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School IT infrastructure faces challenges in supporting online testing

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U.S. schools are under increasing pressure to do well on state and national assessments. These exams influence the ratings and funding levels that they receive, and they may determine whether a student is promoted from one grade to the next. Schools need robust IT infrastructure in order to support their yearly testing cycles, which at some inst...

Risk of cyberattacks will increase with end of XP support

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Logically, Windows XP should have gone out of style long ago. Yet, despite being over a decade old and seeing the release of three other incarnations, the operating system has, for a number of reasons, stayed surprisingly in vogue. Enough so, in fact, that the looming cutoff date for official support from Microsoft - bug fixes, patch update, etc. -...

Retailers must stay on guard against security risks in 2014

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Retailers may be facing an uptick in cyberattacks in 2014. While the late 2013 breach of Target's point-of-sale systems has received much attention, it could be just the tip of the iceberg. Researchers have observed spikes in malicious activity in the sector recently, plus stores still have to deal with relatively unsafe magnetic stripe cards until...

Upgrading from Windows XP will be a question of preference

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The days in which Windows XP can safely be used are dwindling. On April 8, Microsoft will officially discontinue support and patch development for the almost 13-year-old operating system. While this, ideally, should not be a concern for many people, it has become apparent that a vast number of computers are still running it - and plan to continueÂ...