News March 27, 2023

More School Closings Coast-to-Coast Due to Ransomware

4 min read - Instead of snow days, students now get cyber days off. Cyberattacks are affecting school districts of all sizes from coast-to-coast. Some schools even completely shut down due to the attacks. The federal government recently warned that K-12 schools face a…

Data Protection December 7, 2022

Will the 2.5M Records Breach Impact Student Loan Relief?

2 min read - Over 2.5 million student loan accounts were breached in the summer of 2022, according to a recent Maine Attorney General data breach notification. The target of the breach was Nelnet Servicing, a servicing system and web portal provider for the…

Risk Management November 8, 2022

Defending Education from Cyber Threat Attackers

3 min read - Threat actors — and particularly ransomware attackers — have education institutions in their crosshairs. From Vice Society’s September attack on schools in California to Snach’s late October assault on schools in Wisconsin, threat actors are not holding back when it…

CISO August 20, 2021

New Collar: How Digital Badges and Skilling for Students Can Reduce the Skills Gap

4 min read - As the mom of a recent high school graduate, I silently cringe when a well-meaning person asks where he is heading to college. I’d prefer they asked a more open-ended question about what his plans for the future are. In…

Data Protection June 11, 2021

Educating the Educators: Protecting Student Data

5 min read - I found my 17-year-old son happily playing video games last year when he was supposed to be in virtual school. But after a few questions, I learned he wasn’t skipping school. His class had been canceled after his teacher fell…

Application Security June 2, 2021

School Cybersecurity: How Awareness Training Removes Attackers’ Options

3 min read - Keeping student data safe and maintaining information security in education are part of living in today’s world for educators. Why is it important to include data security in their work? Find an example of how to set up a school…

Cloud Security May 5, 2021

Improving Data Security in Schools: Remote Learning Increases Security Threats

3 min read - This blog is the last in a series about improving data security in schools. When learning moved from the classroom to the dining room, schools scrambled to ensure students had the tools they needed. A study conducted by FutureSource Consulting…

Advanced Threats April 30, 2021

3 Ransomware Threats in 2021 and How to Protect Against Them

4 min read - I’m sure I’m not the only one who expected the world to magically get back to normal — whatever that is — when the ball dropped on 2021. After seeing a rise in threats last year, no more ransomware, or…

Data Protection April 28, 2021

Improving Data Security in Schools: Privacy at a Distance

2 min read - This blog is the second in a series about improving data security in schools. Cyberattacks against colleges and universities can be fruitful. Few organizations hold the amount and variety of data that higher education does. Thousands, if not millions, of…

Data Protection February 8, 2021

Ransomware in the Remote Era: Attackers Impersonate Parents to Target Teachers

2 min read - Ransomware in 2020 brought new angles and targets, including more cyber threats to schools. Digital attackers may have impersonated parents in a new attempt to get teachers to open ransomware. When Ransomware Masquerades as a Class Assignment At the beginning…