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This is less than ideal when dealing with a person or persons who may intend to cause others harm .
Organizations should have plans in place to protect people and property to minimize potential damage and reduce risk .
One solution that organizations have successfully implemented is combining alerting and lockdown tasks using a mass notification system ( MNS ).
With a mass notification system , organizations can enhance safety and communication by connecting to on-premises and mobile devices to broad-
( Meet InformaCast , a comprehensive emergency mass communication solution that al- lows users to leverage on site devices to IP phones , monitors , overhead paging systems , panic buttons and others to reach on premises employees , while also leverage mobile devices , Microsoft Teams and Cisco Webex Teams to remote workers .)
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