Security

According to a 2018 Security Scorecard study, the education sector is ranked last among 17 industries in cybersecurity preparedness. This lack of resources and readiness should sound an alarm in today’s school districts. Considering the vast amount of student data being collected, network security should be top of mind to all school faculty and IT decision makers. The K-12 Blueprint Security toolkit - developed with generous support from CDW-G* - includes resources and materials to help school technology leaders make the best decisions to ensure the safety of all school information.

CISA 5 recommended practices establishing safe learning environments 3 levels of school network security

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	News CISA Releases the K-12 School Security Guide (3rd Edition) This comprehensive guide provides a doctrine and systems-based methodology to support schools in conducting vulnerability assessments and planning to implement layered physical security elements across K–12 districts and campuses.
	News New Bill Tackles K-12 Cybersecurity Challenges President Joe Biden has signed into law legislation aimed at helping the federal government better identify K-12 cybersecurity risks and suggest appropriate solutions for school districts to adopt.
	Blog Beef Up Your Backup for Seamless Continuity Continuity helps the entire school or district persist in a crisis. Backing up data is the first step in continuity and ensures that IT and communications work.
	Blog Create a Disaster Recovery Plan By taking into account your infrastructure, potential threats and vulnerabilities, and most critical assets, establishing a disaster recovery plan can help schools and districts bounce back after data disasters.
	Blog A Recipe for Disaster Recovery Considering all of the potential threats to K–12 data, disaster recovery is crucial for schools and districts to retrieve and reclaim vital information, and to maintain operations; avoiding catastrophic shut downs.
	News Lessons in Cybersecurity: How Education Coped in the Shift to Distance Learning Malwarebytes—an anti-malware software company—has released a new report revealing that schools need to do a lot of catch up to stave off potential cyberattacks.
	News Cybersecurity for K-12 Schools and Districts Implementing data security procedures for a school or district should be a dynamic and ever-evolving process. Moreover, incorporating powerful hardware solutions, strategic infrastructure countermeasures and—above all—comprehensive faculty training are just some of the cybersecurity actions school leaders must take to deal with this insidious and highly-sophisticated assault against sensitive school data.
	Blog Taking the Temperature of Biometrics in Schools: Next Gen Precaution or Fever Dream? The current COVID-19 pandemic puts us at a techno-ethical crossroads. And many in the ed-tech community feel that biometrics in schools will one day be a given.
	News New State of EdTech Leadership 2020 Survey Report The annual CoSN EdTech Leadership Survey has just been released: providing critical information on the state of K-12 technology, infrastructure, and leadership.
	Video Making the Internet Safe for Kids The video Making the Internet Safe for Kids provides parents with a thorough understanding of the most common internet dangers facing children.

Security

CDW-G's Security Services for K-12 Education

Test Faculty Awareness of Email Scams

Data Security Advice for K-12 Leaders

Cybersecurity for K-12 Schools and Districts

Establishing a Zero Trust Ecosystem

Saving Lives with Technology

Evaluating your District's Cybersecurity Readiness

Creating Safe Learning Environments

District Security Self-Assessment Checklist

Cybersecurity and the Cloud

Cybersecurity is Everyone’s Job

Data Security: The First Step to Protect Student Privacy

Security Planning Rubric

Questions to Ask Online Service Providers

Making the Case for Security

Security Threats to Prepare For

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