Security/Privacy
- Free 'Morro' Antivirus To Replace Microsoft OneCare
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11/20/2008
Microsoft is rolling out a free antivirus software program for consumers that will compete with products made by Symantec and McAfee. Code-named "Morro," the AV app is expected to be available by the end of 2009.
- Bringing Student Web "Stuff" to Campus Enterprise Systems
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11/19/2008
How can an institution incorporate Web 2.0 learning opportunities for students, and evidence of learning from those opportunities, into existing campus technologies and processes? PlugJam is providing part of the answer.
- Penn State Pilots Proctored Online Testing System from Kryterion
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11/19/2008
The Pennsylvania State University's World Campus and Kryterion have gone public with results of a pilot in which students completed proctored exams online using Webassessor Online Secured Testing. The technology is intended to deliver tests without the need for an in-room proctor present.
- MIR3 Adds Recorded Response Feature to Mass Notification Service
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11/19/2008
MIR3 has added a new notification feature to its family of inEnterprise solutions. Recorded Response allows emergency managers to notify their target recipients of events as well as collect responses in their recorded voices in addition to traditional response options. This feature now allows the collection of more exact and situation-specific detail.
- Northern New Mexico College Moves to Latest AVG Anti-Virus
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11/19/2008
Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) has gone public with its use of AVG Anti-Virus software. The college, which has 3,200 students and 200 staff and faculty on two campuses, runs a network with about 700 workstations and 13 servers.
- Q1 Labs Offers Free Tool for Log and Compliance Management
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11/18/2008
Q1 Labs announced the availability of a free, downloadable log management and compliance product that provides users with visibility across networks, data centers, and infrastructures.
- Smart Phone Security: New Challenges for Road Warriors
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11/14/2008
Hopefully by now we have educated our faculty and staff to the dangers of traveling with a laptop containing sensitive information--say Social Security numbers or a faculty member's latest patentable research. But have we been educating them about the security risks of smart phones?
- SMobile Releases Antivirus To Protect Google Android Phones
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11/11/2008
SMobile Systems has released an antivirus program for phones running Android, the Google-developed operating system. The company already offers similar solutions for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, and iPhone devices.
- e2Campus Provides Twitter Integration in Emergency Notification System
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11/7/2008
Omnilert has integrated its e2Campus emergency notification system with Twitter. This enables e2Campus clients to push e2Campus alerts automatically and simultaneously to their schools' Twitter accounts without having to log in to their Twitter account separately.
- Moodle Gets Student Verification Capabilities
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11/6/2008
Moodlerooms and Acxiom Risk Mitigation have teamed up to deliver a new solution to help verify student identities in higher education distance learning using Moodle, the popular open source learning management system.
- Plagiarism Detection System Adds URL Filtering, Reporting Groups
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11/6/2008
iParadigms has released a new version of its iThenticate plagiarism detection platform.
- Rave Wireless Adding BlackBerry Devices to Notification Service
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11/5/2008
Rave Wireless will be adding BlackBerry devices to the roster of mechanisms by which alerts can be sent out through Rave Alert, its notification service. The company has also added AOL's AIM Express instant messaging service to its list of supported text receiving methods.
- U Miami Trades IPS for Top Layer Security System
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11/5/2008
The University of Miami and its Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine have deployed an intrusion prevention system (IPS) from Top Layer Security as part of a trade-in program offered by the vendor.
- Cornell Hardens Campus Network with Gigabit Wireless Radio Links
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11/4/2008
Cornell University has deployed several gigabit wireless radio links from BridgeWave Communications as part of its network hardening strategy.
- U Pittsburgh Turns to Verizon Business for Automated Notification Services
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11/4/2008
The University of Pittsburgh has signed on for Verizon Notification Services to communicate to the campus community.
- Security Concerns May Slow Cloud Computing Adoption
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11/3/2008
Speaking about his company's "Digital Disruptions" report released this past month, Computer Sciences Corp.'s Chief Innovation Officer Lem Lasher said questions over data security will be a major impediment to enterprise adoption of cloud computing.
- Spam Attacks on the Rise in Q3
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10/31/2008
Identity thieves and hackers appear to be coming at Windows users from all fronts, most commonly with spam. They were particularly active during the third quarter of 2008, when they did it eight times more frequently than in the previous quarter, according to a report released Monday by Sophos.
- U Louisville Goes with GuardianEdge To Protect Sensitive Data
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10/31/2008
The University of Louisville has selected technology from GuardianEdge for hard disk encryption, smartphone protection and device control to safeguard data for the campus community. A motive for the deployment is the concern about potential data breaches.
- Organizations Cutting Back on IT Security Staff
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10/30/2008
The IT security function, as a percentage of total IT staff at enterprise organizations, appears to be in decline, according to an addendum on security in a research report released this week by Computer Economics.
- Central State U Chooses Leader Alert for Campus Communication
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10/30/2008
Central State University has deployed Leader Alert, an emergency notification system, for use at its Wilberforce and Dayton, OH campuses of more than 2,100 students. The communications service allows for simultaneous alert of the campus community by telephone, texting, and e-mail.
- Bad Times Call for a Security Check, Experts Say
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10/28/2008
"Disaster breeds opportunity," so the old slogan goes. But when it comes to uncertain economic times, organizations should double-check their internal policies and procedures, security experts say.
- What's on Your School's IT Threat List?
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10/24/2008
The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a national leader in information security research and education, recently released its Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009, outlining the top five areas of security concern and risk for consumer and enterprise Internet users for the coming year. In it, the GTISC forecasted five key cyber security areas where threats were expected to increase and evolve.
- Temple U Deploys Crossbeam Security for Campus Communications
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10/24/2008
Temple University in Philadelphia has deployed Crossbeam Systems' X-Series security platform to secure campus-wide communications. The X-Series, Crossbeam's highest-performing security switch, consists of a "chassis" from which other vendors' applications can be run. The Crossbeam hardware facilitates the consolidation, virtualization, and simplification of security services delivery.
- Bradford Networks Announces New Identity Management Security Appliances
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10/24/2008
Bradford Networks has announced three new software security appliances focused on identity management. The new products--User Visibility and Control (UVC), Device Profile and Control (DPC), and Behavior Monitoring and Control (BMC)--are subsets of Bradford's NAC Director and Campus Manager.
- Off-Cycle Patch Targets Worm-like Windows Bug
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10/24/2008
Redmond on Thursday released a critical out-of-cycle security patch affecting Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 systems.
