While security might not present itself as an immediate emergency, school leaders should consult regularly with their IT teams about this significant technology risk. One of the major barriers to these conversations is the lack of a common vocabulary. The world of cybersecurity is full of technical terms that may be bewildering to school leaders who find themselves more familiar with the world of education. Let’s take a look at six questions that you can use to start an informed conversation at your school.

In our previous blog post, we took an in-depth look at why organizations are vulnerable. Now, we’ll take a step forward and move from an academic conversation toward a more practical and actionable path. According to Gartner, through 2022, at least 95 percent of cloud security failures are predicted to be the customer’s fault. Yikes!…

The volume of cybersecurity threats that organizations face has become overwhelming. At CDW’s recent Managing Risk Summit in Washington, D.C., leading security experts described how cybercriminals continue to use innovative techniques, including malware, ransomware and compromised credentials, to gain access to enterprise networks and compromise valuable data. “How do you think hackers think of their…

Few email users fork over their bank account numbers to Nigerian princes or click links to claim lottery prizes anymore. In fact, as digital natives enter the workforce, the collective sophistication of email users grows. Yet email scams are still big business. That’s because while users are increasingly savvy, so are the bad actors. Today’s…

At CDW, we focus on managing risk by protecting the confidentiality, availability and integrity of our information assets. We accomplish that with a three-pronged approach