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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

The Center for Digital Education is offering an Ohio Higher Education IT Leadership Summit for those working to grow their technology leadership careers. Areas to be explored include principles of managing, how to lead with the right influence, communications/collaboration strategies, problem solving tips, and ways to manage time during hectic periods. Those attending will gain an improved understanding of how to build, recruit, retain, think...

The Center for Digital Education is offering a Michigan Higher Education IT Leadership Summit for those working to grow their technology leadership careers. Areas to be explored include principles of managing, how to lead with the right influence, communications/collaboration strategies, problem solving tips, and ways to manage time during hectic periods. Those attending will gain an improved understanding of how to build, recruit, retain, thi...

AUSA’s Noon Report Webinar series invites you to join us on Thursday, 7 September 2023, at 12:00 EDT to hear a presentation by John H. Davis, author of Combat to College: Applying the Military Mentality as a Student Veteran. Davis—a former paratrooper who says he was the most tattooed person at Harvard—will give practical advice to veterans who may be struggling as they start their college careers.

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...