Supplier Spotlight: Carahsoft on Open Source Software

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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

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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

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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 […]

Supplier Spotlight: Columbia Advisory Group (CAG)

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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

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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

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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 […]