The education sector has a wealth of very sensitive information traveling through its IT systems with data largely relating to students, teachers, and other members of faculty.
Inspiring more minority students to consider careers in cybersecurity would help close the talent gap while ensuring that the technology workforce is more representative of the general population.
Without national standards, there is huge variation between what one school and a district in another state may be teaching students at the same level.
The most widespread cyber incidents were ransomware attacks, in which a hacker infiltrates a network and hold it for ransom, along with data breaches of student and staff personal data that included everything from bullying reports to Social Security numbers.
