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 […]

Smart Technology & Sustainability

Smart Technology for Sustainability

How Facilities Managers Can Use Smart Tech to Support Sustainability Initiatives There’s an ancient Greek proverb that states: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” Implementing and nurturing sustainability programs on campus is a great way for educational institutions to plant their proverbial trees […]

Buying Computer & Network Equipment

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Why Resellers are the Answer for Technology Procurement With today’s tight educational budgets and the ever-increasing needs for technology, support operations professionals are caught between a rock and a hard place. How can support staff keep up with the demands of their campus while controlling costs? Fewer original equipment manufacturer (OEM) options and the struggle to […]