Campus emergency alerts, simplified
It might take days for a college student to gather every piece of information on how to respond to campus emergencies -- from assaults, to fires, to shootings…
Safety & Security
The business of ed-tech: From blue lights to mobile apps
It was in a 2009 safety committee meeting with University of Florida (UF) officials that Jordan Johnson first mentioned the potential impact of mobile technology in bolstering campus…
University of Maryland faces more cybersecurity woes
The University of Maryland alerted administrators last week that someone hacked into its computer network and accessed the personal data of a senior university official. The "cyber-intrusion," as…
The business of ed-tech: March Madness edition
Campus IT officials haven't always thought of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as a technological nightmare of epic proportions. That's what March Madness has become, however, on campuses…
5 cutting-edge privacy considerations for Big Data
Big Data is taking higher education institutions by storm; however, the discussion has moved from whether or not Big Data is useful to whether or not institutions can…
University data breach prompts ‘top-to-bottom’ IT review
One week after a sophisticated cyberattack exposed more than 300,000 personal records of University of Maryland (UMD) students and alumni, university President Wallace Loh said he would launch…
University leaves student data exposed for 11 months
Sensitive personal information of 146,000 students and recent graduates at Indiana University -- including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers – may have been exposed after the data…
‘Sophisticated attack’ exposes 300K university records
Personal data from the records of more than 300,000 University of Maryland (UMD) students, faculty, staff, and various personnel were exposed in a massive data breach Feb. 19.…
UNC employees criticize university’s response to major data breach
Many UNC employees are still upset over last fall’s data breach, when the personal information housed by the University of more than 6,000 individuals was made publically accessible…
6 steps to better emergency preparedness on campus
Today’s college campuses are faced with a myriad of potential risks, ranging from active shooters and natural disasters to power outages and medical emergencies. While most institutions have…