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Overcoming Legacy Infrastructure Throug...
Educational institutions and state and local agencies historically have been challenged to keep up with technological advancements – their budgets are tight, their users are increasingly distributed post-pandemic, and they face significant operating expenses from maintaining legacy architectures and equipment. Digital transformation is appealing, but for many organizations the challenge is where to start. As the generation of data has ex...
March 7, 2024
Organizer: FedInsider
Location: Webcast
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How State & Local Governments Can Secur...
State and local governments and education produce large amounts of unstructured data in a wide range of data types. From student report cards that contain personally identifiable information (PII) to municipal tax rolls full of information that fraudsters want to steal, these organizations have a data protection challenge on their hands. Keeping these diverse data sets safe and ensuring their high availability are essential for smooth educatio...
January 18, 2024
Organizer: FedInsider
Location: Webcast
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Boosting Cybersecurity Power for State,...
Cybersecurity professionals working for state and local agencies and educational systems are likely already aware that cyber attacks targeting their organizations are increasing sharply – the second quarter of 2023 saw a 40% increase over the first quarter of the year. System defenders face the ongoing challenges of resource constraints, increasingly complex networks, and data overload. Add in emerging cyber threats from the accelerating...
January 17, 2024
Organizer: FedInsider
Location: Webcast
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After an Attack: Cyber Recovery Best Pr...
Recent headlines have been full of stories about state and local governments and school systems being targeted by malicious actors. And these organizations are likely to face tight budgets and limited manpower to deal with a cyber threat. For many agencies, the reality is it’s a matter of when – not if – they will be attacked. There are steps that can be taken to be better prepared to cope with the arduous task of recovery, m...
January 11, 2024
Organizer: FedInsider
Location: Webcast
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ATARC Cybersecurity Higher Education ...
The Cybersecurity Higher Education and Workforce Development Working Group’s vision is to build a collaborative framework of educators, industry, and government to provide strategic recommendations on enhancing national cybersecurity education and workforce development. The group will recommend policy, best practices, and tools for the implementation of innovative and comprehensive national career pathways at all levels of education as w...
December 1, 2023
Organizer: ATARC
Location: Virtual
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ATARC Cybersecurity Higher Education ...
Join ATARC’s Cybersecurity Higher Education & Workforce Development Working Group monthly, Friday afternoon meeting. For more information on ATARC Working Groups contact ATARC’s Working Group Manager, Elizabeth Wyckoff, at ewyckoff@atarc.org. The post ATARC Cybersecurity Higher Education & Workforce Development Working Group appeared first on ATARC.
November 17, 2023
Organizer: ATARC
Location: Virtual
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English for Heritage Language Speakers...
Native speakers of critical languages are in high demand in the U.S. government. EHLS trains advanced English speakers to be effective communicators and strong candidates for federal jobs. The EHLS program is a fully funded scholarship that offers training in advanced English and career skills for U.S. citizens who have a college degree and are native speakers of Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Balochi, Bambara, Chinese Mandarin, Hausa, Hindi, K...
July 6, 2023
Organizer: English for Heritage Language Speakers
Location: Washington, DC
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K-12: Learning How to Protect Against R...
Our nation’s K-12 schools are data-rich, but often resource-poor. That combination makes them very attractive targets for ransomware attacks. The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, part of the Center for Internet Security, just released a new report that 29% of its member organization reported being victims of ransomware attacks – and the rapid expansion of remote learning in response to the pandemic has only made...
December 13, 2022
Organizer: FEDINSIDER
Location: Webcast
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Preparing K-12 to Defend Against Ransomware
Even before the pandemic, U.S. K-12 school districts were undergoing a digital transformation - digitizing paper-based processes and adopting ‘smart’ technologies for core services, including facilities management, transportation, HR and staffing, business services, and teaching and learning. The pandemic accelerated those trends, in support of providing online learning to children sheltering at home. But this also means that schoo...
August 18, 2022
Organizer: FEDINSIDER
Location: Webcast
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Reimagining Higher Education Technology...
The field of higher education faces a number of challenges - declining enrollments, evolving continuing education and workforce development needs, fast-changing classroom technologies, even heightened cybersecurity requirements to deal with the threat of ransomware. Gartner’s "Top Technology Trends in Higher Education for 2022," released in February, identifies the changes in higher education business models and students’ learning...
July 13, 2022
Organizer: FEDINSIDER
Location: Webcast
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