, http://www.zeronow.org, 1 703-608-3434, [email protected]
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