Education

October is Cyber Security Month; this first week focuses on staying safe at home and on home devices. When we prepare networks and firewall settings for our K-12 clients, we are often asked to block access to social media and blogging sites.  Our settings can restrict students from accessing these on the school internet connection, […]

As more schools are utilizing Chromebooks and GSuite, schools are finding that it is helpful to have multiple staff members on campus that have password reset rights in the GSuite console. There are several levels of administrative roles built into the console, and the ability to quickly develop custom roles if you want staff to […]

Several times a year, we see waves of phishing and spam attacks cycle through K-12 email domains. Our K-12 schools are tightly connected with other districts – sharing staff, AEA services, vendors and more, so spam emails are quickly spread and quickly read, infecting inboxes of students, patrons, staff and more. When Google sees a […]

Each summer, we handle a wide variety of Chromebook duties for area K-12 schools.  It may simply be the sale and delivery of new models, or may include setup and enrollment of new and/or existing models as well.   Staff and students have reached a point in technology adoption that a Chromebook is a fairly […]

What is DPI-SSL, and do I need to use it on my K-12 network? DPI-SSL involves using another layer of firewall protection to deeply inspect SSL traffic, which is where viruses and ransomware tend to travel. Students, staff and guests communicate constantly while on your school Internet connection.  Connections and traffic vary in type, but […]