IT leaders, admins still fear network attacks
By Laura Ascione, Managing Editor, Content Services, @eSN_Laura
Digital resources are widespread in classrooms, but IT leaders still struggle with protecting district networks
Balancing access to educational resources with security needs remains a top challenge for school district IT leaders, according to new findings from the Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning.
Seventy-one percent of district administrators and IT leaders are concerned about the security of their network against malicious attacks or misbehavior, as outlined in the data, which comes from a collaboration between the nonprofit Project Tomorrow and cloud security provider iboss.
The top concern with cloud applications among technology leaders is ensuring data privacy (58 percent).
Last fall, Project Tomorrow asked district administrators and school and district IT leaders...
Laura Ascione
Laura Ascione is the Managing Editor, Content Services at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Find Laura on Twitter: @eSN_Laura http://twitter.com/eSN_Laura