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As many of you know the FTC staff revised its COPPA Frequently Asked Questions in December 2007, including FAQ 44, pertaining to e-cards and forward-to-a-friend campaigns. See http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/coppafaqs.shtm for more details. A recent article in the T.H.E. Journal "Study: The Year's Top-10 Web Application Vulnerabilites," Dave Nagel states that web applications, by far, dominate the list of application security vulnerabilities facing IT organizations. While 29 percent of vulnerabilities are attributable to network and infrastructure weaknesses, a full 71 percent are attributable to both open source and commercial Web applications, according to a report released recently by security firm Cenzic Inc., "Application Security Trend Report for Q4 2007." For the complete article, please access http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=940722:712490. Presentation: Case Conference 2008 - The first Family Online Safety Annual Conference was held in Washington DC on 6th December 2007. There were over 200 participants from around the world and discussions focused on the extraordinary challenges facing parents, teachers, industry leaders, legislators and children, while highlighting a range of evolving solutions. All the conference materials are now available online at http://www.fosi.org/conference 2007/ MYSPACE AND ATTORNEYS GENERAL ANNOUNCE JOINT EFFORT TO PROMOTE INDUSTRY-WIDE INTERNET SAFETY PRINCIPLES ASBO Conference Presentation on Cyber Security by Linda Sharp
CTO Forum on Cyber Security Presentation by Linda Sharp
The Myth About IT Security, Security Is the CIO’s Responsibility The May/June issue of EDUCAUSE Review contains an article, written by Diana Oblinger and Brian Hawkins, that would be valuable for those in charge of district security including CIOs, CTOs, and District Technology Advisors. It provides information about current security issues and strategic suggestions for addressing the issues from people to processes. CDW-G Releases Higher Education Security Report Card (PDF) And the findings are not positive. Scare funds and staffing are producing security holes at US colleges and universities. Police are involved in an investigation of internal hacking by district employees in Wellston School District (MO). Security That Won’t Bust Your Budget District Administration has some easy to implement suggestions for beefing up your Internet security, on which you definitely need to focus attention, given that Symantec researchers have found that educational institutions are the number one largest target of attacks (see article sidebar). Cyber-Security Concerns Mount as Student Hacking Hits Schools CoSN CEO Keith Krueger was interviewed on the state of cyber security in schools as part of an Ed Week article on student hacking. Hackers have attacked a Georgetown University server that was storing confidential information on over 40,000 people being tracked by the District of Columbia's Office of Aging. The National Cyber Security Alliance has released a guide to keeping kids safe online that focuses on social networking sites like MySpace.com. FTC Releases Do You Know Who Your Kids Are Talking To? The Federal Trade Commission has released a set of safety tips for parents and kids for online social networking. |
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