School Security :: December 9, 2008
Security Spotlight
A School Security Outlook for 2009
It has been six months since technology product and service supplier
CDW-G and marketing services firm Quality Education Data issued their
second-annual school security index, which measures how K-12 IT and
facilities professionals rate their districts' cyber security and
physical safety measures. In the last round of results, which were
published in May, the quality of cyber security had dropped, while the
state of physical security had improved.
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School Security News
Malware Finds New Ways To Beat Up Computer Users in 2008
Malware and other unwanted content is finding new ways to reach into
users' mailboxes, according to the MessageLabs Intelligence 2008
Security Report. This was owing largely to botnets, which accounted
for some 90 percent of malicious or unwanted mail.
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Leon County Public Schools Deploys viaRadio Warning System
Florida's Leon County Public Schools has activated an emergency
warning system from viaRadio Corp. The viaRadio receivers, known as
HEARO, are now in the county's 24 elementary schools, nine middle
schools, six high schools, six special/alternative schools, five
charter schools, and various administrative offices. The school
district plans to use the warning system to inform the schools'
administration of lock downs, weather emergencies, and other pertinent
information. It can also be used for internal communication among
employees.
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Lightspeed, Eagle Integrate Student Information Management with School Network Security
Lightspeed Systems, which develops network security software for the
education market, and Eagle Software, which develops Web-based
administrative software for California schools, have integrated their
products to enable schools to better monitor online user activity and
support student safety measures. As a result, the Aeries Student
Information System from Eagle Software features reports of students'
Internet usage that are obtained from Total Traffic Control,
Lightspeed's network security and monitoring solution.
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UK School Adopts Appliance-based NAC Security
Sutton Valence School in Kent in the United Kingdom is turning to an
appliance-based solution for network access control. Sutton Valence,
which comprises a senior school and a preparatory school, has deployed
the CounterACT NAC appliance from ForeScout Technologies across its
network.
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CDW-G Partners with DyKnow To Distribute Interactive Learning Software
DyKnow has recently signed a partner agreement with CDW Government
(CDW-G) aimed at providing "dynamic teaching and learning solutions"
to the K12 and higher education markets.
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