Schools educate our nation's future so school administrators must navigate numerous challenges outside their control. With a reported 67 million malware attacks against education institutions during a typical 30-day stretch*, one major challenge is that K-12 institutions easy targets for cybersecurity attacks. These attacks have risen since the Covid-19 pandemic forced remote learning, and a new form of highly evasive adaptive threats (HEAT) u...

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...

Register today for our upcoming Proofpoint webinar! During the session, you'll hear from Todd Pauley, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Texas Education Agency. He'll provide updates on efforts by the TEA to support cybersecurity for Texas public schools. You'll also hear from keynote speaker Sara Sabotka, Senior Threat Researcher who works on Proofpoint's Threat Research Team. She'll give an overview of the current cyber...

Strap on your backpack and join our IT experts online for EdTech Talks 2022 - a three-day series designed to inform education leaders nationwide about the performance and security benefits of today's leading EdTech solutions. Register to explore Carahsoft's best-of-breed EdTech portfolio and access: Dynamic discussions with EdTech subject matter experts Carahsoft's solution specialists, ready to answer your technical questions Insights on tod...

Universities require tools and software to continue supporting their departments' growth, create safer campuses, and provide better services to their students and alumni while reducing their monthly costs. Join HPE, NVIDIA, and VMware for a discussion on how together, they can help you do just that! During the webinar HPE's Steve Heibein and NVIDIA's David Hiatt will dive deeper into ways that your institution can: Share AI infrastructure ...

Moving away from inefficient legacy cybersecurity solutions and practices is critical to helping colleges and universities stop student financial aid and identity fraud. Applicant's identities are rarely verified, which can result in colleges and universities issuing funds to bad actors instead of students. What ends up happening is institutions have to repay the lost funds. This can cost millions of dollars. Luckily, Okta and LexisNexis Risk...

Schools find themselves under tremendous pressure from all types of outside threats- physical, verbal, and social. Students are exposed daily to cyberbullying, social media attacks, and corruption of trusted sites. School faculties are responsible for providing a safe education atmosphere for students, but without appropriate intelligence, schools can be open to attack. Flashpoint has developed a risk management and security solution tool that...

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...

F5 is going on tour! We hope you'll be able to join like-minded IT professionals in the state, local, and education space for SLEDFest in Tallahassee on August 3rd. Headlining this event will be curated content on topics and solutions listed as top priorities by SLED leadership, including cybersecurity, IT modernization, F5's future vision, and much more! You can check out the event agenda below and see detailed course descriptions on our F5...

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...