FBI Archives

What school leaders need to know about organized cybercrime

March 24, 2023 by Bob Turner, Field CISO for Education, Fortinet

Increasingly, schools are becoming targets of organized cybercrime organizations, and federal groups urge caution

Cyberattacks against K-12 schools continue to climb in both number and scale. Such attacks can have serious repercussions; according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office,…

K-12 Cybersecurity

Strategies to help IT leaders combat imminent cyberattacks

March 8, 2023 by Warren Young, Area Vice President - SLED, Absolute Software

As long as effective measures are in place, including reliable endpoints and resilient zero trust, cyberattacks and threats can be managed.

It is undeniable, the education sector is prone to attacks from malicious cyber-criminals due to the amount of personal data available across user devices and organization networks. Just…

Building & Campus Security

3 proactive school safety measures leaders can take in 2022

December 7, 2022February 21, 2022 by Todd Miller, SVP of Strategic Programs, Rave Mobile Safety

School safety is a collaborative responsibility and connecting all of the key stakeholders to keep students, faculty, and staff safe is essential

Nationwide, schools are preparing for potentially harmful threats, putting precautions in place, and evolving the school safety landscape.

eSchool Media

School’s (locked) out: Defending against the new ransomware threat

August 13, 2021 by Tony D’Angelo, Vice President of North America, Lookout

Preparations for the fall must include strategies to defend against the rising tide of ransomware and other security threats

With schools planning for the 2021-2022 school year, a threat already impacting districts across the country is on many district leaders' minds. Ransomware is proving to be a…

District Management

6 strategies for better K-12 cybersecurity

April 8, 2021 by Renee Tarun, deputy CISO, Fortinet

As COVID made remote and hybrid learning an everyday reality, it also exposed network vulnerabilities, making cybersecurity awareness more essential than ever

The education sector has had to rapidly adopt and scale new technologies to enable remote and hybrid learning as a result of the pandemic. This has created an…

District Management

Feds: No charges in school laptop-spying case

November 5, 2013August 18, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

No criminal charges will be filed against a suburban Philadelphia school district that secretly snapped tens of thousands of webcam photographs and screen shots on laptops issued to…

District Management

Official: FBI probing school webcam spying case

February 22, 2010February 20, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students' homes is under investigation by federal authorities, a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the…