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Education

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From Siloed to Strategic: Managing Higher Ed Cyber Risk with Relative Risk Ratings

Universities are not built for central control. They are built for autonomy, exploration, and collaboration across disciplines, departments, and...

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Cyber Incidents in Higher Ed: What to Prioritize in the First 24 Hours

In cybersecurity, timing is everything. When a cyberattack strikes a university, the first 24 hours can mean the difference between rapid containment...

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Securing Openness: Navigating Cyber Risk in Higher Education

Higher education institutions are built on openness—open access to information, open collaboration across departments and institutions, and open...

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Rethinking Cybersecurity in Education for a Proactive Future

Cyberattacks on schools aren’t just a growing trend—they’re a persistent and evolving threat.

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Before You Buy Another Cybersecurity Tool, Do This

As more K–12 schools and libraries receive access to new cybersecurity funding through FCC grants, a key question arises: How do you make the most of...

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Mitigating Human Error in K-12 School Cybersecurity With Telemetry

Cybersecurity in schools is often framed as a technology challenge, but the most common point of failure isn’t a firewall misconfiguration or...

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A Case for Exposure Management in Our Schools

This week, I had the privilege of representing UncommonX at the TCEA Conference in Austin, Texas. TCEA is the largest nonprofit educational...

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