No one is 100% safe from cyber threats, and no organization is off limits to hackers—including K-12 schools and districts storing sensitive student information. When hackers strike, educators can experience data corruption/manipulation, data loss, theft of sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII), impaired function, expenditure of resources, and loss of trust over the long term.
Learn how you can improve your school district’s data security with basic guidelines that make data safer and less susceptible to cyberattacks and threats. In this comprehensive safety guide, you’ll learn:
- Steps to protect student data involving collecting information, encryption, password management, network defense and endpoint protection, and more
- Why student data collection matters
- How to identify safe edtech and vendors that can help boost your security