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[Federal](https://os.avasecurity.com/video/industries/federal-government) - [Healthcare](https://os.avasecurity.com/video/industries/healthcare) - [Hospitality](https://os.avasecurity.com/video/industries/hospitality) - [Retail](https://os.avasecurity.com/video/industries/retail) - [Municipalities](https://os.avasecurity.com/video/industries/municipalities) ![img-education-header-1](https://os.avasecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Video%20industries/img-education-header-1.jpg?width=2400&height=1600&name=img-education-header-1.jpg) # School security for a safe education environment **Industries** Keep your students and staff safe and your campuses protected. Find out how with Ava’s security solutions for every educational level, from K-12 schools to universities. [Get the brochure](http://www.avasecurity.com/library/school-security) ## Current industry challenges More than ever, schools and universities face increasing threats to their students, personnel, buildings, and grounds. Security managers must keep track of various locations: outdoor and indoor areas, playgrounds, sports fields, research laboratories, libraries, canteens, and more. With limited security budgets and a shortage of trained staff, educational institutions strive to provide an open, nurturing environment without compromising their students’ security and privacy. A comprehensive solution for the education sector must be efficient on three levels: preventing incidents, mitigating damage, and communicating as incidents are happening, and post-incident investigations. A typical school security system consists of video surveillance equipment, including IP cameras, a video management systems, video analytics, access control, as well as a secure and scalable IT infrastructure. Thus, educational facilities would greatly benefit from intelligent surveillance solutions that integrate easily with existing third-party security cameras while providing the same advanced functionality to analyze all the video footage with actionable insight in real-time. ### Industry trends **73**% of the Operations, Security, and IT managers running video monitoring systems in educational institutions in the US, Norway, Sweden, and the UK are experiencing accelerated cloud migration today. Source: Ava Cloud Video Security Survey, 2021 ## Why Ava Video Security Monitoring campuses to protect students, parents, and staff means balancing proactive measures with an effective response to incidents. Ava helps you identify unwanted events like vandalism, intrusion, loitering, parking violations, or people involved in suspicious acts so that you can focus on what truly matters: delivering positive academic experiences. ![Increase situational awareness](https://os.avasecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Video%20visual%20assets/Video%20-%20industries/Education/Increased%20situational%20awareness.jpg?width=460&height=306) ### Increased situational awareness Smart Presence™ depicts people as dots on maps and live footage of persons of interest. Combine with access control to monitor hallways for a complete picture of loitering, theft, or even active shooter scenarios. Gain insights through occupancy counting and heatmaps in classrooms, libraries, and other communal areas for better energy efficiency and COVID-19 social distancing compliance to better manage the flow of people and traffic across multiple campuses. ![Anomaly detection in real-time](https://os.avasecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Video%20visual%20assets/Video%20-%20industries/Education/Anomaly%20detection%20in%20real-time.jpg?width=460&height=306) ### Detect anomalies in real time Powered by Spotlight, the dynamic Video view with instant notifications draws attention to the relevant video feeds with potential risks. Identify intruder break-ins, loitering, guns, or unauthorized vehicles in real-time. Your operators can switch between live and playback with the click of a button. Gain additional insights via Ava’s audio detection to identify sound patterns and get alerted in real time. ![img_one-click-config](https://os.avasecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Video%20visual%20assets/Video%20-%20Dome/img_one-click-config.jpg?width=460&height=306) ### Install and manage with ease We designed our cloud-based video security solution for overall simplicity and readiness for deployment. Ava Compact Dome, Ava Dome, and Ava 360 have a plug-and-play configuration that removes the need for usernames, passwords, pre-configuration set-up, or default settings. Scan the unique QR codes on the security cameras to onboard them to the Aware Cloud video management system. ![Accurate search within minutes](https://os.avasecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Video%20visual%20assets/Video%20-%20industries/Education/Accurate%20search%20within%20minutes.jpg?width=460&height=306) ### Search accurately within minutes Ava’s Smart SearchTM allows your operators to search by appearance, events, objects, similarity, or image. Recovering lost or stolen objects, such as laptops or vehicles, identifying suspicious people inside or just outside campus, or locating missing students now take minutes instead of hours. With the same or fewer resources, your operators can provide compelling evidence and mitigate liability risks. ![always-on-security](https://os.avasecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Video%20visual%20assets/Video%20-%20Dome/always-on-security.jpg?width=460&height=306) ### Stay cyber protected at all times Ava brings always-on protection from cybersecurity threats and unauthorized access. Set camera passwords at initialization, get factory-installed certificates, and always-on encryption for media transport and stored recordings. Video watermarking ensures no one can tamper with your records. ![Simple and flexible licensing](https://os.avasecurity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Video%20visual%20assets/Video%20-%20industries/Education/Simple%20and%20flexible%20licensing.jpg?width=460&height=306) ### Benefit from simple and flexible licensing With a simple licensing model, Ava includes services and software upgrades. You no longer have to worry about integration charges, operator charges, API fees, or the complexity between small, medium, large, and enterprise services. ## Key benefits ![Build from existing investment while retaining privacy](https://os.avasecurity.com/hubfs/Icons/resilient.svg) ### Build from existing investment while retaining privacy - Make existing third-party cameras smart - Add access control systems to extend your capabilities - Video and metadata storage remains on-premises - Full site survivability and local access ![Secure and fast collaboration](https://os.avasecurity.com/hubfs/Icons/secure.svg) ### Collaborate securely and quickly - Access live feeds and recordings securely from anywhere - Share video links with law enforcement authorities to facilitate ease of investigations - Maintain the integrity of records with video watermarking ![Save storage and money](https://os.avasecurity.com/hubfs/Icons/data-throughput.svg) ### Save storage and money - Dynamically vary the bitrate within a stream based on object detection - Use less storage and bandwidth on playback while keeping the quality where and when you need it intelligently - Up to 200 cameras per Ava appliance—small footprint support for larger facilities ![Safe and nurturing environment](https://os.avasecurity.com/hubfs/Icons/industries-safe.svg) ### Ensure a safe and nurturing environment - Capture every detail at all times with discreet security cameras - Situational awareness to assess information in real-time and make conscious decisions - Enable preventative action through immediate response time ## Contact sales for questions or a live video security demo ## Thank you! 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