A whole new consideration for campus safety
There’s an unfortunate side effect of mostly positive student travel both locally and abroad: As travel increases, so does the potential for safety risks.
Safety & Security
Want to protect research data? Go multi-tiered
How many researchers have mislaid a USB hard drive and had that sinking feeling that months—or years—of work had simply evaporated? Yet, despite the risks, USB drives remain…
5 safety tips for campus leaders
As students across the nation head back to campus now and in the coming weeks, campus safety leaders have an opportunity to review their safety plans and ensure…
A multi-modal approach to emergency alerts
EduComm Expo (ECE) will feature a free half-hour on-floor workshop entitled, “Emergency Alerts: A Multi-modal Approach to Reaching the Entire Campus,” at its educational conference taking place at…
Navigating email security within the complexity of higher education
As long as sensitive information and the Internet are around, it seems that cybercriminals and hackers are never going to stop finding new targets. Over the past year,…
LastPass offers password management via Internet2 NET+
LastPass has announced a partnership to bring its password management services to higher education institutions across the United States through its participation in the Internet2 NET+ initiative. With…
Catching campus rapists via an online reporting tool
Colleges have been heavily criticized in recent years for the high frequency of sexual assaults on campus—and for their failure to support victims adequately and punish attackers. Now,…
Is your institution under Chinese cyberattack?
In May, the College of Engineering at Penn State shut down its network for several days in response to a cyberattack, making it the latest in a long…
Safety app reflects culture change at 3 different institutions
Diverse institutions of higher education in the D.C region are integrating a smartphone app into their safety strategies to engage students to think and act differently, for their…
Free app to determine data breaches
Computer scientists at the University of New Haven who recently discovered that some social media data is neither private nor secure, have developed an app to help the…