Navigating cybersecurity and establishing best practices presents one of the greatest administrative challenges for an increasingly digital K-12 environment. Schools and districts are favored targets for hackers due to the treasure trove of personal data they maintain from both students and employees, and ransomware in particular has become a popular method of attack.
Having embraced digital platforms several years earlier than most of their K-12 peers, colleges and universities are all too familiar with these threats and tend to have a more robust framework for preventing and addressing them.
