Day: June 15, 2020

Data Security In Edtech Industries.

Edtech stands for education and technology. The role of an Edtech company is to use all the hardware, software in enhancing the education system. Their major purpose and goal is to design certain hardware and software products for the educational institutions. Due to the rise in technology now students can have access to e-learning and learn from home.

Top 10 Companies in Edtech Industry:

  1. Byju’s Learning App
  2. Udemy
  3. Coursera
  4. edX 
  5. Hanson Robotics
  6. Neuron Robotics
  7. Moleskine
  8. Amazon Kindle
  9. Google Assistant
  10. Microsoft

Edtech security risks.

EdTech security risks create ransomware, account takeover, and data security risks for college districts.
New EdTech supports innovation in teaching and enriches learning. However, that very same technology can leave you susceptible and open to cyberattacks. It poses risks to student privacy and safety, and increases the risks you want to face in terms of knowledge breaches and ransomware attacks. Many people say that school districts are facing a cybersecurity crisis. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to manage EdTech security risks.

Account Takeovers: Hackers can takeover accounts of teachers and students. The hackers may be able to make purchases using a credit card. They can use their account access to send phishing emails to other contacts and gain access to more accounts and information. Or, they’ll be ready to take over a Facebook profile and send bullying messages to other students supported their personal information. They could also take over an email account for an administrator and wreak all kinds of havoc.
Data Loss: Hackers can destroy school records once they need access. They are also known to redirect contractor payments to dummy accounts that the hackers control, and use employee information to steal tax returns. On a private level, students, staff, and fogeys can face fraud , a drag which will take years to resolve.
Classroom and Learning Disruption: Whether students are unable to access online lessons, or teachers are unable to prepare and present online lessons, the disruption to the classroom and learning opportunities is a significant problem. Flagstaff administrative district recently had to cancel school thanks to a ransomware attack that impacted building security, phones, and other systems.

Managing the security risks.

. 24/7 Monitoring
Monitor the activity on your systems to spot abnormal behavior that would result from an account takeover. This activity might be unusual login locations and lateral phishing emails that would indicate an account takeover.

  1. Schedule Automatic Action First try and Identify the EdTech and SaaS applications that are connected to your district G Suite or Office365 systems. Then, automatically classify their risk potential. Once identified, you’ll take action automatically or manually to sanction, prohibit, remove, or notify the offender. In some cases, more than one of those actions is appropriate.

If your monitoring uncovers a known malicious app, otherwise you determine an app to be malicious, define a procedure for checking with the user. Find out if the user added the app intentionally , or if it might be a results of an account takeover. In this situation, it’s a good idea to suggest that the user reset their account password.

  1. Update Your Cloud Safety Measures

Review your G Suite for Education security measures to make sure that you’re using them to the fullest. And, conduct a cloud security audit to spot anything you’ll be missing.

  1. Create an EdTech Policy Manual
    It’s critical that everyone in your district understands the importance of protecting the security of your data. They should also be aware of the fact that cybercriminals are targeting K-12 institutions. Make sure the manual defines:

The EdTech that is approved for use
The minimum security and privacy requirements for new EdTech
The process for vetting new EdTech apps
Managing your EdTech security risks is one among the simplest weapons you’ve got against cybercriminals. If your administrative district doesn’t have an automatic system to spot and manage the EdTech apps that are connected to district G Suite and Office 365 environments, your defense isn’t as strong as it could be. Fortunately, identifying EdTech security risks in your environment doesn’t have to be difficult—or particularly expensive.

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Be a good listener

Today I woke up early in the morning, got done with my chores, had an amazing cup of coffee, took a refreshing bath and just sat and had my delicious breakfast(brunch), suddenly my phone started ringing like an earthquake, picked it up said ‘hello’, the first sentence that I heard from friend was ‘Sushant Singh Rajput is no more’, I was like ‘are you mad’, she asked me to google it and as I googled it flashed the headlines of Sushant Singh’s demise. I was shocked and devastated, couldn’t believe of what suddenly happened, switched onn the television to confirm the news and there it was ‘Sushant Singh Rajput commits suicide at his Bandra house’. It was a bizarre moment for me,couldn’t believe of what was actually happening, what I just saw can be fake but it was true, he has actually passed away. Few days back I was watching ‘Kedarnath’ (movie starring Sushant Singh and Sara Ali Khan) and I remember that half of the time I was just looking at the hero and did not even focused on the movie. He was a generous and kind and a very talented actor. Why did this happened? What made him to dive into sorrow because of which he took such a big step? Why are we and all the famous personalities remembering him after his demise? Is this all because loneliness? Is it true that being successful can never make you happy? Earning loads of money can never buy us happiness, happiness comes from our people, our family who are the strong pillars of our life, there can be multiple reasons behind his demise but none of us can do anything, we can just mourn over his demise and pray for his soul so that he can rest in peace. His death gave me a message that life is too short but the world is big consisting of billions of people and we human beings rely on a small group of people whom we call as ‘family’, but what separates us from them is the communication gap, is living alone and not taking out a minute to talk to our loved ones. Have we become soo selfish that we can’t even ask our people about their health, about their problems? What about our so called ‘modern technology’? What about the video calls that we do and screenshot them and put them up on social media? My dear friends there are many Sushant Singh Rajput in this world who are suffering from mental sickness, counting their every single breath, where they have no one to communicate, they have no one’s back on whom they can rely and share their things with, weep with them the whole night, have a drink, there is no on with whom they can share share their love with. This quarantine has made us soo pessimistic, has left us with no hope that people are forcing themselves everyday to take this wrong step to end their lives. We as human beings should get out of shells, save someone, call them up and above all be a good listener, it will just take few minutes to ask about the other person’s health. My dear unkind, selfish humans take out sometime, help them to share their problems with you, listen to them calmly, give them a solution, lend your shoulder to weep because life is to short to gossip about and we are getting self-centered with technologies. If you try something delicious share it with your friends and family. So make this as a motto of your life, take out few minutes, talk to them, save them and repeat this and spread some love instead of spreading virus.

Sushant Singh Rajput, though we will move on in our lives but your smile and your work will never let us forget you. May your soul rest in peace.

TIME MANAGEMENT AND TIPS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY

It is easy to urge swayed by the plethora of activities which occur in college. Amidst all this it’s crucial to stay track of the tutorial workload or it’s commonplace to urge caught up by the pressure during the last months of the semester. Check out these tips for effective time management.
1. Write down everythingWith everything going digital, we frequently forget to truly write things down. Be it assignment deadlines or extra classes, writing down saves us from the last moment panic. Keep a separate notebook to write down down everything important. This helps in proper planning and completing the tasks.
2. Cellphone as an efficient toolIt is easy to get lost in the world of endless scrolling in the social networking apps. But with self regulation we can use our mobile phone as our best tool. Keep a copy of the class notes and books in the digital form. This helps in revising things even when books aren’t around.
3. Maintain your healthDo not take your health for granted. Having irregular sleeping habits, improper diets, excessive alcohol and drug usage deteriorate the body slowly. Without proper health, it’s impossible to cope up with college academics, extra-curriculars. Thus your health should be your first priority.
4. Be organizedKeep your things during a way such you are doing not need to spend hours just checking out them. Having books, notebooks, assignment copies in proper places saves tons of your time and helps in completing task faster.
Even for the digital copies, arrange them in proper directories. It is also important to stay only the required items and take away the rubbish .
5. Prioritize your tasksYou should have a clear idea of what to do when. Prioritize your activities. This helps in increasing your overall efficiency. It is okay not to do all those things which others are doing. Focus on your goals and work on reaching them.

Time management is probably the foremost crucial element of productivity and it’s also what we get wrong most of the time. Either we get too aggressive about managing time that we stress ourselves beyond the limit or we abate such a lot that each one the work gets accumulated for the last hour. Try to follow the tips below

1 . Say no to micro and macro managementDo not think too ahead when managing time. In that way all what happens is building castles within the air until all of them break down. Also don’t think too rigorously i.e by every half an hour for what you’ve got to try to to . Set an achievable target consistent with your potential and check out to realize it within the deadline set.
2. Write down the tasksYou can use simple note taking apps like Google Keep to notice down your goals. You can also use a Whatsapp group (where you’re the only member) to stay a note of the essential things. Writing down a task prevents you from forgetting it and acts as a push to finish it.
3. Year, month, week, dayBreak your goal into the months needed to finish it. Then further reduce it into rough plans for weeks. From here you can set your daily targets and work on them. Before getting to sleep, have your targets ready for subsequent day. It will take considerable effort to stick within the first few days but once you begin you’ll adapt to the target.
4. Rewards and buffer timeMicro-rewards for completing every task gives you another reason to end it. It can be anything from eating your favourite ice cream to watch that long awaited movie. Think that you simply wouldn’t roll in the hay until you finish your goal. Apart from this, keep some buffer time within the routine. It adds flexibility to the schedule and may be helpful if you miss the target thanks to some reason. Read this text on additional tips to enhance yourself on a daily basis.
5. Prioritization and Cutoff tasksPrioritise your tasks. Make sure you are doing the foremost important tasks first. People often fall under a trap of finishing the better tasks first, thinking that they had a productive time. But that is only fooling yourself. You know automatically which would be the most challenging task. So confirm that’s finished first at any cost. Manage your tasks well. Apart from this, set a cutoff for every task. This means that albeit the whole task isn’t finished, confirm to end an honest amount of it.

6. Stay clear of toxic activitiesDo not engage in activities that are toxic and unnecessary. They do not increase your growth in any manner and are nothing but wastage of your energy and time. Stay beyond all such things which prevent you from completing your tasks and reduce the general productivity.

Language- A key to enter in another world

In a world with 195 countries and every country separated with a border consisting of various human kind, culture, race, caste, and speaking different languages,makes me realise how vast our world is and what makes us different from the other people living in a different country or state. Language is the only key which helps us to express our feelings, desires and queries to the world around us. A language is a way of communicating with the others and it is the only thing which describes who we are,it defines our lifestyle and our culture. Though we live in the same house sharing the same blood relation,we speak differently, our tone always differs. I have also experimented a new language Japanese and have explored multiple and hidden treasures of this language. While I was learning I realised that it is not only a difficult language to learn but it teaches you enormous things of living a new life, adapting their gestures, their culture and also gives you the advantage to experience a unique cuisine and makes you aware of the fascinating facts about Japanese culture.

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Advantages of learning a foreign language

The advantages of learning foreign languages are mushrooming as the world is becoming increasingly globalized and learning a different language is a useful real world skill, hence you should make an effort to learn a foreign language, rather than becoming a couched potato.

1.Learning a new language will give you a new superhuman power and will give you the ability to step the ladder of success and embrace it’s knowledge.

2.Travelling will become easier. If you are travelling to a new country and it is difficult to navigate a place or to understand somethings, language will work as a tour guide for you because without the right lingo, you are limited to expensive or slower options.So you can save sometime, money and can travel easily.

3.Foreign language opens up a world to multiple opportunities but because of our dearly guest Corona Virus, it is difficult for us to find a job, but with the help of learning a foreign language it becomes easier for us to get job offers and we can also help in the teaching sector and the domestic sector.

4.Learning a foreign language helps you understand and respect your own language and culture this the most unexpected fact about learning a language.Just like we give much importance to English and in order of learning an speaking English, there is no existence of Hindi our own mother tongue, in our lives.

5.We can also interact with the others and make new friends.It helps us to express our feelings, desires and connect with other humans like us and form a relationship.Plus, speaking in a foreign tongue can be like speaking in a code language with your buddy.

Stress, anxiety and Depression

We often hear people using these terms in today’s world. They have a bit similar symptoms, but are yet so different. All the three terms have different meanings.

• Stress

Stress is a result of day to day life activities. It’s your body’s reaction to the problems you face like completing a deadline, loss in business, etc.
It goes away when the problems you face are over.
It may be harmful to your body if stress lasts long.There are two main types of stress:

1. Acute stress
The stress that you feel when you have a fight with your partner/ family or do activities that are new and exciting is called acute stress. It goes away in a short span of time. Everyone experiences acute stress in their day to day life.

2. Chronic Stress
The stress that goes on for days, weeks or even months is called Chronic stress. It occurs when you face problems like unhappy marriage, financial problems, work problems or family problems. You might become so used to chronic stress that you might not realise that it is a serious problem.

Secretion of hormones takes place when your body reacts to stress. This alerts your body at the time of danger and is in a way good as it helps you to handle stressful situations.When you suffer from chronic stress, your body stays alert even though there is no danger.

This may lead to health problems if not managed on time like:
• Heart problems
• High blood pressure
• Depression or anxiety
• Skin problems like acne
• Menstrual problems
• Diabetes

Symptoms include tiredness, trouble in sleeping or sleeping too much, use of alcohol or drugs, upset stomach, weight loss or gain, etc.•

Anxiety disorder

The worry or fear of the future, about what’s going to come is called anxiety.
The nervous feeling that you get before a job interview or at the first day of the school is called being anxious.

When such feeling continues for a long period like six months are so severe that they start to cause effect on your life, it’s called anxiety disorder.

Anxiety disorder can occur at any age and to anyone. When it gets severe it stops you from doing things you love or from doing normal things like riding a bike, crossing a road, etc.
The feeling of constant fear clings to you and affects your life. If left untreated, it gets worse and may lead to deadly outcomes.

According to a study, females are more likely to suffer from it that the males.

Anxiety disorders consist of various types. They are as follows:

• Phobia– It is the extreme fear of an activity, a thing or a situation.

• Panic disorder- the occurrence of panic attacks at any time of the day, makes the person suffering from it be in constant fear about the occurrence of next panic attack at an unexpected time.

• Post Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)- this type of disorder occurs after going through a traumatic event like death of a loved one, an accident, etc.

• Separation anxiety disorder- this disorder occurs when you live in constant fear of being away from your family or a loved one.

• Obsessive- compulsive disorder– It’s the constant irrational thoughts that lead you to perform specific repeated action or behaviour.

• Symptoms

Symptoms are different from person to person as the situations people face also differs.
Some people might feel there heart beating fast while some might feel out control as if have no control over their thoughts.People might suffer from nightmares, panic attacks or flashbacks of painful moments. The feeling of fear of a specific place or event consumes you.

Other symptoms include:
• increased heart rate
• rapid breathing
• restlessness
• trouble concentrating
• difficulty falling asleep

• Depression

The mood disorder that causes constant feeling of sadness and loss of interest in the activities you love is called depression.

Events that cause a major impact on your life like death of a loved one, being betrayed or loss of a job can lead to depression.It may last for several weeks or years.

Symptoms are as follows:
• a depressed mood
• Loss of interest in activities or hobbies
• Change in sleeping cycle like sleeping too much or too little
• Feeling worthless or guilty
• Constant thoughts of death or suicide, or a suicide attempt.

According to a study, depression is more common in females than in males and the symptoms might differ as follows:

• Feeling irritated
• Anxiety
• Constant Mood swings
• Fatigue
• Holding on to negative thoughts

Some gender based symptoms are also observed in males which are as follows:
• Avoiding contact family and friends
• Taking too much work load
• Abusive and controlling behaviour in relationship

  • Teenagers might experience difficulty in adjusting to a new environment, peer pressure or inferiority complex. These can lead to depression.

Depression can occur at any stage of life and can make people take drastic steps like suicide.

Maybe All of us don’t have the power to treat such conditions but the least we can do is be kind to one another. You never know what someone might be going through. There maybe some hidden battles that they might be facing but plastering them all with a smiling face.
Whenever someone tells you that you have hurt them, don’t shut them out. You don’t get to decide if you hurt them or not. Don’t make them feel like a fool for expressing their feelings. Don’t always be self righteous and think that you can never make a mistake. If your actions are bothering or hurting someone, STOP!
If unknowingly or knowingly your actions hurt someone, then avoid doing it. The means of your fun and entertainment might affect someone’s mental health.Be careful with the words that you use. You never know what impact they might have.
You can save someone just by being kind and being there for them. May it be your family or friends, always ask them how they are.