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Applying the American Rescue Plan to education technology and learning loss

On March 11, 2021, Congress passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package that, among many other things, provides critical funding for public schools.   While similar to the CARES Act, this new stimulus package, called the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency ...
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4 Reasons to Find Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Alternatives in 2022

In September 2018, the FBI issued a public service announcement to alert the public of cyber actors’ increased use of Remote Desktop Protocol to take part in malicious activity. More recently, with the onset of COVID-19 and remote work, a ...
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Tech Trends Driving Remote Access Demand

It’s 2020 and while technology continues to expand and improve, experts keep warning that the cyber threat landscape has never been more treacherous. Attacks are increasingly sophisticated and the skill gap is widening, even as 44% of businesses plan to increase their tech spend ...
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[WEBINAR] Calculating the ROI of Remote Support for ATMs

Are you spending too much on ATM support? Financial institutions tend to overspend by 47,000 USD each year on unnecessary service trips. In this webinar we review the underlying research along with best practices for reducing costs. Join us and ...
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Avast hack is the latest reason to evaluate your VPN use cases

Cybersecurity company Avast announced that its internal network was hacked via a VPN connection. The attackers compromised an employee's VPN credentials and had network access for more than four months.  Through a successful privilege escalation, the actor managed to obtain ...
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That TeamViewer remote access hack was worse than previously thought

A security firm recently revealed new details about one of the more significant TeamViewer hacks, which happened in 2016, showing that billions of devices may have been affected or vulnerable. It seems that TeamViewer was hacked by Chinese-backed group APT41, ...
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