Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Back in November 2016, we filed Freedom of Information (FoI) requests to 70 universities across the U.K. asking questions around each institution’s experiences with phishing. The responses we received indicate that phishing is still a major security challenge – even for top universities. More...
The mental health factor in college security
By Ray Bendici. Higher ed struggles to keep pace with growing need for mental health services. More...
College cyber-attacks: Don’t take the bait
By Sherrie Negrea. Phishing is just one type of “social engineering”—the criminal act of manipulating people to surrender confidential information. In the past five years, it’s become a constant threat, and many college leaders see it as the No. 1 cybercrime they face. More...
I love my security guard job, but there’s a subtle apartheid dividing the staff
By . My colleagues and I are striking to show the University of London that outsourced workers should have the same benefits as those employed directly. More...
Professional Insecurity in a Fraught Environment
One way of countering a campus culture in which everyone is afraid to speak is to stop relying on student evaluations to assess nontenured faculty, argues Robert Samuels. More...
New Frontiers in Cyber Security: Locomotives without Wheels, Moats, Deep Learning at the Edge
Techno-News Blog. Industry analyst Bob Sorensen recently told us something most IT managers already know deep in their apprehensive hearts: cyber security is in a sorry state. More...
Cyber-security – A critical new academic discipline?
Cybersécurité. Inauguration de la chaire de Centrale Supélec Rennes
L'école Centrale Supélec Rennes vient d'inaugurer une chaire de cybersécurité dédiée à l'analyse des vulnérabilités. Cette chaire est intégrée au Pôle d'excellence cyber breton créé en 2014 par Jean-Yves Le Drian, ministre de la Défense.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Cybersecurite.-Inauguration-de-la-chaire-de-Centrale-Supelec-Rennes
Warning: These fraud attacks are wreaking havoc on education
By Stu Sjouwerman. On March 14, it was reported in CSO (a leading cybersecurity outlet) that 110 organizations experiences successful phishing attacks targeting their W-2 records. This put more than 120,000 taxpayers at risk for identity fraud. Despite warnings from the IRS in early February, employees continue to fall victim to the bad guys’ ploys. More...
Hack, counter hack
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. David C. Wajsgras focuses on the cyber world where most interactions are faceless, but he knows the importance of face-to-face meetings with students interested in careers in cyber security. More...