New York University Polytechnic's School of Engineering is hosting eight separate security events this week in the 11th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week Conference.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/12/14
Google Maps gets an A. The free version of Angry Birds gets a C. And My ABCs by BabyBus gets a D. The letters assigned to each of these Android apps are grades, and while A is great, D means failure — in privacy, that is.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/10/14
Millions of Android app users are currently using cloned apps, malware designed to mimic legitimate apps but with malicious code embedded to display advertising or steal private information.
A systems integrator has launched a new identification system intended for use by schools to vet and track visitors.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/03/14
Ratings of the security risks associated with smartphone apps affect users' decisions whether to install those apps, but information about the safety of an app is more effective than information about its risks, according to researchers from Purdue University.
The firewalls and intrusion protection systems in use by educational organizations to protect their enterprise networks may not be keeping up with the new security demands of virtualized data centers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/27/14
District administrators in Florida will soon have a new online resource to help them understand the nature of potential and real safety and security issues their schools face.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/27/14
The second annual picoCTF competition dares students in grades 6-12 to "reverse engineer, break, hack, decrypt or do whatever it takes" to solve computer challenges.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/20/14
Education technology company SchoolDude has entered the school security segment with the introduction of CrisisManager, an application that allows administrators to make emergency plans available on users' iOS and Android mobile devices.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/02/14
A school in Miami, FL is the first formal customer for a new application intended to manage student access to the Internet.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/01/14