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One in four data breaches involves schools - Meris Stansbury, eSchool News
Cyber criminals are becoming bolder and more sophisticated in their operations, federal computer security experts say. And that's bad news for schools, because educational institutions reportedly account for approximately one of every four data security breaches. At a recent Educause/Internet2 conference for computer security professionals, federal and private-sector officials discussed the evolution of cyber criminals and the latest group of security threats. Their goal was twofold: to share strategies for protecting campus information, and to press upon school leaders the importance of educating a new generation of cyber defenders.

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Report: Half of High School Classes Could Be Online by 2019 - Dave Nagel, THE Journal
Low-cost delivery and tailored learning opportunities could drive up to half of all high school courses online by 2019, according to a report from researchers that's set to appear in the summer issue of Education Next, published out of the Hoover Institution, the public policy research center at Stanford University. The researchers--Clayton M. Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Michael B. Horn, executive director of education at the Innosight Institute--said that while while only about 1 percent of courses in 2007 were online, this figure represents a 22-fold increase from 2000 and should grow to 10 percent within six years and to about 50 percent by 2019.

Study: Top Web Application Vulnerabilities Remain Unfixed - THE Journal
Organizations still aren't doing enough to protect their data from Web application vulnerabilities, according to a study released Tuesday by security firm Cenzic. The study, Application Security Trends Report, Q1 2008, identified "1,409 unique published vulnerabilities for the first quarter of 2008, with Web technology vulnerabilities comprising 70 percent of the vulnerability volume and 65 percent of the total vulnerabilities classified as easily exploitable," according to Cenzic. According to the report, the most prevalent vulnerabilities were in the areas of information exposures/leaks, cross-site scripting, and "session management."

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Osage County: Security in a Small School District - Dian Schaffhauser, THE Journal
The Osage County R-II School District in Osage County, Missouri, is tiny--600 to 650 students, according to Richard Becker, technology coordinator. Yet it faces the same computer security challenges of larger districts with far fewer resources--a scarcity of resources that includes staffing. Becker himself makes up half of the entire technical team. The district is located in Linn, a rural town of about 1,400 people, many of whom commute the 20-plus miles to the Missouri capital, Jefferson City. How does a small district stay on top of security matters? The solution consists of one part technology--albeit mostly legacy--one part elbow grease, and one part a "secret weapon" resource provided by the state.


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