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Free Event: Enhancing Your K-12 Cybersecurity Risk Management Program: Best Practices and Lessons Learned - (April 29 from 10am-12pm ET)

  • 1.  Free Event: Enhancing Your K-12 Cybersecurity Risk Management Program: Best Practices and Lessons Learned - (April 29 from 10am-12pm ET)

    Posted 04-19-2021 08:38:00 AM

    Enhancing Your K-12 Cybersecurity Risk Management Program: Best Practices and Lessons Learned

    Join the K12 Security Information Exchange (K12 SIX) – a new national non-profit dedicated solely to helping protect public and private K-12 schools from cybersecurity threats – for a free morning of virtual professional development. The event will cover critical cybersecurity controls all K-12 organizations should consider putting into place to guard against new and emerging threats arrayed against the education sector.

    April 29, 2021

    10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

    REGISTER HERE for the complimentary morning of learning.

    Sessions will include:

     

    "Not Enough Time, Too Few Staff: Enhancing Your K-12 Cybersecurity Risk Management Program"

    This session features a moderated discussion on the pressing security practices and controls that every K-12 organization should strive to be implementing, at minimum. Moderated by Doug Levin of K12 SIX, with:

    • April Mardock, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer and Operations Manager, Seattle (WA) Public Schools

    • David Mendez, Information Security Lead and Technical Project Manager, Technology & Data Services, Region 10 (TX) Education Service Center

    • Dr. Travis Paakki, Senior Director, Office of Technology and Information Services, Portland (OR) Public Schools

    • Allison Walker, CISSP, Executive Director, Cyber Security and Information Technology Risk Management, Cleveland (OH) Metropolitan School District

     

    "State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2020 Year in Review"

    This session provides an overview of recent research and analyses of school cybersecurity incidents, based on data from the K-12 Cyber Incident Map.

    • Doug Levin, National Director, K12 SIX

     

    "K-12 Information Sharing: Raising Awareness & Enhancing Protection"

    The NIST Cybersecurity Framework identifies cyber threat information sharing as one of the best means of defense against malicious actors. This session will provide an overview of what threat information is and how it can be used to help secure your school district, specifically through the processes and procedures facilitated by K12 SIX.

    • Mark Orsi, President, K12 SIX and Global Resilience Federation

    • Doug Levin, National Director, K12 SIX

    • Eric Lankford, Regional Director, K12 SIX

    This event is sponsored by ManagedMethods. ManagedMethods makes Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cloud security and safety easy for K-12 schools-no proxy, no agent, no extension, and no special training needed. The platform is built to save IT admins time and effort by detecting a range of cybersecurity risks and automating incident response in cloud apps. Visit https://managedmethods.com to learn more.



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    Adam Lustig
    Director, Center for Safe Schools
    National School Boards Association
    Alexandria, VA
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