A would be celebration for the class of 2020 poses security risks

With distant learning becoming the new normal, parents-turned-teachers navigating online course curriculums, and annual school dances evolving into living room proms, it goes without saying that COVID-19 has had an mcafee.com/activate product key indelible www.mcafee/activate impact on education. As we usher in what would be www.mcafee.com/activate product key a celebrated time for the class of 2020, time honored commencement ceremonies are at risk for even further disruption as graduates prepare to toss www.mcafee.com/activate download their virtual caps and gowns and supportive www.mcafee.com/activate loved ones log on to watch  — these online gatherings of celebration are also ripe for hackers. 

Earlier this month, Florida Golf Coast Universiy had to cut short its virtual ceremony when cyber attackers took the online vendor’s servers offline and distorted the list of hopeful graduates. Similarly, ceremony became the target for an upended digital overtake. Minutes after student Devaunjue “Jay” Williams’ speech urged  www.mcafee.com/activate classmates to be “agents of love,” viewers’ virtual screens went black and soon appeared with racist and anti-semitic images.

School administrators and www.mcafee.com/activate download vendors alike will be paying extra attention to security procedures this graduation season to avoid the “Zoombombing” attacks that have populated the virtual meetings landscape in recent months. The stakes are high. Graduating seniors, disappointed at missing out on live www.mcafee.com/activate product key activities their www.mcafee/activate last school semester, want a positive memory to carry with them. School officials want to spare graduates mcafee.com/activate product key’ family members, the indignity of witnessing a disruptive event.

Zoom itself has rolled out security updates to its features to address the ongoing concern to preserve the integrity of the virtual meeting www.mcafee.com/activate. It’s also issued guidance to mitigate teleconference hijackingThreat urging conference hosts to:

• Require passwords in order to join the call, as well as the option to enable the “waiting room” function to screen out unauthorized intruders seeking access to the call
• Alternatively, setting up a large www.mcafee.com/activate download virtual gathering www.mcafee/activate as a webinar can prohibit participants from hijacking the call even if they have the password to join 
• Share links directly to specific people
• Manage screensharing, video and audio for participants, limited both to only individuals that are presenting 

To keep control of virtual graduations, hosts should ensure that they selectively authorize access to designated speakers mcafee.com/activate product key at the right time. This will give the valedictorian the stage to address their fellow classmates www.mcafee.com/activate product key, friends and family free of gimmicks that may or may not be in good fun.

While virtual ceremonies may not measure up to graduates’ expectations, schools, public figures – and even marketers – are doing what they  www.mcafee/activate can to make the events memorable.

This week alone,  will issue a graduation keynote on Facebook and  will address graduates of HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities). featuring more www.mcafee.com/activate download than a dozen educators and celebrities, will honor the nation’s 3 million high school graduates, in prime time Saturday on CNN, Fox and other networks.

This shift from in-person events to social-distancing gatherings may spur some parents, relatives and loved ones to tap into their creative sides and find news to celebrate their special graduates.There’s no shortage of resources to help  www.mcafee.com/activate drum up inspiration - in fact,had a few www.mcafee.com/activate product key fun suggestions on how to create this less than normal moment into something the class of 2020 will never forget. For example, you can get a personalises video message from your graduate’s favorite athlete or Reality TV star, or for the Tolkien enthusiast www.mcafee.com/activate download in your life “Lord of the Rings” co-star Sean Astin is also available. Organizing a group of friends and mcafee.com/activate product key family to send in video messages to show they care  www.mcafee/activate or even arranging a surprize gguest to make an appearance on a video chat. Whatever it is - and as cliche as it sounds - there’s really no time like the present to remind us all that “it's the thought that counts.” 

Graduation season is here. The schedule may have been disrupted by the pandemic, but people are adapting, adding their own www.mcafee/activate creative twists, and most of all celebrating the class of 2020.