Sleek, easy-to-use interface allows customers and visitors to quickly search for products, find up-to-the-minute EdTech info, and log in to their accounts. On February 1, 2017, K12USA launched a redesign of its website, www.K12USA.com. The clean, user-friendly new site provides customers, prospects, and other visitors with easy-to-find information on its portfolio of about 20 products—all created …
by Lisa McComsey 
Before you click that shortened URL, know the (harsh) facts. Short links, shortened URLs, tiny URLs: Whatever you call them, they’re everywhere. More than 200 link-shortening services—including the popular Bitly, TinyURL, Google URL Shortener, and Twitter’s link service—turn millions of long, unwieldy URLs into short, spiffy links. The convenience factor is clear. Sometimes you don’t …
by Lisa McComsey 
The Internet of Things connects us and our devices in amazing ways. But it can also wreak havoc on our world. If you’d never heard of the Internet of Things (IoT), you likely know it now. On Friday, October 21, a massive Distributed Denial of Service attack pummeled popular sites like Google, Twitter, PayPal, the …
by Lisa McComsey 
Clever hackers are getting so devious that even IT folks fall for their ploys. Learn how to identify and avoid social engineering attacks. Social engineers prey on human nature, attacking people’s vulnerabilities—fear, greed, naiveté, and kindness—to get what they want. And what do they want? Your money, your credentials, your intellectual property, your contact list…. It’s easier …
by Lisa McComsey 
Think creating strong passwords is a pain? It’s really not. And getting hacked is far more painful. The call to create tough-to-crack passwords gets louder every year. And still, scores of people ignore it. Case in point: Computerworld’s list of the worst, most common passwords for the last five years. Topping the chart in 2015 …
by Lisa McComsey 
It’s easy to be relaxed and unguarded when roaming around Facebook. But with the rise of malware on social media, you better amp up the vigilance. Email phishing and spear phishing attacks are a popular way for cyber scammers to spread malware. But social-media platforms pose significant threats, too. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and the like …
by Lisa McComsey 
Choosing to encrypt a website is becoming less and less of a choice for site owners. The switch to HTTPS is quickly becoming non-negotiable. Thank the big players out there for making it highly desirable—if not mandatory—for HTTP sites to go HTTPS. For example: Google has clearly stated that HTTPS is an important ranking factor. …
by Lisa McComsey 
Overexposing your personal life can be risky business. We live in a share-happy world. What we eat for lunch, where we go on vacation, whom we hang out with, and how hungover we are—these are all things we freely post on social media. But when does harmless chitchat become potentially dangerous TMI that can hurt our …
by Lisa McComsey 
Schools have more—and less—control over the videos their students view. The popular YouTube for Schools—which housed more than 400,000 educational videos from the likes of PBS, TED, and Khan Academy—is defunct. After a five-year run, Google announced its demise in July 2016. Now, says Google, schools must use YouTube Restricted Mode to control the gazillions …
by Lisa McComsey 
New capability solves a major problem faced by K–12 schools: Giving students monitored Internet access when working on school-issued laptops at home. Internet filtering for Chromebooks outside of school was once a near-impossible feat. But SecureSchool has a game-changing new feature customers may not know about. Using the Chrome Management Console, IT admins can now configure their schools’ …
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