Research highlights cyber vulnerabilities in UK education
More than half (51%) of UK IT decision-makers across education, healthcare, and government organisations received notification of an attack or vulnerability in their supply chain of software in the last twelve months. Worryingly, it took more than two in five (42%) of organisations more than a week to recover. The results of a BlackBerry survey […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: How BlackBerry can help educators with GDPR
Higher educational institutions are adopting emerging technologies to bolster their students’ learning experience and to optimise their administrative processes. While mobile technologies greatly benefit higher educators, an unintended consequence is an increased risk exposure to cyberattacks and in a recent survey by IDC, Education was seen as the sector least likely to be able to […]
BlackBerry AtHoc communicates emergency notifications within 90 seconds
“Emergency notifications that used to take 90 minutes to deploy are now communicated within 90 seconds using BlackBerry AtHoc,” said Maxim Zakurdaev, Enterprise Architect and Technical Product Management, Canada House of Commons John Durbridge Campus Security Manager, Property from Sydney’s Macquarie University, added: “Knowing that the AtHoc solution we have in place is used by US […]
BlackBerry AtHoc enhances capability, visibility and scalability
Universities don’t want to ask people to carry an extra device to ensure they get any emergency communications: you need to find an easy-to-deploy solution which integrates with what staff and students already have in their hands – mobiles and laptops. John Durbridge Campus Security Manager, Property from Sydney’s Macquarie University, says: “Knowing that the […]
CASE STUDY: Keeping staff and students safe – how to alert effectively in times of crisis
Sydney’s Macquarie University brings together 40,000 students and 3000 staff. With thousands of people on campus at any one time, security is one of the top priorities for this leading institution. In addition to a neighbouring business park and train station, the university borders a major shopping precinct and motorway, heightening the challenge. John Durbridge […]
CASE STUDY: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programme saves University 5-7 hours a week
With 10,750 students, North Hennepin Community College (NHCC) is one of the largest colleges in Minnesota. “Our faculty and administrators work in different classrooms, meeting rooms, and campuses” says Joe Swenson, NHCC’s Information Technology Specialist. The college IT team has a responsibility to protect sensitive information on personally owned devices such as student grades, strategic […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Over 90% of university staff and students access at least 3 mobile devices
The revolution in e-learning is encouraging anywhere, anytime access to information and two-way collaboration. At the same time, Universities are challenged by an ever-increasing risk both physical and virtual, from extreme elements who are hard to pin-point or ring fence. Increased mobile communication can be both an asset and a threat so choosing the right […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: BlackBerry IT Solutions
BlackBerry is a mobile-native security software and services company dedicated to securing people, devices, processes and systems for today’s enterprise. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company was founded in 1984 and operates in North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The Company trades under the ticker symbols “BB” on the Toronto Stock […]