A New York school district will be implementing a school transportation surveillance system for nearly 700 school buses.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/08/10
The school district enmeshed in a lawsuit for using school laptops to capture images of students without their knowledge has just signed a $25,000 contract with SunGard Services to help with IT auditing and policy development. The school board for Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania approved the emergency expenditure in May 2010 after reviewing a report from a national legal firm that investigated the district's use of a "theft tracking" Webcam feature.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/07/10
Brunswick County Schools (NC) is no enclave for technophobes. Students in all grades have full freedom to visit instructional websites, construct web pages, experiment with digital media, and participate in online educational activities.
- By Rama Ramaswami
- 06/01/10
Microsoft confirmed last week that it has been working with a security firm investigating a fundamental flaw in antivirus (AV) software for Windows.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/20/10
A company that sells enhanced 911 (E911) applications has developed a smartphone app for campuses that transmits location details from the mobile phone during the call.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/10
Network breaches represent the foremost nightmare scenario for IT pros, according to a new cross-sector industry report.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 05/13/10
A new free report by a security vendor explains in plain language how exploit kits are sold, deployed, and used to generate money for their buyers through malware installation. Marketed with feature lists and screenshots and sold like other software programs, an exploit kit is a Web application that allows the user to take advantage of known exploits in popular applications, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Flash Player.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/11/10
In spite of the growing popularity of server virtualization, the majority of IT professionals don't consider their virtual environments as secure as the rest of their network operations. That's the conclusion of a recent vendor-sponsored survey of 300 IT managers, security personnel, auditors and administrators.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/11/10
This Texas school district has decided that the best way to help their students learn how to use online resources more responsibly is to educate parents as well. Evening technology showcases provide a launch pad.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/11/10
The H1N1 scare isn't over. That's the message being broadcast through Blackboard Connect by the California Department of Public Health, which is reminding school and college leaders to promote H1N1 vaccinations to their campus communities.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/11/10