author Marlee Hirson, Wednesday March 2, 2016



If you had the choice between knowing about a crime alert on campus or not, even if the content may be distressing, which would you choose? [Read More]

author Marlee Hirson, Wednesday February 24, 2016


A recent article discusses the implications of removing campus blue light poles in favour of mobile blue lights. Here are 5 reasons why mobile safety apps can replace manual blue lights. [Read More]

author Marlee Hirson, Wednesday February 17, 2016


An article published by Inside Higher Ed titled “Should I Stay or Should I Go” discusses the issue of college and university students not taking campus alerts seriously and failing to react quickly to them. This highlights the importance of both properly educating your campus and using emergency notifications to avoid user apathy. [Read More]

author Marlee Hirson, Tuesday February 9, 2016


SAFEHawk, AppArmor’s mobile safety app for Wilfrid Laurier University was mentioned in an article as one of the “Three Game Changing Apps for Students”. [Read More]

author Marlee Hirson, Monday February 8, 2016


In light of the recent events that occurred at Vancouver Island University(VIU), AppArmor’s mobile safety app for VIU, called Safety@VIU, received extremely positive recognition from the University and Global News. [Read More]