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AI is changing the entire cyber threat landscape, even in your classrooms. That’s why this year’s Cybersecurity Event is all about how AI impacts school data privacy and what districts can do to stay ahead. For our 10th anniversary, we’re bringing together thought leaders and district innovators for a full day of strategies, stories, and solutions you […]

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Tech Tidbit – The Age of Government ID

I wrote this a week ago.   Lisa, for the first time ever, told me the filters would block my Tidbit. This is my version 2.0 with softer words. Increasingly, around the world, we are seeing legal requirements to either prove who you actually are before you can use certain sites.

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Tech Tidbit – Rejection is hard

Last summer a number of our M365 clients were hit with a “Direct Send” attack.   This attack bypassed high-powered spam filters like Barracuda Email Protection and sent emails directly into M365 without any authentication! The threat actor email actually came from a real person at the client!  The email had a malicious attachment.

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Tech Tidbit – Canaries in the coal mine

What is a “canary in a coal mine” “Canary in a coal mine” means an early warning sign of danger—especially one that signals hidden or emerging threats before they become obvious.

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Tech Tidbit – What is Agentic AI?

What is Agentic AI? Agentic AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that can autonomously set goals, plan, and execute tasks with minimal human intervention. Agentic AI technology is emerging very quickly. The promise is amazing. If I could create a digital version of you with the same rights and privileges to your network, desktop, and […]

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Tech Tidbit – Are Browser Extensions Backdoor FERPA Violations?

There are increasing reports of browser extensions doing deep data collection on browser-based users using the permissions granted to install the browser extension. We are not just talking about browser extensions that have converted from seemingly benign extensions to malicious threats.

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Tech Tidbit – Should you pull the plug?

I keep reading that the State Legislature in Albany is debating legalizing the right to die, assisted suicide. That is heady stuff. In your own network, there are some profound implications to “pulling the plug” on a server, workstation, or network device.

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Tech Tidbit – Chasing Windmills

I don’t want you to get wiped out by the bad guys.   The entire Acture Solutions team works extremely hard to keep our clients safe 24x7x365. However, Acture Solutions, myself, my co-workers, or any other vendor cannot keep you safe on our own.

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Tech Tidbit – Watch The Gap

On Mother’s Day, I put my wife and my 9-year-old daughter on the 6:09 am train out of Southeast to NYC.   They had a special mother/daughter breakfast reservation at 9 am. As I am standing there waiting for the train, I am staring at all the warnings beneath my feet to “watch the gap”. It […]

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