Andres Andreu , Chief Information Security Officer at 2U , a leading EdTech player , explains why security is critical to the present & future of education
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Andres Andreu , Chief Information Security Officer at 2U , a leading EdTech player , explains why security is critical to the present & future of education
The face of education is changing . With an evermore interconnected world , the times of having to attend educational establishments in their physical locations no longer applies . Educational Technology ( EdTech ), in the form of educational delivery platforms , is transforming this landscape – there may even come a day when education journeys are taken entirely online as part of global culture .
This landscape has its challenges of course , but it also brings with it major opportunities to overcome some of the restrictions that traditional educational systems have not been successful eliminating .
In terms of the challenges , the most pressing is probably that which concerns data . 2U is the parent company of global online learning platform edX which provides over 45 million learners with access to over 4000 digital education offerings from more than 230 colleges , universities and corporations . Each one of those learners , and the educators that constitute that learning relationship , has data that pertains to them . That ’ s a lot of data .
Naturally , the security and the trust in the service is central to the educational dynamic and to 2U ’ s success – which is invariably tied to the outcomes of its users . In other words , the quality of education is now inseparable from the quality of the technology , which
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2U is the parent company of global online learning platform edX which provides over 45M learners with access to over 4000 digital education offerings in partnership with more than 230 colleges , universities , and corporations .
116 September 2022