A new joint advisory – warning of cyber threats to K-12 schools – was released by the FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC. Please share widely.
GAO: Recent K-12 Data Breaches Show That Students Are Vulnerable to Harm
An important new report on the prevalence and impact of K-12 student data breaches, based on K-12 Cyber Incident Map data.
Total Registration, Totally Pwned
According to reports, school vendor ‘Total Registration’ experienced a significant student data breach. Many unanswered questions remain about the company’s practices and the sufficiency of its incident response.
New Student Data Breach Reporting Requirements in Missouri
In the event of a student data breach, schools in Missouri are now obligated under state law to provide written notice to parents.
Everything’s Bigger in Texas…Including (Maybe) the Data Breaches
A data breach by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) offers a cautionary tale about how K-12 school districts and their vendors should communicate the (bad) news to stakeholders.
Introducing the K-12 Cyber Incident Map
Today, I am pleased to introduce and launch the “K-12 Cyber Incident Map.” It is a visualization of cybersecurity-related incidents reported about U.S. K-12 public schools and districts from 2016 to the present. Painstakingly assembled from public reports, it was created to begin to build a data-based awareness of the scope and variety of digital security and privacy threats facing K-12 public schools and districts, as well as to shed a light on the need for uniform standards for disclosing cyber incidents affecting schools, students, and educators.
How Should We Address the Cybersecurity Threats Facing K-12 Schools?
There are a range of potential cybersecurity threats facing K-12 schools. Thanks to my invited participation in a National Governors Association cybersecurity summit, I’ve documented my current thinking on the cybersecurity in K-12 education, why it is an important issue, and what should be done about it. Ultimately, if we can’t generate the political will to address these issues head on, states and the federal government have no business pursuing school reform and improvement strategies dependent on technology.