KnowBe4 Recognized as Cyber Security Educator of the Year at IT Europa Awards 2024
KnowBe4
JUNE 28, 2024
It's a great honor for KnowBe4 to be named the Cyber Security Educator of the Year at the prestigious IT Europa Channel Awards 2024.
Document Scanning for Higher Education
Record Nations
JUNE 7, 2024
Document scanning is an efficient, secure way to keep track of and store files over time. These are capabilities that benefit institutions of all kinds, including higher education. Document Scanning for Higher Education The post Document Scanning for Higher Education appeared first on Record Nations.
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Alabama State Department of Education suffered a data breach following a blocked attack
Security Affairs
JULY 7, 2024
Alabama’s education superintendent disclosed a data breach following a hacking attempt on the Alabama State Department of Education. The Alabama State Department of Education announced it had thwarted a ransomware attack on June 17, however, threat actors accessed some data and disrupted services before the attack was stopped.
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UK Cyber Security Council to Tackle Education, Standards
Data Breach Today
JUNE 5, 2021
Cyber Security Council is a new self-regulatory body for the profession. Claudia Natanson Describes Vision of U.K.’s s New Self-Regulatory Body U.K. It is tasked by the U.K. Government to execute their vision for the U.K.
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Time to Rethink Identity: What Security Leaders Need to Know
Data Breach Today
JULY 24, 2024
DataBreachToday.com is a multimedia website providing news, insights and education on data breach detection, notification and prevention.
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Bridging educational technology with Wonde, Think3 and Jamf
Jamf
MAY 14, 2024
Discover how Jamf, Wonde, and Think3 are revolutionizing educational technology. This collaboration aims to streamline operations, enhance security and empower educators.
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Improving Healthcare Security Education
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Wombat's Gretel Egan on How to Take a Fresh Approach to the Awareness Challenge As attackers increasingly take advantage of users' risky behavior, enterprise security leaders are taking steps to improve end-user security education.
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APT36 Running Espionage Ops Against India's Education Sector
Data Breach Today
APRIL 14, 2023
Pakistan-Linked APT Group Using Spear-Phishing to Plant Info Stealer Malware A suspected Pakistan espionage threat actor that relies on phishing emails is expanding to the education sector after years of focusing on the Indian military and government.
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Practical Insights To Improve Security Awareness in Higher Education
KnowBe4
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Higher education is making important strides in improving cybersecurity readiness, but much is yet to be done. Cybersecurity awareness professionals.
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Security solutions for education
Jamf
JUNE 15, 2023
Digital security is vital to keep students, teachers and devices safe. And there are multiple choices in security products, even within Jamf. What's Jamf Protect for education? What's Jamf Safe Internet? And how does Jamf Connect fit in with all of this?
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Want Sustainable Security? Find Middle Ground Between Tech & Education
Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2023
The winning recipe for sustainable security combines strategic user education and tactical automation of well-constructed processes.
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Strengthening Higher Education Institutions against evolving cyberthreats
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 24, 2024
As cyberthreats continue to evolve, it is crucial for higher education institutions and universities to be vigilant. Enforcing security strategies prudently designed to safeguard digital assets and the integrity of their academic research provides better cyber resilience.
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The Education Sector Experienced the Highest Number of Data Breaches in 2023
KnowBe4
MAY 7, 2024
New data from Verizon makes it clear that the Education sector is under attack, but also breaks down which threat actions and patterns are used most.
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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack
Security Affairs
AUGUST 6, 2023
The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.
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Securing Apple Devices in Education: Peeling back the Layers
Jamf
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Dive into modern methods of device security in Education using Jamf. Learn how to create a secure digital environment for teachers and students.
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Helping higher education institutions graduate to data intelligence
Collibra
JUNE 27, 2023
1) How can institutions of higher education use data to start making strategic decisions? Get all the details in Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud for Higher Education , our helpful solution brief. Graduate to data intelligence It’s no secret that data is key to the educational mission. In 2020, the U.S.
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News alert: Security Journey accelerates secure coding training platform enhancements
The Last Watchdog
JULY 13, 2023
Pittsburgh, PA – July 13, 2023 – Security Journey, a best-in-class application security education company, has today announced an acceleration of its secure coding training platform enhancements. undergraduate computer science programs mandate courses in application security.
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Huntress Buys Security Training Provider Curricula for $22M
Data Breach Today
JULY 21, 2022
Firm's Largest Acquisition to Extend User Education to Small to Midsized Clients Huntress has made the largest acquisition in its eight-year history, buying Curricula to boost user education.
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Your PCI-DSS v4.0 Roadmap: Charting a Course of Education, Analysis & System Enhancements
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 4, 2024
Roadmap: Charting a Course of Education, Analysis & System Enhancements josh.pearson@t… Thu, 07/04/2024 - 07:00 The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) v4.0 is about protecting cardholder data and maintaining the secure reputation of the industry as a whole. The main focus is on staying secure all the time.
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Bl00dy Ransomware Gang actively targets the education sector exploiting PaperCut RCE
Security Affairs
MAY 12, 2023
CISA and FBI warned of attacks conducted by the Bl00dy Ransomware Gang against the education sector in the country. The FBI and CISA issued a joint advisory warning that the Bl00dy Ransomware group is actively targeting the education sector by exploiting the PaperCut remote-code execution vulnerability CVE-2023-27350.
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NCSC warns of a surge in ransomware attacks on education institutions
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. SecurityAffairs – hacking, education institutions).
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HID Connects Episode 8: Security in Higher Education … Pass or Fail?
HID Global
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
HID Connects episode eight is the season one finale that discusses the security landscape in higher education, and how everyone can strive for an A+.
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Educating Educators: Microsoft's Tips for Security Awareness Training
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Microsoft's director of security education and awareness shares his approach to helping train employees in defensive practices.
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Ongoing Issues With Security, Privacy, Complexity
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 13, 2021
Rebecca Herold, host of the podcast show "Data Security and Privacy with the Privacy Professor," weighs in on the state of cybersecurity and privacy education and gives her recommendations on how to remedy the many issues the security community faces today.
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Jamf Event: Education recap
Jamf
APRIL 9, 2024
The 2024 Jamf Event showed how to transform learning for students, teachers and parents; better protect students; and maintain seamless, secure access.
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Black Hat Europe: Hackers Need to Educate Policymakers
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Also, UK Cyber Official Urges Businesses to Build a Safety-Focused 'Reporting Culture' Government leaders are increasingly calling on cybersecurity researchers to better inform policymakers and are urging businesses to pay more attention to their in-house security teams, according to presenters at this week's Black Hat Europe virtual conference.
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Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education and government sectors
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Experts warn of a surge in NetSupport RAT attacks against education, government, and business services sectors. The most impacted sectors are education, government, and business services. NetSupport RAT is a remote control and desktop management software developed by NetSupport Ltd.
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The Information Commissioner’s Office Issues UK Department for Education with Formal Reprimand
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
On November 2, 2022, the ICO issued to the UK Department for Education (“ DfE ”) a formal reprimand following an investigation into the sharing of personal data stored on the Learning Records Service (“ LRS ”), a database which provides a record of pupils’ qualifications that the DfE has overall responsibility for.
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GUEST ESSAY: Consumers, institutions continue to shoulder burden for making mobile banking secure
The Last Watchdog
JULY 17, 2024
However, this surge in digital banking also brings about substantial security concerns. This essay offers insights into best practices for secure mobile banking to help mitigate these risks. The recent surge in mobile banking fraud highlights the pressing need for enhanced security measures.
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Cybersecurity in education: FCC pilot program and Jamf
Jamf
JULY 2, 2024
Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) three-year pilot program intended to enhance cybersecurity in K-12 schools and how Jamf can help your school's security. Learn about the U.S.
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Missouri Governor Vows to Prosecute St. Louis Post-Dispatch for Reporting Security Vulnerability
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers of 100,000 elementary and secondary teachers. Louis Post-Dispatch for reporting a security vulnerability that exposed teacher SSNs.
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K12 education giant paid the ransom to the Ryuk gang
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 2, 2020
Online education giant K12 Inc. The education company Online education giant K12 Inc. is a for-profit education company that sells online schooling and curricula. is a for-profit education company that sells online schooling and curricula. “K12 Inc. NYSE: LRN) (“Stride” or “we”) – to be Stride, Inc.
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Threat actors target K-12 distance learning education, CISA and FBI warn
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The US Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector. The US CISA and the FBI warned about the increase in ransomware attacks targeting the US K-12 educational sector aimed at data theft and disruption of distance learning services.
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Application Security Requires More Investment in Developer Education
Dark Reading
MARCH 24, 2023
If you haven't done so already, it's time to take the first step toward solving this application security dilemma.
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Experts warn of surge in DDoS attacks targeting education institutions
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. The DDoS attacks are causing severe issues to the targeted education institutions such as temporarily takedown of the network and online classes. Most of the attacks targeted educational institutions in the U.S.,
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As Social Engineering Attacks Skyrocket, Evaluate Your Security Education Plan
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Build a playbook for employees on how to handle suspicious communications, use mail filters, and screen and verify unfamiliar calls to bolster a defensive social engineering security strategy.
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Online education site EduCBA discloses data breach and reset customers? pwds
Security Affairs
MAY 24, 2020
The online education portal EduCBA discloses a data breach and is resetting customers’ passwords in response to the incident. Online education website EduCBA discloses a data breach, it has started notifying customers that in response to the incident it is resetting their passwords. Source BleepingComputer. Pierluigi Paganini.
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How One University Is Beefing Up Cyber Defenses, Programs
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Educational institutions are prime targets for ransomware and other cyberattacks due to their open nature and troves of sensitive data, requiring continuous investment in cyber defenses and strong security practices, said Steve Zuromski, CIO at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.
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Optimize authentication for K-12 education with RapidIdentity and Jamf Connect
Jamf
MAY 10, 2023
Learn how K-12 educational institutions can take advantage of the integration between Jamf Connect and Identity Automation's RapidIdentity solution for seamless, unified authentication and an extra layer of security.
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FritzFrog P2P Botnet is back and targets Healthcare, Education and Government Sectors
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
FritzFrog P2P botnet is back and is targeting servers belonging to entities in the healthcare, education, and government sectors. The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in the government, education, and finance sectors. ” reads the report published by Akamai.
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HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Resources for Health Care Providers and Patients to Help Educate Patients about Telehealth and the Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information via OCR
IG Guru
OCTOBER 27, 2023
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office for Civil Rights _ October 18, 2023 HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Resources for Health Care Providers and Patients to Help Educate Patients about Telehealth and the Privacy and Security of Protected Health Information Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S.
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Newcastle University becomes latest ransomware victim as education sector fails to heed warnings
IT Governance
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
This incident is the latest in a long line of cyber attacks on the education sector. It followed August’s ransomware attack on the education administrator Blackbaud , in which students’ phone numbers, donation history and events attendance were all compromised. Cyber Security as a Service. Ransomware epidemic.
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Data breaches grow across UK education sector
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 29, 2018
A recent freedom of information request by chartered accountants UHY Hacker Young reveals a worrying rise in reported data breaches across the UK education sector. The government’s Cyber Essentials scheme helps organisations guard against the most common cyber threats and demonstrate commitment to cyber security.
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