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New tool to evaluate school security.


CDW CDW - data warehouse  GOVERNMENT (CDW-G CDW-G CDW - Government (formerly Computer Discount Warehouse - Government) ), THE LEADING SOURCE OF IT SOLUtions to government agencies and educators, recently published its School Safety Index Self-Assessment Self-assessment in an organisational setting, according to the EFQM definition, refers to a comprehensive, systematic and regular review of an organisation's activities and results referenced against the EFQM Excellence Model.  Tool, which allows you to participate in CDW-G's School Safety Index survey to learn how your district compares to the national school safety average CDW-G also recently reported. CDW-G surveyed 381 school district IT and security directors on 14 elements of physical and cybersafety.

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, CDW-G K12 senior director, says the new tool enables school leaders to understand how to improve the security of school learning environments.

The survey found that many districts have a variety of programs in place for data security, but not much beyond surveillance cameras to address physical security.

The self-assessment tool is online at www.schoolsafetyindex.com, and the survey report is available at www.cdwg.com/schoolsafetyindex.
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Title Annotation:BRIEFINGS: Security Update
Author:Miners, Zach
Publication:District Administration
Date:Oct 1, 2007
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