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Providers Rise to Meet the Challenge of K–12 Data Security

EdTech Magazine

As data becomes integral to K–12 education, administrators face new challenges to ensure they keep students’ information safe. . Access and Participation: Users have the right to access their data and, if necessary, edit the information. Providers Rise to Meet the Challenge of K–12 Data Security. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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3 Ways K-12 Schools Can Improve Their Cybersecurity in 2019

EdTech Magazine

In particular, education institutions struggled with application security, endpoint security and patching cadence, according to the “ 2018 Education Cybersecurity Report ,” conducted by the information security company SecurityScorecard. One way to do so is to build application security into system development.

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Teaching cybersecurity to your students: 3 basic tips

Neo LMS

According to a study done by Symantec , apps with the most cybersecurity issues are lifestyle apps, which account for 27 percent of malicious apps. This can open the door for others to sign in after you and access your online profiles and any other personal information that might’ve been saved. Don’t fall for phishing scams.

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K–12 IT Teams Use Phishing Simulations to Boost Cybersecurity

EdTech Magazine

The value of digital information is rising, and with it the importance of keeping that information safe. This need rings especially true in K–12 institutions that must protect the information of students, many of whom are too young to understand the value of their data. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 07/19/2018 - 13:36.

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The K-12 Business Model: How to Innovate in an Ever-Changing Learning Environment

EdNews Daily

When you’re the company behind those classroom solutions that are either deemed essential or scrapable at the end of the year, it’s imperative to keep a finger on the pulse of those conversations districts are having on an annual basis. Don’t be the company that rests on its performance in the classroom from the year before.

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Using Social-Emotional Learning to Combat Digital Stress

edWeb.net

Breaking into someone’s account or phone, which also includes the pressure to remember login information and to remember to log out. This edWeb broadcast was hosted Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. Being outed, shamed or humiliated.

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Silver Lake Acquires Majority Stake in Weld North’s Digital Curriculum Business

Edsurge

For more than two decades, Jonathan Grayer has made a career out of welding educational companies. In 2010, he pooled his own money with KKR, a private equity firm, to launch Weld North , which has since acquired another 16 edtech companies (and invested in 4 others). Yet that’s not all.