A Global Guide to Rescreening
What is Rescreening, Why You Should Do It, and How to Get Started By HireRight If you’re new to rescreening, sometimes also known as employee screening or post-hire screening, it’s perfectly natural to have some questions. Here we’ll look at some of the most common questions around rescreening, from what it is and why companies […]
Smart Lockers: The Future of Student Parcel Delivery
As the Number of Students and Parcels Grows, So Does the Need to Modernize Student Parcel Delivery By Pitney Bowes Our digital lifestyle has reshaped campus life, and no one has felt it more than the campus mail centers. As the number of students and parcels grows, so does the need to modernize student parcel […]
Supplier Spotlight: Carahsoft on Open Source Software
An Interview with Rich Savage, Sales Director at Carahsoft By Michelle Nettuno, Category Marketing Manager, Technology, E&I Cooperative Services We sat down with Rich Savage, Sales Director at Carahsoft to discuss open source software, it’s role in education, and software trends and technologies to keep an eye on in the near future. What is open […]
CMMC: What It Is and Why It Is Important
Breaking Down the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification By John D’Annunzio, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Columbia Advisory Group The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a security framework implemented by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to improve protection of the defense industrial base. Like other security frameworks, the CMMC has a collection of […]
Ransomware Incident Response Planning
How to Prepare For the Worst & Choose Partners to Support Your “Digital Resilience” By John D’Annunzio, Vice President for Business Development, Columbia Advisory Group Colonial Pipeline, Kaseya, Solar Winds, Microsoft… the list goes on and on. In the past 12 months alone, more than one third of all organizations globally have faced some type […]
12 Challenges Schools are Facing Before Reopening
E&I Members Share Their Insight for the Road Ahead By Kaitlin Sclafani, Manager, SEO and Social Media, E&I Cooperative Services When COVID-19 began making headlines in early 2020, no one could have predicted the pandemic’s impact on educational institutions. Schools are facing more complex challenges than ever before, and they must rise to the occasion […]
Fingerprinting-Only Gets a “C” When Conducting Background Checks for K-12 Schools
But Fingerprinting + a Thorough Background Check is a Prerequisite for Making the Grade By Lewis Lustman, Content Marketer, HireRight When hiring new teachers, K-12 school administrators and parents often take comfort in the safety net of fingerprinting. They see it as a foolproof way to catch individuals who’ve had brushes with the law – […]
Supplier Spotlight: Columbia Advisory Group (CAG)
An Interview with David McLaughlin, President & CEO By Michelle Nettuno, Category Marketing Manager, Technology, E&I Cooperative Services We sat down with David McLaughlin, President & CEO of Columbia Advisory Group (CAG) to talk about outsourcing IT needs and the E&I CAG contract. What are some of the main reasons that educational institutions seek external […]
How to Keep Your Students Safe from Spearphishing
Learning From Recent Attacks at US Campuses By David Maxwell, CISO & Director of the Information Security Practice, Columbia Advisory Group Spearphishing campaigns are on the rise across higher education campuses. Attackers target college and university students in an attempt to steal financial aid funding and redirect these deposits to outside bank accounts. Recent FBI […]
Supplier Spotlight: Columbia Advisory Group
An Interview with Steve Erwin, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer By Michelle Nettuno, Category Marketing Manager, Technology, E&I Cooperative Services We sat down with Steve Erwin, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Columbia Advisory Group (CAG) to talk about IT trends and challenges, and how higher education and K-12 institutions should […]
