At 5:30 am one morning, I was awoken by the sound of fire trucks. My neighbor's house diagonally behind my house was on fire. The fire department promptly arrived within 15 minutes of the 911 call. Sadly, my neighbor died in the fire. My wife and I looked at each other and began questioning smoke detectors and our safety plan.
With the news of a true breach event locally involving actual ransomware deployed in the days after the 4th of July, these abstract concepts suddenly get very real as they relate to school district cybersecurity. We have had numerous Directors of Technology call us and have been told that area Superintendents are concerned about the event. They are seeking to better understand their district's security posture and identify areas that can be improved.
We were not involved in the most recent incident. However, numerous recent breach attempts in the region have used various attack vectors. All of these attacks appear to have a consistent pattern.
Several basic "blocking and tackling" tasks exist that everyone can implement internally for little to no cost.
Having staff, appropriate expertise, and the time to perform comprehensive cybersecurity oversight reasonably can be daunting. We have proven tools and services to help keep your district safe while providing the required cybersecurity visibility across your district.
Since so many have had questions, we will briefly share our thoughts on what should be on your district's cybersecurity radar.
You can watch the recording here.
-Scott Quimby, CISSP
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