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How To Be Proactive In Your Cybersecurity Strategy

eSchool News, December 21st, 2022

These 3 steps can help IT teams ensure schools are prepared and protected from cyberattacks, particularly as education is experiencing a cybersecurity crisis

Keeping K-12 schools safe from cyberattacks has become a growing concern for educational institutions, especially as these attacks increase in sophistication and frequency nationwide. This past September, a school district in Detroit was hit with a cyberattack that closed its schools for two days. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the country, was also subject to an attack over Labor Day weekend, which shut off access to email and crippled the district's website and critical systems.

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