The foundation of effective cybersecurity practices is planning. 

Getting Started with Cybersecurity:

Governance & Security Frameworks:

Cybersecurity is an organizational responsibility, not the responsibility of a single person.  In order to fully address cybersecurity risks in an organization, it is important to determine the organization’s risk-adversity and then develop a governance process for prioritizing issue response. There are standardized cybersecurity frameworks and well-tested approaches to cybersecurity governance that K12 organizations can leverage and customize.

Building a Cybersecurity Plan:

These CoSN resources can help K12 organizations to prioritize and develop an actionable plan: