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We have come a long way from dusty chalkboards and lightbulb-powered overhead projectors. The modern-day educational landscape has dramatically shifted to digital platforms. Students, educators, and staff are dependent on web portals and online services to facilitate learning and administrative tasks. However, a lingering question persists: How resilient and reliable are these platforms?
A lot of reasoning in content is predicated on the audience being in a modern, psychologically safe, agile sort of environment. It’s aspirational, so folks who aren’t in those environments may feel like the path there includes doing “the new thing” or using “the new tool.” If you write software and your employer hasn’t caught up to all the newest, best ways to work, I hope this pragmatic post helps you sleep better at night.
Let’s set the table a bit. As you know, in the U.S., Thanksgiving is coming up. And recently I had a conversation with my 83-year-old mother about Thanksgiving. Of course, we came across the inevitable parallels between Thanksgiving dinner and network security! That’s what you would be thinking when talking about Thanksgiving dinner with someone right? Before we dive into the feast, let me set the table.
While it makes for bleak reading, the frenzy of sales and online shopping activity surrounding Black Friday, means this pre-holiday season is a key period for cybercriminals. And each year we see an increase in cyberattacks during what should be a feel-good time. With more consumers expected to be shopping online this year, the opportunity for fraudulent behaviour is rife. But that doesn’t mean we have to surrender to the risks of poor website security.