Cybersecurity

Several factors contribute to the inadequacy of budgetary spending for security, such as a lack of funding and the difficulty of hiring IT professionals.

For one leader, FETC is the ideal way to establish relationships and stay up-to-date with the realm of education technology—which is why she is attending the conference for the 13th consecutive year in January 2023.

The virtual K-12 program CYBER.ORG Range allows teachers to guide students through a controlled virtual environment where they can practice deploying and discovering cyberattacks in an effort to draw future candidates to the field of cybersecurity.

Despite what parents argue, lockdown drills and cellphone bans are essential to keeping schools quiet and secure for first responders.

What's more troubling is that, since AirDrop users have to be relatively close to each other to share files, these threats—which have forced entire districts to shut down—are likely coming from within schools.

If the thought of bad actors infiltrating your school's security system is unsettling, look to these FETC© 2023 sessions for help.