Excelsior College School of Business and Technology (SBT) Dean, Jane LeClair

NYS ramps up cybersecurity initiatives

We have been hearing a great deal about the escalating issues involving the Internet….cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, cybercrime, cyberspying etc….that is taking place in the US and around the globe. The “Spamhouse Project”, a non-profit organization that fights spam on the Internet was attacked itself with a DDOS (distributed denial of service) in March, China has recently been directly named as a...

Excelsior College Unveils MBA with Spanish Language Support

Excelsior College Unveils MBA with Spanish Language SupportTo assist Spanish speaking students that have learned English as a second language, Excelsior College has developed courses that meet their unique needs.Beginning later this month, the School of Business and Technology will be offering courses which include translations from English to Spanish in main course components, such as the lectures, assignments...

Bid time heist

A record may have been set in the annals of cyber crime recently when over 45 million dollars was stolen from ATM machines around the world.  Cyber criminals hacked credit card processing facilities and obtained credit card information. In a well planned and coordinated attack they then withdrew over $45 million from 27 countries worldwide in a matter of 3 hours.According to the report “The case demonstrates the...

China blamed for cyber attacks

According to the New York Times “The Obama administration on Monday explicity accused China’s military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying one motive could be to map military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis”. Evidence has been mounting that China is the source of the many cyber attacks that have launched on US systems in recent years,...

2012 was a good year!

2012 was a good year!According to newly released data from the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operators (INPO), 2012 was a very good year for the nuclear industry in the U.S. According to the report “…U.S. nuclear energy facilities operated at high levels of safety and efficiency in 2012, according to newly released performance metrics compiled by theWorld...

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