Can You Afford NOT to Protect Your Network?

When it comes to improving network security, the question asked is usually “Can we afford it?” But with Cyber Crime evolving every day, the question should now be “Can we afford not to?” NBC News recently told the story of hackers breaking into Minnesota Public Schools, stealing highly sensitive data on teachers and school children, and […]

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Critical VMware Vulnerability – Patch Immediately

VMware has published a security advisory regarding a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CVE-2023-34048) that has been fixed in the latest updates released by VMware. The vulnerability shared in this Cybersecurity Threat Advisory has received a critical severity rating by VMware.

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Do You Know Four of the Most Common Cyber-Attacks?

The rate of cyber-attacks has significantly increased over the past few years. Districts of all sizes are at risk of becoming victims of them, which is why it’s crucial that district leaders are aware of the most common cyber threats impacting the educational community today.

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Tech Tidbit – Making Passwords Simpler and Harder

Last week I discussed the need to have all passwords minimally 12-18 characters to remain safe. While that is an absolute security requirement, we all know that our users are going to be pretty upset with this policy change.

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CISA Step 3 – Perform and Test Backups

Today we continue with our series discussing the highest priority cybersecurity steps as identified in the January 2023 CISA published report “Partnering to SafeGuard K-12 Organizations from Cybersecurity Threats.

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