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Campus Security Solutions for Safer Higher Education

Campus security solutions need to fit the way a university actually works. Brivo Security Suite brings access control, video surveillance, mobile credentials, intrusion detection, and emergency tools into one platform. 

Brivo’s unified approach becomes even more crucial as campuses face funding pressure, enrollment challenges, and rising expectations for safety.

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Capabilities

A Complete Security Ecosystem for Universities

With Brivo, campus security teams can verify activity faster, respond with context, and manage the areas that matter most without extra work.

Access control for buildings, labs, and residence halls

Access control facilitates movement across residence halls, classroom buildings, and campus events. Leverage role-based access, multi-factor authentication (MFA) for select areas, and clear audit trails to manage on/off boarding and policy enforcement.

Video visibility for daily oversight and incident review

Video management systems provide context for daily operations and investigations. Teams can review events such as loitering, tailgating, theft, vandalism, crowd buildup, and weapons detection.

Mobile credentials for flexible campus access

Mobile credentials make it easy to update access as campus populations change. With student IDs in Apple Wallet, universities can provide flexible credentials for housing, academic spaces, and selected events.

Supporting residence hall and after-hours entry

Centralized management supports late-night entry, visitor access, emergency lockdowns, 911 integrations, and fast coordination during critical moments.

Flexible Access Management

Access for the Entire Academic Community

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Campus security teams need a simple way to issue temporary permissions for guests, vendors, and short-term campus activities.

A centralized system supports the kinds of daily touchpoints campuses already manage, such as student movement through housing, dining halls, and libraries.

Brivo Visitor Management, powered by Envoy, helps teams preregister visitors and assign time-based access.

Platform

Unify Disconnected Buildings on a Single Platform

On a university campus, visibility matters as much as control. Brivo Security Suite helps campuses apply consistent policies, update permissions quickly, and manage locations remotely.

Campus-wide visibility

Identify gaps across open-campus buildings in a single operational view.

Mobile credential updates

Update access more quickly as user, role, and semester needs change.

Remote video monitoring

Augment on-site security staffing by providing added oversight spaces.

Connected campus workflows

Integrate identity, access, and campus systems to reduce duplicate updates.

Automated response

Support lockdown actions and faster coordination across campus.

Proactive Protection

Brivo Enables Public Safety on Your Campus

With the integrated Brivo Eagle Eye Video, campuses can integrate detection, visibility, and response into a single workflow. So campus safety, facilities, and operations teams can respond quickly to threats and coordinate clearly with public safety partners.

911 Camera Sharing

Emergency telecommunicators’ access to preselected cameras during emergencies.

AI-powered gun detection

Campuses proactively identify potential threats and move faster with verification and response.

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Verified threat alerts

Send near-real-time notifications by SMS, email, or phone to designated teams.

Emergency Mass Notifications

Push critical information to the entire campus population instantly during severe weather, an active shooter, or other critical event.

Face Match alerts

Flag a known individual, such as a former student of concern, for faster follow-up when deployed and permitted by policy.

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Review incidents and pull evidence efficiently to meet federal transparency mandates and defend against litigation.

Trusted Security for Higher Education with Brivo Security Suite

Move beyond disconnected legacy tools and manage campus security on a single, flexible, cloud-based platform with access, video, and intrusion capabilities.

Centralized administration makes it easy to apply policies uniformly, support campus growth, and keep access current as users change over time.

Brivo also backs that approach with recognized security standards, including SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022.

Common Questions About Campus Security Systems

What should a university's security system include?

A modern university security system should integrate access control, video surveillance, alerts, mobile credentials, campus identity, mass notifications and centralized management. That gives higher education security teams one place to manage doors and receive alerts. review activity, and respond faster when something changes.

How do campus security solutions improve residence hall safety?

Campus security solutions improve residence hall security by offering more control over who can enter and when. Role-based permissions, audit trails, and mobile credentials for campuses help housing teams keep access current and enable visual monitoring and review of after-hours activity with less manual work.

Can campus security solutions support emergency lockdowns?

Yes. A cloud-based campus lockdown system can help teams remotely secure selected doors, confirm and monitor activity via video, and coordinate campus emergency response from a single platform. That supports faster decisions during critical events.

How do I choose the right college security system?

The right security system should match daily campus operations, not just emergency scenarios. Look for flexible administration, scalable deployment, campus visitor management, operational efficiencies, and integrations that support safer workflows across housing, academics, and shared spaces.