How to prevent, identify, and prosecute sexual misconduct
October 28, 2009
Although criminal activity on school networks is rare, the potential for damage to the people and school involved is extremely high. District and school administrators must be prepared for potential problems and equipped with the tools More..

Highlights from Tech Forum Northeast, Palisades, NY October 23, 2009
October 27, 2009
Welcome and Opening Keynote: Chris LehmannBuilding School 2.0: Creating the Schools We NeedWhat is School 2.0? What are the pedagogical ideas that form it? Examine ideas of constructivist pedagogy and the use of 21st Century tools More..

Safety Net: Web filtering that works
July 23, 2009
A district can take many steps to ensure that its students are protected from harmful, obscene, or otherwise unworthy websites. It can establish guidelines for appropriate Internet usage, create acceptable use policies, or provide More..

11 crisis management tips for administrators: what to do if you have to shut down
May 20, 2009
CDW-G offers the following checklist of topics and questions for non-technology executives and administrators to review with their management teams and IT departments to prepare for significant facility shutdowns – regardless of the More..

Virtualization: A Primer
May 18, 2009
While funding evaporates in these harsh economic times, virtualization benefits budgets, education, and the environment while improving security. Here are some ways to virtualize:DesktopThe entire desktop environment, including the More..

Recent survey says 40% of ID theft is from browser-based password software
May 18, 2009
Researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of California Santa Barbara have released a publication about the operation of a botnet known as Torpig. The team controlled the botnet for 10 days, and during this More..

Stop sexting: new game teaches students about Internet safety
May 4, 2009
Web Wise Kids, WILL Interactive, Verizon and the ESA Foundation have created the game “It’s Your Call” for schools, law enforcement and community organizations to teach teens about “sexting,” cyber-bullying, academic cheating and related More..

New toolkit helps make sense of mass notification systems
March 2, 2009
Americans send 1 billion text messages a day via wireless devices.  Yet when it comes communicating with parents, many schools still rely on television, radio, and the Internet to push out critical information – meaning parents have More..

A whitepaper on Proxy Abuse
January 30, 2009
From SmoothWall's 2009 whitepaper Anonymous proxy servers that pass users' web requests onto other servers on the internet are becoming an increasingly pervasive problem in schools – and one that can only be prevented with intelligent More..

Bytes and Books Inauguration Ball: Live Reporting
January 21, 2009
The nation’s leaders in technology and education gathered to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and the new Congress at the Bytes and Books Inaugural Ball on January 20, 2009 at the Folger More..

Intrusion prevention in primary education
December 22, 2008
As an information systems consultant who has been working with educational technology and security for nearly two decades, I have seen a lot of security breaches. I have seen students change their own or other students’ grades for More..

Data Privacy Trouble Spots
Eric Svetcov, August 1, 2005
Even though most districts have statements addressing the critical topic of privacy, when it comes to practice many unwittingly fall short. For today’s CIOs that could translate into serious legal, ethical, and More..

Resources for Professional Development on Network Security
Wes Fryer, April 18, 2005
Question: What resources would you recommend for a professional development session for teachers on network security? The IT Guy says: The "10 Immutible Laws of Security" is a great resource to use for a professional development More..

How To: Protect Against a Zero-Hour Attack
Rob McCarthy, April 15, 2005
In the last year, a series of viruses and worms that caused damage across the Internet in record time has made very clear how vulnerable our computer systems are. The MS Blaster, Slammer, Sasser, and Korgo.W worms have shown that More..