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T.H.E. Journal November 2005 Williams & Krueger |
Is Your Network Safe? Why educators should care about cybersecurity - and what they should do about it. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Matt Villano |
School Security Strategy--Simplified Safety is a top priority for schools, and the best way to manage the risk is to address the top IT security issues for 2007-2008, and anticipate concerns on the horizon. |
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Rama Ramaswami |
Nothing to LOL About Schools fear the predatory behavior that lurks around social networking sites can make users sitting ducks for hackers, thieves, cyberbullies, and scammers. So they're caught in what appears to be an all-or-nothing choice. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 John K. Waters |
Data Security :: Locked Down, Not Out A swarm of portable technologies is creating security headaches for school districts, as they must wrestle with opposing needs: how to protect the network from unauthorized use while still keeping it accessible to staff and students. |
T.H.E. Journal March 1, 2010 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Identity Scramble An identity management system can catch potential mistakes that could put your district at risk. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2007 Richard E. Ferdig |
When 'Acceptable' Becomes Unacceptable The growth of virtual schools is forcing districts to reconsider their AUPs, whose restrictions on new technologies can stunt online teaching and learning. |
Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2005 David Tan |
Combating Blended Threats Security experts agree that blended threats will continue to grow in frequency, complexity and severity. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Matt Villano |
On Alert Recent events point up the need for school districts to upgrade campus security procedures. But while some have acted by adopting emergency notification systems, many don't seem to have gotten the message. |
T.H.E. Journal February 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua |
Scare Tactics In April, as public fears about a mysterious new strain of flu grew, the Los Angeles Unified School District moved to forestall a panic. Many districts are using technology solutions to respond to emergencies such as this. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Matt Villano |
Point Man A district's IT efforts all revolve around the CIO, whose role and responsibilities have been transformed by the digital age. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 Robert Losinski |
Patrolling Web 2.0 As the internet grows more complex, districts need more than a conventional filter to protect tech-savvy students from unsafe online content. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 Jim Myers |
Security Software Enriches Troy City Schools Educational Experience by Providing Safe E-Mail To address the requirement of schools to block and monitor all e-mail originating both internally and externally, anti-spam technology has emerged as a vital tool. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Vincent Weafer |
Blended Threats - A Deadly Duo of Hackers and Mobile Code Computer security threats evolve and require defenses that also evolve. For any school or classroom that uses computer technology, Internet-borne security threats are evolving and becoming increasingly dangerous. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2006 Justine Brown |
Data Warehousing :: Too Much Information The surge in the collection and use of data has created a new problem for K-12 administrators - where to put it all, while ensuring it stays safe and accessible. Data warehouses have the answer. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 |
CoSN Launches Site to Combat Cyber Security Threats The site was developed to include self-evaluation tools, best practices and professional development workshops geared toward two audiences: superintendents/policymakers and school technology directors. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Rama Ramaswami |
A Tight Squeeze As government regulations mandate the long-term retention of districts' rising volume of information, K-12 IT directors are using new storage tools to put their data in its place. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2008 Matt Villano |
What Are We Protecting Them From? By mandating schools restrict internet access, CIPA and other federal and state legislation intend to guard students' safety online-but all they may be doing is keeping vital educational technology out of the classroom. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Jensen & Fletcher |
Preemption, Not Reaction Districts must take steps to ward off threats to school security, rather than responding to them once they occur, when it may already be too late. |
Investment Advisor June 2008 Irace & Mehta |
Security in a New Age How to protect your firm from 21st century online criminals |
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Safe at Home Combining high-tech safeguards with face-to-face user education is a must for schools whose laptop programs allow students to take the computers off-site. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 John K. Waters |
IT Security: Target: The Web No longer focused on the network, hackers have a bull's eye now trained squarely on web-based applications. What, if anything, can school districts do to thwart them? |
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Sylvia Charp |
Security and Privacy of Information We must all be fully aware of what is happening to information, which we previously thought was private and secure. Perhaps, we need more education as to what we should and should not do. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Facebook Training Wheels A secured social networking site allows schools to incorporate the technology into academics while preparing students for the perils of online communities. |
PHONE+ July 20, 2009 |
Case Study: LifeSize Takes Teachers to Class With looming budget cuts, one school district turns to video communication to keep teachers connected for professional development, staff meetings, and training sessions. |
PC Magazine August 30, 2006 Robert Lemos |
Gone in a Flash Stop your employees from infecting your systems or pocketing your company's intellectual property. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2003 Jeff Jennings |
IT in a Time of Budget Cuts How school funding will affect the quality of education |
T.H.E. Journal August 2004 Ozkan & Gunay |
Minimizing Security Vulnerabilities in High-Tech Classrooms Emerging technologies are quickly becoming part of our daily learning and teaching endeavors in academia, however only a few students, faculty members and administrators are aware of the risks and vulnerabilities that exist in their network operating systems. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2000 Chip Goodman |
The Home-School Connection Making the Right Choice for Students, Parents and Schools |
T.H.E. Journal September 2007 Charlene O'Hanlon |
Disaster Recovery :: Courting Disaster Districts that are not prepared in the event of fire, storm, earthquake, or whatever else nature may bear are asking for trouble. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Rama Ramaswami |
Even! But No Longer Odd Once regarded as an unconventional alternative for atypical students, virtual schools have achieved mainstream acceptance, and are now seen as providing an education equal to - if not better than - what their traditional counterpart offers. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2008 Neal Starkman |
Do the (Copy)right Thing Educators' lack of attention to intellectual property law places their schools in legal jeopardy-and sends a terrible message to students. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2006 John K. Waters |
Hiring Out for IT Support Your technology environment has outgrown your staff's ability to maintain it. What's a district to do? Try that trusted 21st-century solution: outsource it. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Matt Bolch |
Remote Control School districts are catching on to software as a service, a business model that allows administrators to manage essential organizational functions and plug in to student data from anywhere with an internet connection. |
T.H.E. Journal November 2006 Neal Starkman |
Special Section: Resource Management :: Value Judgments Are your technology expenditures proving to be money well spent? A new online total cost of ownership (TCO) tool will let you know. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 John K. Waters |
Virtualize Me! K-12's burgeoning interest in cost-cutting, productivity-boosting virtualization technologies has vendors starting to take notice. |
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Paula Jacobs |
Power Grab Facilities departments combine sophisticated technologies with ordinary common-sense steps to shave dollars and kilowatts off energy consumption. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Roger Del Russo |
Securing Your Computer Network Your entire district could be brought to its knees by a hacker's assault, and the costs of reviving the network could be astronomical. While district administrators may have devised plans for securing the physical plant of the school, they rarely consider the vulnerability of their computer networks. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Virtual Lock-Down Although executives are well aware of the risks surrounding the security of their internal information, companies around the globe still fail to safeguard themselves from potential threats. |
Insurance & Technology November 5, 2008 Prasad Balakrishnan |
Cyber Attacks Can Come in Many Shapes and Sizes Cyber threats aimed at insurance companies are constantly evolving and growing. Unfortunately the pace of adoption of cyber protection mechanisms has not caught up. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2006 Matt Villano |
1-to-1 Computing: Teaming Up to Go 1-to-1 Districts are discovering that the secret to implementing a good laptop program is finding a good partner. |
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Matt Miller |
Staying Connected Is a 'Breeze' An ed-tech specialist explains how a versatile Web conferencing tool is helping his sprawling district remove the distance between teachers, administrators, and staff. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Pam Haney |
Doing More With Less Despite a "peanut-sized" budget, Georgia's Worth County Schools finds a tool to manage and improve network application performance. |
T.H.E. Journal March 17, 2010 David Nagel |
Snapshot: Students Want Online Learning High school students seem to be overwhelmingly in favor of online instruction as a component of their educations. |
T.H.E. Journal January 2001 |
Setting Standards in Schools SchoolNet, an ASP offering Internet solutions for performance-driven schools, districts and states, is supplying tools to meet education leaders' need to utilize their abundance of data... |
T.H.E. Journal November 2004 Joni Lindquist |
The Future of Anytime, Anywhere Education Many districts are now looking at anytime, anywhere access to multimedia content as a next step in accomplishing educational goals and expanding the learning environment. |
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Matt Villano |
Make It Count Budget crunches are elevating the need for K-12 technology leaders to demonstrate a favorable return on investment. Here's how to ensure you're getting what you pay for. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Robert Yost |
Flexible Network Infrastructure Helps Meet District's Changing Needs IP telephony system improves student safety and staff productivity of northern Virginia district. |
Salon.com July 10, 2001 Damien Cave |
Microsoft to schools: Give us your lunch money! The software giant is cracking down on piracy in the public education system. But the campaign could easily backfire... |
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel |
Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Neal Starkman |
The Human Touch With the press of a button, fast-acting emergency response systems can be set in motion. But sophisticated technology is no substitute for a well-trained staff. |