ACPE 2025 - Include IT

Cyber criminals have increasingly used ransomware, cloud exploitations, credential theft to test K-12 cyber defenses. These data rich environments require cybersecurity that will secure an organization while taking into account the funding and staff shortages that may face schools.

Listen in on one school's cybersecurity mission and successful program as we cover the current K-12 threat landscape before diving into how a district navigated through the multitude of solutions to protect against identity based attacks and supplemented staff shortages.

Cyber securing our K-12 community is important and we hope you learn from the district's journey and come away with an understanding of key strategies and tools to utilize for an all encompassing cybersecurity plan.

Traditional security awareness in schools is becoming less effective. Hear from a panel of IT leaders from Oregon and Washington districts discuss how ClassLink helps address some of the most prevalent digital learning issues facing districts today including; access, security, provisioning, password fatigue, and usage analytics. In this session, we will discuss how to:
- Build a strong cybersecurity foundation to protect sensitive data
- Streamline rostering and account provisioning to simplify user management
- Secure SSO access to prevent unauthorized access
- Maximize student data security with 2-step authentication (MFA) and easy password reset tools
- Capture important access data to help inform strategy with usage analytics