Students and staff expect 24-7 access to content and information from any device; here’s how to provide safe, secure access via mobile devices—whether they’re school-issued or part of a BYOD program
Students, teachers, and administrators expect access to educational content and information from any device, at all hours of the day—and these demands place a huge burden on school IT staff. How can school leaders provide secure mobile access to content and information?
Answering this question was the focus of a recent eSchool News webinar sponsored by Symantec Corp.
Called “Enabling the Classrooms of Tomorrow,” the webinar featured advice on providing 24-7 access to content and information in a safe, secure way from Ben Orencia, education practice manager from Symantec; Matthew Peeples, president of Advanced MarketPlace Inc.; and Advanced MarketPlace’s Mark Robinson.
During the webinar, four key steps to securing mobile content emerged:
1. Mobile security starts with educating end users.
“From a PC perspective, we’re pretty savvy and cautious” about online security, Orencia noted—but when it comes to mobile security, most people are less cautious.
He showed some statistics to support this notion: While 90 percent of computer users delete suspicious eMails from people they don’t know, only 56 percent of mobile device users do this. Seventy-two percent of computer users have at least a basic antivirus solution installed, but only 33 percent of mobile device users do.
(Next page: Three more steps to securing mobile access to content and other resources)
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