Three Frameworks, One Strategy: How South Carolina Is Advancing Cybersecurity Readiness and Student Data Privacy
How South Carolina is bringing together foundational cybersecurity protections, organizational maturity, and student data privacy through a coordinated statewide strategy. Cybersecurity readiness and student data privacy are often approached as…
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I Hacked My Way into Cybersecurity
If you had looked at my résumé when I first became interested in cybersecurity, you probably would not have predicted where I would end up. I didn’t have a degree…
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The Maturity Leap: When Cybersecurity Improvement Becomes Measurable
What does meaningful cybersecurity progress actually look like? At El Paso Independent School District, there is now a measurable answer. The district advanced an entire organizational maturity level in cybersecurity…
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OSINT: What the World Knows About You
In the past month, we have seen cybercriminals steal data from Florida’s Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, a Louisiana-based identity verification company, and a healthcare company’s patient records. In addition…
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Guard Your Data: What Lifeguarding Taught Me About K-12 Cybersecurity
For forty years, I have watched water. As a lifeguard and a lifeguard instructor, I have trained hundreds of people to prevent, recognize, and respond to emergencies in pools, lakes,…
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Guardrails for Growth: Turning the CCRE Cybersecurity Rubric into a Cybersecurity Strategy
Keeping school networks and student data secure can feel like chasing a moving target. Threats change. Technology changes. Expectations change. For school systems, the challenge is not just knowing what…
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CoSN’s Cybersecurity Readiness for Education (CCRE): It Starts with Knowing Where You Are
Every good roadmap starts with one important piece of information: You are here. The same is true for cybersecurity readiness. Before we can determine where we need to go next,…
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Cybersecurity: Not Just an IT Project, But a Strategic Imperative for Every International School Leader
When you hear “cybersecurity,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many, it’s a vision of the IT department, tucked away, battling digital foes behind firewalls and code.…
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THE END OF UNAUTHORISED THIRD-PARTY PLUGINS—A BLESSING OR CURSE FOR K-12 TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTS
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Supportive Environments in K-12 Cybersecurity
As cybersecurity professionals, we understand that technical tools are vital, yet we also understand that tools alone don’t stop incidents from occurring – People do. The best firewall that money…
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