Recently, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the K-12 School Security Guide Companion Product for School Business Officials, a new resource to help school business officials support physical security planning and implementation initiatives in K-12 schools and school districts. This new companion product uses guidance and best practices outlined in CISA’s existing K-12 School Security Guide to introduce key school physical security concepts and help school business officials make more informed and strategic decisions around the appropriateness and prioritization of physical security investments and improvements. It includes specific information on how school business officials can participate in the school security planning process, address core elements of a school’s security system and consider detection, delay and response strategies at specific layers of a school campus.
The companion product also explains how school business officials can use resources such as the School Security Assessment Tool and SchoolSafety.gov Grants Finder Tool to assess vulnerabilities across a K-12 campus and identify funding opportunities to support physical security planning efforts.