Crime Online: What Schools Can Do To Delete It

School districts around New York are helping to pull the plug on Internet criminals by attending a free half-day seminar on how to deal with cyber crime.

Jointly sponsored by NYSIR and the New York State Association of School Business Officials, the seminar features a discussion of the causes behind cyber crime, Internet crime currently in the news and steps districts can take to reduce exposure. The presentation will be held in six regions of the state on six different dates.

Those dates and regional locations include:
• March 29 – Batavia, at the Holiday Inn, 8250 Park Road, (585) 344-2100
• March 30 – East Syracuse, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 6004 Fair Lakes Road, (315) 431-4800
• April 12– Smithtown Long Island, at the Long Island Sheraton, 110 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, (631) 231-1100
• April 13 – Suffern, at the Holiday Inn, 3 Executive Blvd., (845) 357-4800
• April 26 – Poughkeepsie, at the Hampton Inn & Suites, 2361 South Road, (845) 463-7500
• April 27– Albany, at the Crowne Plaza, Ten Eyck Plaza, State and Lodge streets, (518) 462-6611

The agenda, which begins with an 8:30 a.m. registration and ends with lunch following a full morning of discussion, will include presentations by experts from the FBI, New York State Police Cyber Crime Units, J.P Morgan Chase Bank and the NYSIR Risk Management Department.

The seminars are open to administrators and business officials from any and all public school districts across New York State. To register, click here.