It’s Not business; it’s Personal. Building a Culture of Trust to Protect Personal Data

Part of a blog series from the CoSN’s Student Data Privacy Committee tied to Privacy Awareness Month.  Protecting our privacy and security is challenging. Really challenging. It is also inconvenient,…
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2024 Driving K-12 Innovation Top Topics Revealed

Thanks to generative artificial intelligence (GAI), a recent global pandemic, and more, the landscape of K-12 education today is filled with just as many smooth vistas as it has bumpy…
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It’s Not “If” But When You Will Be Hacked

It is not a matter of “IF” your school district is going to get hacked; it is a matter of “When”! At Window Rock Unified School District (WRUSD), we thought…
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Staying Safe While Online

Now in its 18th year, Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues to build momentum and impact, co-led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). As a Cybersecurity…
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Return to School: Preparing for the Fall Term 2022, Part 2

Continued from https://www.cosn.org/are-you-systems-ready-for-fall-term-2022/  Taking care of basic reviews is essential to ensuring that schools, physical, remote and hybrid environments are prepared to sustain high performance and quality systems to support…
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Webinar 081722 Student Data Privacy

17 August 2022
Building a data privacy governance program is a significant undertaking, requiring leadership support, knowledgeable technology leadership empowered to build and implement the program, and an institution-wide culture that is open…
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Cybersecurity in K-12 Schools Facilitated Online Course Spring 2023 *New Start Date!

3 May 202316 May 2023
New Start Date Meets online every *Wednesday from 3:00 PM-4:00 PM ET May 3rd – June 14th, 2023 April 26th – June 7th, 2023 *Sessions are recorded if you are…
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Webinar 050522 Key Findings from CoSN’s 2022 K-12 IT Leadership Survey

5 May 2022
CoSN has conducted an annual survey of U.S. K-12 IT Leaders for the past nine years. The results from the 2022 survey were recently released. Come to this webinar to…
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IoT is Everywhere

As I ponder recent conversations I’ve had around data and cybersecurity, I can’t help but recall several energy-driven discussions on the Internet of Things (IoT). These discussions revolve around several…
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K12 Risk Assessments – What have We Learned?

In 2020, CoSN partnered with Security Studio (S2) to develop a free, entry-level risk assessment designed explicitly for K12 schools. This blog highlights what we have learned between May 2020…
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