Schools store, handle and transmit some of the most sensitive data that exists about people, including grades, health status, addresses, Social Security numbers and even financial information. And that data is under siege: 29 percent of school and district members of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center have reported being victims of a cyber incident, some of which included data breaches.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s recent report, “Protecting Our Future: Partnering to Safeguard K–12 Organizations From Cybersecurity Threats,” pointed to a host of…