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The purpose of this session will be to present a cybersecurity framework for education that is designed to uplift the cybersecurity risk management practices
of school districts by clarifying expectations for policy and practice aligned to widely adopted cross-sector standards, specifically drawing from the National Institute for Standards and Technology, K12SIX, ISO 27001, Security Studio, CoSN's Trusted Learning Environment, and others. The objectives include describing the strategy for designing this framework and to seek buy-in at the highest level of the government, to support this new cybersecurity framework designed for education. Here are the objectives.
1. Build cybersecurity coalition of ed focused organizations
2. Build ed focused framework for cybersecurity standards
3. Build assessment rubric achievable for most schools
4. Build training resources for professionals to audit the assessment rubric
5. Establish governance and accountability for ongoing sustainability
Within the presentation, each of the following objectives will be discussed in detail. Progress detailing the work that has been completed so far will be shared. All participants will be invited to join this coalition and be a champion for change.
1) Give an Introduction and explain the framework.
2) Discuss the challenges and layout a roadmap for improvement.
3) Review the five objectives.
4) Break out into interactive groups and collaborate about how we will accomplish these objectives.
- Build cybersecurity coalition of ed focused organizations
- Build ed focused framework for cybersecurity standards
-. Build assessment rubric achievable for most schools
- Build training resources for professionals to audit the assessment rubric
- Establish governance and accountability for ongoing sustainability
5) Share out and start an ongoing conversation to continue future collaborations.
American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) for K-12 Education, services to support excellence in education: https://www.apqc.org/what-we-do/education-k-12-services.
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for Education Excellence: https://www.nist.gov/education.https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/self-assessing/baldrige-sector/education
CoSN Leadership Survey 2022: https://www.cosn.org/edtech-topics/state-of-edtech-leadership/
SETDA 2022 State EdTech Trends Report - https://www.setda.org/priorities/state-trends/
Priorities for CIOs in 2022 - https://www.cio.com/article/303215/8-top-priorities-for-cios-in-2022.html
Cyberthreats, viruses, and malware - Microsoft Security Intelligence - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats