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

EdTech Magazine

The principles highlight five key points: Notice and Awareness: Parents, students and other users must be notified that district systems are collecting their data. . Currently, several companies lead the way with offerings that address the diverse infrastructure challenges of data collection through enhanced interoperability.

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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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K–12 IT Teams Use Phishing Simulations to Boost Cybersecurity

EdTech Magazine

While cybersecurity systems are becoming more advanced and difficult to bypass, human error remains a significant vulnerability when it comes to protecting student data. By far the greatest vulnerability to our systems is internal staff who fall victim to phishing attempts,” Couch said during the hearing, EdScoop reports.

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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. These systems typically require you to enter both your password and a special code sent to your phone or email. Music and audio apps account for 20 percent. Invest in antivirus protection.

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4 Tips for Controlling Shadow IT

EdTech Magazine

In fact, Gartner recently estimated that, on average, 40 percent of IT spending at companies is on shadow IT. It’s likely that in K–12 school districts, where IT is typically more physically and logically distributed than in the average company, shadow IT may be even more widespread.

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Using Social-Emotional Learning to Combat Digital Stress

edWeb.net

This edWeb broadcast was hosted Common Sense Education and sponsored by Symantec. Symantec was founded in 1982 by visionary computer scientists. The company has evolved to become one of the world’s largest software companies with more than 18,500 employees in more than 50 countries. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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

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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.