Author: By Yuen Pin Yeap, CEO and Co-Founder, NeuShield

As with almost every industry, COVID-19 has required educational institutions to embrace digital technology for remote learning and student, teacher, and internal administrative meetings and collaboration. Web applications are adapting the learning experience, and streamlining the way educational institutions work. K-12, college, and university campuses are increasingly reliant upon these … Read More

Like all other sectors, the pandemic expedited digital transformation in education. School districts and universities around the globe found themselves making years’ worth of changes rapidly, as the coronavirus shutdown resulted in a mad dash to a new, fully remote “normal.” As schools continue to make sense of distance learning … Read More

With schools planning for the 2021-2022 school year, a threat already impacting districts across the country is on many district leaders’ minds. Ransomware is proving to be a thorn in the side of the federal government, healthcare institutions, IT organizations, and school districts.   Since December of last year, many of … Read More

The education sector has had to rapidly adopt and scale new technologies to enable remote and hybrid learning as a result of the pandemic. This has created an expanded threat landscape, and malicious actors have taken this opportunity to target academic institutions to an even greater extent. In mid-March, the … Read More

Walking through the parking lot, your office manager sees a USB flash drive labeled “Teacher Cutbacks” on the ground. Your lead teacher receives an email that appears to be from your IT person requesting a password reset. Your custodian sees a flyer advertising a free meal for school employees and … Read More