Education Archives

Jul 07
2020

FERPA Compliance & How to Obtain It

BY Dave Wallen

Learn what the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is and what measures educational institutions must take to obtain FERPA compliance.

Feb 27
2019

Spanning’s Backup for Google Workspace Solution Gives Hamline University Confidence in the Cloud

BY Emily Hurn

Hamline University found not only a solid backup and recovery solution in Spanning, but also a trusted partner they can count on no matter what the future of the cloud and education bring. Read their story to learn more about how Spanning Backup helps educational institutions take on cloud applications with confidence.

Oct 09
2018

Edu and the Cloud: 3 Tips for a Secure Relationship

BY Heather Malec

The cloud has fueled many advancements in education, such as improved collaboration between teachers and students, BYOD accessibility, virtual classrooms and training labs. With all the advantages of the cloud, however, come assumptions of safety that can prove costly if taken for granted. To get the real story, we spoke to a few of our higher education customers to get their first-hand advice on sustaining a secure and robust cloud implementation.

Aug 24
2018

Learning Held Hostage – How to Prepare for and Prevent Data Loss Due to Ransomware

BY Brian Rutledge

At the beginning of 2018, the FBI and the Department of Education Inspector General revealed that hackers had tried to sell over 100 million private records from almost 100 schools and businesses as of the end of last year. 100 million records seems like a lot, but when you consider that more than 63 percent of organizations experienced an attempted ransomware attack in 2017, with 22 percent reporting these incidents occurred on a weekly basis, it’s easy to see how pervasive and far-reaching the threat of ransomware is.

Feb 07
2018

Ransomware Targets Education: How Do You Protect Your Data?

BY Brian Rutledge

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, and not just in business and government — they also increasingly occur in education. In fact, in a warning issued on Jan. 31, 2018, the FBI and the Department of Education inspector General stated that hackers have tried to sell over 100 million private records from almost 100 schools […]

May 03
2017

Best Practices for Preventing Data Loss in Education

BY Jeff Erramouspe

Do you know who’s protecting your cloud application data? Cloud technology has forever changed how we work. Many academic institutions, for example, have especially benefited from the cloud, because it allows them to take advantage of economies of scale that are difficult to achieve with on-premises systems. Cloud technology, and especially software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, have […]

Nov 14
2016

Catholic Education Diocese: Spanning Backup for Google Workspace Makes the Grade

BY Nadra Ghaddar

With thousands of students, teachers, and staff members counting on Google Workspace for education technology, the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta in New South Wales Australia needs the most reliable backup available to protect its content in the cloud. So when the diocese’s technology services provider couldn’t offer a cloud backup solution, the diocese turned [...]

Nov 03
2015

The Higher Ed SaaS Journey: Minimizing Risks, Maximizing Rewards

BY Spanning Cloud Apps

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Oct 22
2015

Higher Ed and SaaS CRM Applications: At the Intersection of Innovation

BY Melanie Sommer

At this year’s EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, there are a number of sessions that discuss SaaS applications – more than double the sessions from last year. This growth in interest in SaaS for higher education is fueled in part by the need for innovation, and in part by the adoption of SaaS CRM applications like Salesforce.