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Translating Higher Education Cybersecurity Into Business Value
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (767+ words) Aaron McCray is a Field CISO at CDW. For years, cybersecurity has been treated as a technical problem and an unavoidable cost of doing business. In higher education, that framing is no longer workable. Universities are competing for students, grants…...
Future-Ready Strategies for Technology Leaders in Higher Education
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (714+ words) Higher education technology leaders face an increasingly difficult balancing act. Enrollment pressures, tighter budgets and rising expectations around artificial intelligence (AI) are forcing institutions to modernize while proving the value of every technology investment. At the same time, aging infrastructure,…...
ISTELive 26: Cybersecurity Is Everybody’s Job – How K-12 Districts Are Building a Culture of Shared Responsibility
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (377+ words) One of the greatest group project collaborations in K–12 right now has nothing to do with social studies or science projects. The IT leaders who understand the risk tend to speak in technical language, while the administrators and educators who control…...
Rethinking Managed Security Services in Higher Ed: From Ticket Closers to Strategic Partners
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (813+ words) Aaron McCray is a Field CISO at CDW. Managed Security Service Providers used to be seen as a way to “outsource the pain” of monitoring and incident response. For many universities — where small teams are tasked with protecting sprawling, open…...
ISTELive 26: Accessible by Design: How K–12 Districts Are Building AI and UDL Into Every Classroom
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (201+ words) Accessibility has always been a legal obligation. But leaders in the K–12 space are expanding that conversation to include how it could be more than that: a design principle that creates an improved learning experience for every student, not just the…...
4 Critical Security Considerations for AI in Higher Education
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (559+ words) Jessica E. Bright is a Senior Manager of Customer Enablement for CDW. Steve Thamasett is a Executive Technology Specialist for CDW. Generative artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how colleges and universities operate, streamlining workflows, supporting research and enhancing learning. But as adoption…...
ISTELive 26: What Does an AI-Ready Graduate Look Like?
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (741+ words) Amy McIntosh is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on Higher Education and EdTech: Focus on K–12. As artificial intelligence’s capabilities continue to make themselves evident in the classroom, the technology is quickly moving from a novelty to a necessity. To…...
5 Questions About Security Debt for Higher Ed Institutions
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (215+ words) Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and author and is known for his unbiased and comprehensive…...
ISTELive26: How K–12 Districts Can Build a Safer, Smarter Digital Ecosystem
1+ week, 4+ day ago (812+ words) Amy McIntosh is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on Higher Education and EdTech: Focus on K–12. K–12 school districts are packed with digital tools, and it’s up to IT leaders to manage the governance, data and risk associated with them....
ISTELive 26: Effective Learning Requires a Balance of Ed Tech Tools and Core Skills
1+ week, 4+ day ago (998+ words) Amy McIntosh is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on Higher Education and EdTech: Focus on K–12. As the debate about screen time and digital tools in the classroom continues in school districts around the country, speakers at ISTELive 26 in Orlando,…...