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As schools open their doors for a new academic year, it is evident that education is becoming increasingly dependent on technology.  As a result, cyber security is a critically important component to the risk management strategies in schools. Having worked with dozens of schools internationally, COMPASS understands the unique threats they face. Fall is the […]

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The independent school community faces a unique set of challenges when securing their sensitive data, with students, parents, facility, and administrators traversing the network from a variety of different platforms each day. COMPASS has had the pleasure of working with independent schools across the country over the past few years. Most of these engagements begin […]

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Last week approximately 400 independent private school information technology (IT) professionals gathered in Los Angeles for the 2017 Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS) annual conference. I had the honor of presenting during the Sunday cyber security workshop and leading a cyber security risk management session on Monday.  The goals of the sessions […]

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If you work for or have a family member who attends a K-12 school in the United States and think that your school is immune from hacking, then you couldn’t be more wrong. Between January 1, 2016 and April 19, 2017 there were 112 data security incidents in just K-12 schools! The actual number of […]

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One of the biggest challenges of strengthening your organization’s network security is understanding where to begin. Security vendors are constantly pushing new hardware and software on organizations to solve their problems, but there is no “one solution” to cyber security. A cyber security risk assessment helps organizations identify their unique areas of weakness so they […]

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Why these two global powers should work together for the common good of keeping the Internet free but secure from hackers.