THE Journal
May 13, 2008
Security in a Small School District
The Osage County R-II School District in Osage County, Missouri, is tiny--600 to 650 students, according to Richard Becker, technology coordinator. Yet it faces the same computer security challenges of larger districts with far fewer resources--a scarcity of resources that includes staffing. Becker himself makes up half of the entire technical team....
School Security News
Prep School Rolls Out Internet Security System
John Paul II High School, a coeducational Catholic college preparatory school in Plano, TX, has selected Dallas-based DeepNines Technologies' iTrust security platform to control emerging Internet threats....
LanSchool 7.1 Adds Blocking and Monitoring Features
LanSchool Technologies this week released LanSchool 7.1, an update to the company's classroom monitoring and control software suite designed to limit what students can do with their computers. Version 7.1 adds new device blocking and monitoring capabilities and also includes performance and usability enhancements....
Children's Way Beefs Up Security in K-6 Virtual World
Non-profit developer Children's Way Foundation has teamed with eGuardian to bolster security on its Woogi World, an online virtual world for K-6 students. The agreement allows Woogi World to incorporate eGuardian's online verification service as a means of safeguarding kids from online strangers who might be posing as other children....
School Web Lockers Debuts 'Profanity Filter'
Web technology provider School Web Lockers has launched a new service for its collaboration and file sharing system: profanity filters....
SafeSchools, Keenan To Launch Safety Training for California Schools
Keenan & Associates and SafeSchools have joined forces to create an online training program for California public educational agencies. Beginning this summer, Keenan will provide all of its property and casualty clients with access to these training tools through "Keenan SafeSchools," a Web-based delivery system for safety and risk management training modules....
Long Island District Deploys Network Cameras
The Long Beach City School District in Long Island, NY is using network cameras from Axis Communications to provide surveillance at its schools. Designed by A+ Technology Solutions, the system leverages the district's existing infrastructure and provides the benefit of high-resolution clarity for positive identification....
Microsoft Proposes Cross-Industry Effort To Address Online Trust Challenge
Microsoft Corp. has initiated a call for action to address the future of security and privacy on the Internet. In a speech by Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, the company proposed "End to End Trust," a pitch for organizations, including vendors and user organizations, to work together to create a more secure and trusted online environment....
Information Security Set for Explosive Growth
Driven by compliance and public confidence issues, information security is expected to expand dramatically over the next few years, according to new research released by Frost & Sullivan and (ISC)². Worldwide, the number of information security professionals will grow from 1.66 million in 2007 to about 2.7 million in 2012, experiencing a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent....
Virtual Security Gets a Boost
How secure is your virtual environment? Recent US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletins list several vulnerabilities for versions of software from VMware that allow attackers to cause denial of service attacks, generate buffer overflows, expose password logging and gain unauthorized privileges that can be used to hijack processes. The exposures have been addressed in patches by the company, but concern has been growing that virtual machines may get less security-related attention from IT staff than physical boxes....
Hoax Subpoena E-Mails Shine Light on 'Spearphishing'
Last week, hundreds of executives at some of America's most well-known companies received e-mails that they probably didn't want to get--even if those messages weren't a hoax....
Coming Up
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June 1-4, 2008
ASTD International Conference & Exposition 2008
San Diego, CA
http://astd2008.astd.org -
June 3-4, 2008
17th Annual Teaching and Technology Conference
Bismarck, ND
http://www.bismarckstate.edu/cce/tnt/ -
June 4-6, 2008
AEP 2008 Educational Publishing Summit
Washington, DC
http://www.aepweb.org/summit -
June 11-13, 2008
IDC 2008 - Interaction Design and Children
Chicago, IL
http://idc08.northwestern.edu -
June 14-20, 2008
InfoComm 2008
Las Vegas, NV
http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/events_5105.htm -
June 15-18, 2008
38th National Conference on Large-Scale Assessment
Orlando, FL
http://www.ccsso.org/projects/National_Conference_on_Large_Scale_Assessment/ -
June 17-20, 2008
Alabama Educational Technology Conference 2008
Birmingham, AL
http://www.aetc.cc -
June 19-21, 2008
EduComm Conference '08
Las Vegas, NV
http://www.EduCommConference.com -
June 20, 2008 Deadline: Call for Presenters
FETC 2009
Orlando, FL
http://www.fetc.org/CallForPapers/Application.aspx -
June 23-25, 2008
Texas Assistive Technology Regional Conference
Houston, TX
http://www.texasatconference.net -
June 24-26, 2008
Teaching with Web 2.0 Workshop 2008
Dedham, MA
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June 29-July 2, 2008
NECC 2008
San Antonio, TX
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October 14 - 16, 2008
Innovative Learning Conference 2008
San Jose Convention Center
San Jose, CA
http://www.ilc2008.org
Find more events at THE Journal's online Conference Calendar.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Whitepaper: Blocking a New Blend of Content Security Threats
Sponsored by Aladdin Knowledge Systems- More resources
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