Security News > 2022 > September > Mitigating the cybersecurity crisis for the school year ahead

Cybersecurity has long been a concern for school districts, but these concerns have intensified in the past two years.

Successful attacks can take a school district offline for several hours and severely disrupt learning environments for the student body and faculty.

K-12 school districts may not be the first target that comes to mind when you think of cyberattacks, but for cyber gangs, schools can be a goldmine.

Most school districts are highly reliant on technology and their networks to run their day-to-day operational systems.

As the school year kicks into high gear, the ongoing cybersecurity crisis should be viewed as a universal problem that is addressed not only by education leaders, but also policymakers and government leaders, education technology partners and vendors, school boards, and community members.

Fostering district and community-wide conversations around this critical issue as well as developing and implementing cybersecurity strategies can help K-12 school districts prevent and mitigate cyberattacks.

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