Alexa and Threat to Privacy in Schools
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…
College Alumni Data Breach
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,…
School data breach and tax fraud
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Once again, it looks like criminals have found a treasure trove in unsecured data maintained by schools. The victims? This time it was not the…
WTF? CDI says Dont worry about threat in schools
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology Yesterday, WannaCry threatened to impact the global internet infrastructure. In May, computer security experts warned of the second biggest ransomware attacks, ever. [WP, headline, May 14].…
23,000 student information hacked
By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology In August 2016, A data breach exposing the personal confidential information of 23,000 current, former students and staff occurred in the largest school district in San…