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From a data breach investigation of Verizon, roughly one in 10 employees will click on a malicious email.And the average phishing attack costs a mid-sized company $1.6 million.Phishing attacks are fraudulent process where victims are tricked into giving away sensitive user information, potentially putting an entire company at risk.

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There is no shortage of hacking attempts out there today. With more and more people using computers and smartphones, hackers are coming up with different ways of stealing sensitive data and using some old tactics too! Continue reading to learn how to protect against keyloggers.

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Every year at the EDUCAUSE Conference the Top 10 IT Issues for the upcoming year are announced. Leading up to each conference a panel of experts ranging from IT leaders, CIO’s and faculty members present a list of the top IT trends. which are then voted on by EDUCAUSE members. The top initiatives are the most important topics and trends and will be a focus for the upcoming year. This year was...

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Cyber Range [cy·ber I rānj] -  is a virtual environment used for cyberwarfare training and cybertechnology development. It provides tools that help strengthen the stability, security, and performance of cyber-infrastructures and IT systems used by government and military agencies, and appears on college campuses everywhere.

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Proxy? Sounds confusing, mysterious, or essential? So what is it and why would you want to use one? A proxy server is a wall that acts as a gateway between you and the internet. Without a secure proxy, your browser communicates directly with the internet. Think of the proxy as a form of protection; it can scan your downloads, filter web content, get around certain web restrictions and allow...

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A Higher Standard of Identity Management for Higher Education, PortalGuard provides a single launch point for end-users to access their daily web applications. The focus of this blog is how PortalGuard’s Multi-Factor Vendor Integration caters to the changing cybersecurity landscape in Higher Education.

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As technology continues to advance it is vital for children to understand the potential risks that are out there and how to be cyber aware when online. Children ages 8-18 spend an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes online. During this time, they may be exposed to cyberbullying, cyber predators, and identity theft. In each child there seems to be an inherent trust in the technology that...

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Schools are becoming easy targets for cyber criminals, not only in New Hampshire but across the country. Exposing, compromising and exploiting confidential information to make an easy profit or to test their skills. The Cybersecurity incident map, a useful tool created by Doug Levins of EdTech Strategies, LLC., provides an in depth look of past and recent events. (For those who haven’t...

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It is critical to implement the right cybersecurity solutions for your organization. Learn why higher education institutions should use single sign off.

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Email scams are nothing new. We’ve all heard of someone’s grandmother sending money overseas to a grandchild in trouble, while the grandchild is in the next town over and clearly not in trouble. Or the Foreign Prince who has a confidential and top-secret request of wanting your money. Most of these scams have red flags such as misspellings, improper English, bad grammar, and usually end up...

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