Ben Kapon

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5 Types of Active Learning and How They’re Beneficial

Active learning wakes up your brain. It helps you understand and retain information quickly so that it’s easy for you to use. Many traditional educational programs rely on passive learning tools like reading and listening to lectures. Learning this way requires a lot of focus. Because students don’t have to engage with new information right […]

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The Crucial Role Cybersecurity Education Plays in the Hybrid Office

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated major changes in the way we work. While remote working was on the rise before coronavirus struck, the hybrid office has since turned into a worldwide phenomenon – and there appears to be no turning back.  Whilst hybrid offices naturally have multiple benefits, one of the major drawbacks is increased susceptibility

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Email Security Best Practices for Businesses

Despite the rise of instant messaging and other popular alternatives, email still reigns supreme in the business world. A quarter of the world’s 2.5 million email accounts are business-specific, a figure that’s expected to reach 2.9 billion by the end of 2021. Meanwhile, the average office worker is estimated to send around a staggering 121

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College Students are Best Equipped for Tech Bootcamps, So Let Them Shine

Originally featured in Geektime A recent bootcamp graduate is as likely to land a job at a top U.S. tech company as a college alumnus, a study by Switchup revealed in July. There are two key takeaways here. First, the pathways into the coveted high-tech industry are many and diverse. Second—implicitly—the researchers viewed colleges and

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Part-Time vs. Full-Time Cybersecurity Training

Regardless of the type of job you’re looking for, it can be challenging to know if part-time or full-time training is the right investment for you. A handful of contributing factors helps determine the type of training you need to succeed in any given field. Some jobs require formal college degrees, while others only require

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Why Hands-On Skills Are Critical in Cybersecurity Education

Merriam-Webster’s defines hands-on learning as: “gained by actually doing something rather than learning about it from books, lectures, etc. : involving or allowing the use of your hands or touching with your hands. : actively and personally involved in something (such as running a business)” While cybersecurity professionals are most adept at understanding what knowledge is needed to execute tasks

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Everything You Need to Know About Blended Learning

Last year was many things, but we can at least say it was educational. Whether you’ve been managing remote teams, online classrooms, or working solo, the sudden switch to working — and learning — from home has forced us all to adapt.  Organizations are embracing the move to work and learn from anywhere, and perhaps

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5 Ways Organizations Can Ensure Data Security

The cybersecurity scene is advancing at a fast-paced rate and concurrently, advances in technologies are becoming better at aiding cyber-criminals and hackers to take advantage of data security loopholes. With the continuously growing scale of breaches and cyber threats, these attacks should be a major concern for all organizations. An example of such data security

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Cybersecurity Training for Employees: What You Need to Know

When it comes to cybersecurity, an enterprise needs to be savvy. Knowledge of cybersecurity and information technology is extremely important because it’s the basis for preventing a cyber breach or attack. Employees should be educated in the realm of cybersecurity (and trained accordingly) because a security threat cannot be avoided or reported if it is

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Reducing Post-COVID Risks in Digital Education

COVID-19 shifted the way we look at our educational institutions, especially in higher education. The world was already on a path toward more digitization, but the pandemic forced us to adopt new technologies quickly and apply them to our learning environments. It’s safe to say that the abrupt transition to online learning proved to be

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