Supplier Spotlight: Carahsoft on Open Source Software

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An Interview with Rich Savage, Sales Director at Carahsoft 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 source software and why is it important to education? Open […]

CMMC: What It Is and Why It Is Important

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Breaking Down the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 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 controls for processes and practices with the goal of achieving a certain […]

Ransomware Incident Response Planning

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How to Prepare For the Worst & Choose Partners to Support Your “Digital Resilience” 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 of ransomware incident, according to a recent survey by research firm […]

Supplier Spotlight: Columbia Advisory Group (CAG)

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An Interview with David McLaughlin, President & CEO 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 IT support? Our higher ed and K-12 clients call us […]

How to Keep Your Students Safe from Spearphishing

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Learning From Recent Attacks at US Campuses 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 alerts note that such attacks increase in frequency during student aid disbursement periods. What […]

Supplier Spotlight: Columbia Advisory Group

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An Interview with Steve Erwin, Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer 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 be tackling their cybersecurity strategy. What are some of the […]