Here's what IT leaders should do as they strive to keep school and district networks protected against myriad cybersecurity threats.

What are the next steps to defend K-12 schools from cyberattacks?


Here's what IT leaders should do as they strive to keep school and district networks protected against myriad cyber threats

Education has been dealt a difficult hand over the past several years. The mass shift to virtual schooling during the pandemic upended systems in so many ways, and it shone a light on the aging infrastructure and technical deficits so many school districts struggle with. Not only did children and teachers have to be more flexible and resilient than ever, but districts also have been hammered by ransomware and other cyberattacks.

At the same time, schools aren’t always getting the right guidance for dealing with the increased cybersecurity threats. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released late last year found that the U.S. Department of Education’s current plan for addressing K-12 school threats needed updating and was primarily focused on mitigating physical threats. And that plan was issued in 2010--in terms of cybersecurity, that might as well be eons ago.

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