University says yes, researchers suggest caution Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications Keeping a university’s computer system secure from outside hackers is only half the battle. Securing the thousands of student computers that log into campus networks on a daily...
Computer security doesn’t begin with the IT department at universities. It starts with students and their personal computers. Every year, the college IT department has to deal with an influx of new and returning students with laptops, desktops, smart phones...
Protecting yourself against ID theft probably isn’t even on a college student’s to-do list. Yet, young adults aged 18-24 are among the last to detect identity theft when compared to other age groups. It took them 132 days on average...
A software vendor ended up with some personal information dating back to 1996 for thousands of former and current Oregon State University students, the university announced. In some cases, the information included a person’s name and Social Security number. In...
Personal information on about 23,000 students at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville, may have been put at risk when someone gained access to the school’s database, university officials announced. Without disclosing specific details, the university said there is a...
Be it Android, Apple, tablet or smart phone … mobile devices are everywhere, and users want to do everything on them that they do on their desktop. As the functionality increases so do the threats to the information stored on...
Information for 1,600 freshmen and sophomores in the College Park Scholars program at the University of Maryland was inadvertently posted to a public Web site, university officials said. The information, which was on the site for a month, included names,...
Ohio State Student Service Center (SSC) had a “facepalm” event happen after mistakenly sending out an email to students containing the names, student ID numbers, email address and outstanding balances on some 2,500 students. According to campus newspaper, The Lantern,...
Brown University is transitioning to a new MyCourses login due to a recent tip from a computer science student about a potential security risk. According to The Brown Daily Herald, anyone could capture a login ID and password when a...
The Auburn Public School District in Massachusetts is instituting a new Web-based system designed to enhance communication between parents and teachers, according to The Daily Auburn. The district’s technology department is deploying the iParent Portal system for Auburn High School...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
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