A sometimes-overlooked part of the CIO's role is providing input and guidance during the selection of the digital curricular resources that students and teachers are using every day.
"2023 has been a tough year for K12 cybersecurity, and some states and local education entities are not taking it as seriously as they should," says Tim Chadwick, chief information security officer at LINQ.
Surprisingly to some, the cybersecurity, tech and education worlds are more intertwined than ever before and not always in a positive way. This is because, unfortunately, schools have increasingly become targets for cyberattacks.
Throughout the first half of 2023, K12 and higher education institutions experienced 85 ransomware attacks, nearly doubling last year's recording, according to a new analysis from Comparitech. Unfortunately for the education sector as a whole, it's a troubling trend that shows no signs of slowing down, and it's costing schools a fortune in downtime.
Education has become the fifth most targeted industry for data breaches, according to a recent report from Nord Security, with U.S. schools experiencing a sharp increase in hacks in recent years.
"We don't negotiate with terrorists," Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told audience members at the first-ever cybersecurity summit hosted by the White House on Tuesday.
Superintendents and tech leaders should seriously consider creating "a new districtwide cybersecurity ecosystem" of sustainable policies for safeguarding student data and other sensitive digital assets.
Secondary education saw a "staggering" 466% spike in malware attacks in the first half of 2023, according to a recent analysis. What can leaders to do prepare?
In the wake of high-profile ransomware attacks against some of the largest school districts in the country, administrators are uncovering student and staff data on the dark web months later regardless of whether ransom was paid or not.
