Parents impart a lot of trust in their children’s schools, and that trust intuitively extends to school websites.
But a recent New York Times article suggests such trust may be misplaced, especially when it comes to the protection of personal information.
The story checked more than 150 school websites and found scripts that would track the places visited by students, teachers and parents online after they accessed the school site.
Did you hear about the ransomware that attacked Atlanta?
Sounds like the title of one of those 1950s monster movies. Unfortunately, in this case the monster is real, as is the damage it inflicted on the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
Earlier this year, a ransomware attack shut down many of Atlanta’s online systems for more than a week. As a result:
A new scam is currently going around and may soon be landing in your email box, or that of one of your employees.
But unlike that con about the unclaimed money waiting for you in a bank in Kenya, this one has a more insidious and frightening component – the scammer tells you he has one of your passwords, and proves it by including it in the email.
Security is a priority in every 360Civic RFP response. We know hackers target public entities, and have developed simple but effective tools to repel attacks, from two-form identification using mobile phones and email, to hardening contact management systems from attacks.
That said, there are also ways for any public sector entity to minimize the possibility of a security breach – and no IT experience is required.