With Halloween just a week away, now is the perfect time to review ways to keep the monsters away from your network! It’s important to stay on top of your school’s cybersecurity protocols throughout the year, or else you could find yourself being haunted by cyber thieves. Here are some of our favorite K-12 cybersecurity tips to help keep your …
Take the October Cybersecurity Challenge & Win $100!
Who says cybersecurity can’t be fun?! Test your knowledge with a fun mix of cybersecurity and fall harvest trivia. Check the leaderboard to see how your knowledge stacks up. The contest ends on October 31st. Winners will be announced early November. You can play online at: https://www.ikonbusinessgroup.com/october-trivia/
4 Employee Personality Traits that Could Threaten Your Cybersecurity!
To celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we’ve compiled a list of four employee cyber personalities to help you identify potential areas of improvement for your company’s cybersecurity strategies. Cybersecurity is a serious topic, but we can still have fun while learning about it. Cybersecurity threats come in many forms, and there are no easy fixes to make your school completely safe …
Back To School! The 4 Cyber Security Trainings You Must Do With ALL Employees
It’s back-to-school season! Soon, our kids will return to the classroom, where they will relearn the information from the prior school year to ensure that they were able to retain that knowledge. There’s nothing wrong with needing a refresher, and this is true for both students and your employees. If your staff has not had a refresher course on your …
Tips for Implementing Effective Cybersecurity Awareness Training
Until recently, most organizations would impart security awareness training as lectures using a slide deck. They typically conducted these training sessions once a year or once during induction. However, these sessions proved ineffective because of their uninteresting nature and lack of follow-up sessions. If you intend to develop a security-focused culture, implementing robust security awareness training is crucial. Here are …
Be Cautious of These 3 Cybersecurity Threats
If you’re responsible for your school’s technology infrastructure, you’re probably aware of some of the different methods that cybercriminals will use to try to steal sensitive information. But there are some new threats making headlines. A recent report from CyberCatch saw the cybersecurity platform provider review 20,000 randomly selected organizations in the U.S. for vulnerabilities that can be exploited by …
How to Make Cybersecurity Awareness Second Nature for Your K-12 School
In order to be effective, your school’s cybersecurity program has to start from the top-down and include all employees. It’s no longer enough to depend entirely on your IT department to jump in to the rescue whenever there’s a breach. It’s imperative to have strong security policies in place that are well-thought-out and clearly documented and clearly and simply explained …
Compliance And Cybersecurity – Why Both Are Important
In the world of K-12 education, you’ll inevitably hear about the many ways to beef up your cybersecurity to ensure the safety of your staff and student data. However, another term is often heard when discussing cybersecurity: compliance. It’s not talked about as often, but both cybersecurity and compliance are essential for any school. Compliance helps keep your critical data …
Why Gen Z Could Pose A Threat To Your Cybersecurity and How To Prepare
You may think that since they are the first full generation to grow up in the digital age Gen Zers are already well-prepared for any technological challenges and security issues that arise, but that isn’t always the case. Since most Gen Zers grew up with a smartphone and social media, they’re more likely to share information without any regard for …
Don’t Let Your School Become a Cybercrime Statistic
There are some records that you don’t want to be a part of setting, like this year’s expected record number of new data breaches. Keep cybercriminals out of your school and your pockets when you make smart cybersecurity choices. Answering the following questions can help you determine just how vulnerable you are. Are you… Using multifactor authentication to keep hackers …
