The New Jersey School Boards Association invites you to attend the School Finance Conference on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. This year’s program will be held at the Conference Center at Mercer County Community College from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (registration begins at 9:30 a.m.). District leadership plays an important role in school finance, extending far beyond the budgeting season. This intensive program will be filled with engaging sessions...

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...

You're invited to attend ElasticON 2023 that will take place on Wednesday, February 1st in Washington, DC. During this event, Elastic, partner and fellow government experts will take the stage to explore collaborative and innovative solutions and practices for federal, state and local government agencies. At this one-day event, you can expect to: Get roadmaps from the creators: Learn about new and future features with detailed roadmaps for the...

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...

When you register for NJSBA’s Workshop 2022, you will be joining thousands of school leaders and affirming your commitment to public education. Did you know that the annual fall Workshop has provided training to K-12 public school officials for nearly 70 years in New Jersey? Our education community has persevered through wars, watershed court decisions, and now — a pandemic. Through it all, NJSBA has remained steadfast and laser-fo...

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...