Watch & Learn: Student and Data Safety Through Cybersecurity

Team LOKGEN July 11, 2022

K–12 districts have faced a relentless influx of cyberattacks since transitioning to online learning in response to the pandemic. Michelle Bourgeois, CTO at Colorado’s St. Vrain Valley Schools, and Tim Tillman, CTO at Chesterfield County Public Schools in Virginia, share their strategies for improving cybersecurity in their districts.
Both IT leaders take a proactive approach to online security, emphasizing the importance of protecting student data and school networks. They urge other K–12 districts to train staff in cybersecurity best practices and implement security solutions and best…

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Build a Culture of Cybersecurity Awareness in K–12 Schools

Before St. Vrain Valley Schools began closely examining its cybersecurity posture, its staff didn’t have the best cyber hygiene. “Unfortunately, many teachers would take their keyboard and…

Team LOKGEN July 12, 2022

Colorado-based ColdQuanta, which uses cold atom tech to build and integrate quantum computers, sensors, clocks, and networks, raised a $110M Series B (Daniel Levi/Tech Startups)

Daniel Levi / Tech Startups:
Colorado-based ColdQuanta, which uses cold atom tech to build and integrate quantum computers, sensors, clocks, and networks, raised a $110M Series B — The internet has changed over the years. But the groundwork for today’s internet was laid in 1973 by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

November 2, 2022

What Is OpSec, and How Can It Help K–12 Districts?

K–12 networks are vulnerable to cyberattacks due to a history of insufficient funding, a gap in information security expertise, and low prioritization of cybersecurity from…

Team LOKGEN March 14, 2022

Governor Jared Polis announces that Colorado residents can now pay state taxes with cryptocurrencies; Polis is also selling NFTs to fund his reelection campaign (Esteban L. Hernandez/Axios)

Esteban L. Hernandez / Axios:
Governor Jared Polis announces that Colorado residents can now pay state taxes with cryptocurrencies; Polis is also selling NFTs to fund his reelection campaign — Gov. Jared Polis made good on a promise earlier this year by announcing Monday that Colorado residents can now pay state taxes with cryptocurrencies.

September 22, 2022

Chuck Schumer and other US lawmakers urge the White House to sanction China’s YMTC for allegedly violating export rules by supplying NAND chips to Huawei (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
Chuck Schumer and other US lawmakers urge the White House to sanction China’s YMTC for allegedly violating export rules by supplying NAND chips to Huawei — Democrats and Republicans urge White House to put semiconductor company on blacklist — Top US lawmakers are urging the White House …

September 21, 2022

Versa Networks, which helps companies unify network and security tools into a single console, raised $120M in equity and debt, bringing its funding to $316M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Versa Networks, which helps companies unify network and security tools into a single console, raised $120M in equity and debt, bringing its funding to $316M — Networking and cybersecurity firm Versa today announced that it raised $120 million in a mix of equity and debt led by BlackRock, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank.

October 27, 2022

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