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A review of security measures taken to protect confidential private information against criminals, fraudsters for the prevention of unauthorized use of electronic data stored in information systems.
By: Tonya Mead, CHFI, CFE, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, School Psychologist The U.S. Department of Education in 2019 received an “A” grade for its efforts to implement the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). In previous years, as reported here on this site, results of the agency- wide evaluation was not as stellar. Just three […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CHFI, CFE, PI Now more than ever before, k-12 public and private school systems and institutions of higher learning are relying upon advancements made in educational technology for the delivery of classroom instruction. With the global CoVid-19 or the Coronavirus pandemic, this demand has never been greater. This is welcome […]
Hi everyone! Although I have created many cyber security awareness courses (see introduction to my FISSEA presentation) for use in the education sector, here is my first course created for Cybrary.it is available on demand here. Why Create an End User Awareness Course? I created the End User Awareness course because of my interest in […]
By: Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CFE, CHFI, PI Recently, I gave a presentation at the inaugural Women and Minorities in Technology Conference in Jacksonville, Florida and was so excited to learn from the audience of their interest in the field of cyber security as a career. However, they were somewhat hesitant because they did […]
By: Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CFE, CHFI, PI This is the time for which kids have been waiting! It is also the time for parents to increase vigilance on the toys and games used by their children over the summer holiday. Recognizing this, school-based Chief Information Security Officers (CISO), penetration testers and ethical hacking […]
By: Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CFE, CHFI, PI There has been much discourse about net neutrality which means that internet service providers (ISPs) should aim to give surfers equal access to all legal content and applications “without favoring some sources or blocking others.” (para 1). Why am I mentioning this today? In 2016, the […]
Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CHFI, CFE, So you think that Alexa poses no threat to student and educator data privacy in the school system? Think again. While Amazon has confirmed that “its Echo devices recorded a family’s conversation and then messaged it to a random family on the family’s contact list,” not much has […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Data breaches exposing the personally identifiable information of k-12 students taking a standardized assessment in English and math occurred in two states last week: New York and Mississippi. The data and technology systems utilized to administer, maintain, and compute the computerized assessment was procured by […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology A charter school operator in Ohio, Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow is on the hook for $60 million in repayments to the Ohio Department of Education for over-charges related to inflating student attendance data. “Improperly enrolling students, forging signatures on student applications to increase enrollment numbers […]
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Thanksgiving is often a time when fraudsters prey upon our most vulnerable. You wouldn’t think that university fundraising departments would risk exposing confidential income, employment, and private wealth information of their alumni to third parties for added financial gains would you? Related Articles and Reports […]