Education
Students Getting Cyberwise to Become Safe and Responsible Digital Citizens
February 14, 2013 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveils the new cyber education module, which was developed in partnership with McAfee and Life Education Australia.
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The Balancing Act: How Universities Can Prevent Malware and Enable Information Access
October 21, 2012 Added by:Paul Kenyon
Considering most universities must accommodate a network of thousands of desktops and laptops, in addition to end-users ranging from students, developers, researchers, academics and admin staff – it’s no wonder balancing security and productivity is such a complex endeavor...
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Not So Tweet and Innocent: Social Networking Security Webinar
June 19, 2012 Added by:Kelly Colgan
In conjunction with the National PTA Convention, Tim Woda will present about the specific risks plaguing parents and ways to mitigate their concerns. Matt Cullina will unveil findings from a Harris Interactive survey of parents about their child’s social networking habits and what issues cause them the most fear...
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Transcript: Patriot Hacker th3j35t3r Addresses USM Students
April 10, 2012 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
The hacktivist opened himself up to questions regarding his operations, methodologies and motivations - including his campaigns against radical militant websites, his take down of WikiLeaks, his tussles with Anonymous, his military service, and a variety of security issues...
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ENISA Report on Network Information Security in Education
January 30, 2012
ENISA's Report on Network Information Security in Education comes at a time when education and ITC are interconnected more than ever. The challenge of the digitally active citizen is to remain informed on the news coming from the dynamic field of Information Security...
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Universities Account for a Higher Number of Breaches
August 29, 2011 Added by:Kurt Aubuchon
Hospitals are 48 times more likely to show up as breach victims than would be predicted if breaches were distributed evenly among all US firms. Colleges and universities turn up in breach reports about 357 times more often than if distributed evenly. That is a staggering number....
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Search Engine Doesn’t Need Kid's Social Security Numbers
April 06, 2011 Added by:Robert Siciliano
Americans have become accustomed to handing over the last four digits of their SSN as an identifier. The coder or marketer at Google who believes it’s reasonable to request the last four digits of children’s SSNs probably readily shares his or her number, which is not a good idea...
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Education Sector is Failing Security
May 13, 2010 Added by:Anthony M. Freed
“The Social Security numbers of about 30,000 people became vulnerable after malicious software attacked Penn State University computers,” announced the headlines in December 2009. “Other data breaches occurred in January and February and in December 2008. One targeted a single computer; the two others affected hundreds of individuals.”
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From the Web
Hacker hits NC community college system
December 17, 2009 from: Office of Inadequate Security
Patrons of North Carolina's community colleges may have had their drivers license and Social Security numbers stolen by a hacker.
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NC: Kids’ Social Security numbers on school postcards
December 05, 2009 from: Office of Inadequate Security
The Wake County [North Carolina] school system accidentally sent out about 5,000 postcards with students’ Social Security numbers printed on the front, a mistake that angered parents and will cost the district nearly $100,000 to remedy.
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From the Web
Senate Panel Clears Data Breach Bills
November 05, 2009 from: Office of Inadequate Security
The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved two companion bills that would require businesses and government agencies to notify individuals of security breaches involving sensitive personally identifiable information. Both bills go to the Senate for consideration.
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MA: Williams College laptop stolen; 750 notified
November 05, 2009 from: Office of Inadequate Security
Williams College in Williamstown reports a recent laptop theft. The laptop, which was stolen when an employee left it in a parked car in Boston on October 3, contained the names and Social Security numbers of 750 individuals from 39 states and several foreign countries.
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Good enough security?
October 29, 2009 Added by:Christopher Hudel
We have had 802.1x -- CISCO + Active Directory Integration -- in place for over a year know and it is largely a success; windows systems automatically obtain machine certificates (machines automatically receive certificates when they join the domain), supplicants exist for our IP Phones, and those devices (i.e.: printers) that are currently incapable of 802.1x are split off in a tightl...
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IT Security - Defense in Depth Protection using a Data-centric Model
October 29, 2009 Added by:Mike Cuppett
Start aligning your security strategy to better protect your organization's most critical asset - data. While many security proponents lean toward an outside-in strategy - protect every computer in the company from the outside world first - we really need to understand that the data is the asset that must be protected first and foremost. The outside-in strategy starts at a macro level and ov...
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Where are the DBAs?
October 07, 2009 Added by:Michael Menefee
What I really want to know is this: Where are the Database Admins (DBAs) these days? I cant tell you how many times in the past 18 months that I’ve found real enterprises running vulnerable databases with default passwords, weak passwords and no real permissions management.
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UNC security breach less severe than feared
September 30, 2009 from: Office of Inadequate Security
A hacker who wormed into a UNC Chapel Hill computer server may not have gotten access to as much information as officials originally feared.
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