Alpha Recon, an innovative risk management technology firm, recently released an effective and easy to use software platform for schools. The software is called "Auxilium" (Latin for "help" or "support"), and helps school security, operations, and administration personnel "connect the dots" across hundreds of threat categories. The software enables school risk management stakeholders to monitor early warning signs and indicators of threats such as suicide, violence, drug use, human trafficking, sexual crimes, human risk, physical threats, disruptions, disease, and more. The platform uses open web, deep web, and dark web technologies as well as harnessing a built-in crowd sourced mobile app. Although just entering the education industry, the software has already helped schools prevent suicides and violent encounters.
This solution helps at a time when many states are requiring more proactive and comprehensive solutions to stay ahead of daily risks students and staff face every day. Trying to collect and analyze all of the publicly available data and internal information is difficult for schools that often don't have access, subject matter expertise, or technology to perform more difficult and proactive threat analysis activities. The Auxilium platform also has built in security and communication tools that not only help with prevention of high impact threats, but also help with improved outcomes with first responders, establishing a security culture across the school district, and aid security or risk management programs.
"Security cameras, metal detectors, and tracking tags, are expensive and make schools look and feel like prisons," says CEO and founder Toby Houchens, a strategic security risk management expert. "Although physical security can help as a deterrent or during a crisis response, they are rarely helpful when the goal to avoid a crisis in the first place, or when you want to establish a more effective risk management program."
The company is offering school districts, universities, colleges, and charter schools help with funding through assistance with federal and state grants. The solution is cost effective and the goal is to ensure that all schools have access to the technology along with associated law enforcement agencies. Auxilium is being offered to try for no charge to schools during the current economic crisis. Law enforcement agencies are also welcomed to continue getting involved with enhanced risk intelligence and response capabilities. Please visit the website or email [email protected] for free intelligence and risk management products, a demo, or more information.