(from Education Week) Most K-12 public school IT leaders are failing to take basic steps to secure their school networks against ransomware attacks, phishing schemes, data breaches and other cybersecurity threats, according to a new survey by CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking). Just 15 percent of survey respondents said they had implemented a cybersecurity plan in their own district. Only 11 percent see phishing as a very significant threat, and less than 10 percent feel that way about malware/viruses, ransomware, student data breaches, teacher data breaches or identity theft.
Since January 2016, media outlets have reported at least 235 K-12 cybersecurity-reltaed incidents.
More at Education Week
Related content on NetAssets.org:
Listen to the latest episode of the Net Assets podcast.
