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...

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...

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...

Our communities, families, staff and students face ongoing and new challenges that impact student success. The purpose of this conference is to congregate leaders in the field of education, public policy, law enforcement, psychology and planning to expand the awareness and implementation of best practices and recommendations in school safety, security, trauma-informed services and mental/behavioral health resources. Participants will leave wit...

Learn how Oracle Digital Assistant automates engagement, provides a seamless workflow between bots and humans and improves efficiency while freeing up staff to focus on critical mission requirements. Discover new ways to connect Simplify interactions and improve productivity Build intelligence with AI and machine learning Integrate seamlessly to multiple back-end systems to transform your agency

Please join us for a live, interactive webinar to learn how to increase self-service and improve staff support. Empower employees to resolve issues on their own by offering knowledge base tools. Leverage knowledge base management capabilities to consolidate technical resources for issues your team encounters on a regular basis. Use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to add knowledge base articles to inbound tickets to sh...

Join Coursera’s leadership team and representatives from a community of over 200 organizations representing more than 75 countries as we come together to focus on the future of learning and building a more just world. You’ll enjoy exclusive opportunities to engage with our speakers and explore Coursera’s latest product developments. You can also attend a great lineup of breakout sessions. Topics include everything from workfo...

Higher Education faces a unique set of challenges when managing identities, securely connecting users to both SaaS and on-prem applications, and securing campus administrative servers. Complicating matters, colleges and universities service a broad range of personas including staff, faculty, adjunct faculty, admissions applicants, students, alumni, donors, contractors, athletics/arts supporters, and many others who walk across campus every day...

As technology continues to evolve and transform the way things function, technology leaders have been trying to discern what the future will hold. Now, in an era dominated by unprecedented challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, those conversations are taking on a new tone. This SNG Live Virtual session will explore agencies' rapid response to shift to remote tele-work during the early days of the pandemic, what went right and what went wr...

This training will describe how a comprehensive threat assessment program can help to prevent mass shootings, school shootings, workplace violence, and other forms of targeted violence that impact communities across the United States. Included is an overview of Secret Service methodologies for preventing assassinations, and a description of how this approach can be adapted to prevent other forms of targeted violence. All content is based on th...