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• Report: Ransomware Costs Schools Nearly $550,000 per Day of Downtime

  

  New data from cybersecurity research firm Comparitech quantifies the damage caused by ransomware attacks on K-12 and higher education institutions.

• 3 in 4 Education Institutions Have Uncovered a Cyber Attack on Their Infrastructure in the Past Year

  Seventy-seven percent of institutions across K-12 and higher education have identified a cyber attack on their infrastructure within the past 12 months, according to a new survey from cybersecurity company Netwrix.

• SETDA: Cybersecurity Tops Priority List for State Education Leaders

  Cybersecurity remains the top ed tech priority for state education leaders, according to the 2024 State EdTech Trends report from the State Educational Technology Directors Association.

• Report: Use of Game Engines Is Expanding Beyond Gaming

  Game development technology is being utilized beyond its traditional gaming roots, according to the recently released annual "State of Game Development" report from development and DevOps solutions provider Perforce Software.

• Report Finds Increasing Number of Vulnerabilities in OpenVPN

  OpenVPN, an open source virtual private network (VPN) system integrated into millions of routers, firmware, PCs, mobile devices and other smart devices, is leaving users open to a growing list of threats, according to a recent report from Microsoft.

• Student Device Access Skews Along Income, Racial Lines

  A recent study on the "digital divide" among high school students shows improving device access, but persistent barriers for historically underprivileged populations.

• Survey: Top Teacher Uses of AI in the Classroom

  A new report from Cambium Learning Group outlines the top ways educators are using artificial intelligence to manage their classrooms and support student learning.

• Cloud Security Alliance Issues Recommendations on Using AI for 'Offensive Security'

  A new report examines how advanced AI can help perform adversarial testing with red/black teams and provides recommendations for organizations to do just that.

• Human Factor Moves to Top Cloud Threat in Cloud Security Alliance Report

  The No. 1 cybersecurity threat in the cloud has changed from a couple years ago, according to a new report from the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), which provided handy mitigation strategies and suggested AI can help (or hurt).

• Report Estimates Cost of AI at Nearly $300K Per Minute

  A report from cloud-based data/BI specialist Domo provides a staggering estimate of the minute-by-minute impact of today's generative AI boom.