K12 SIX Celebrates Five Years as U.S. K-12 Education Sector’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Community

Founded in 2020, the K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX) is the independent, nonprofit cyber threat intelligence and best practices community for the U.S. K-12 education sector. Celebrating its fifth anniversary of operations this year, K12 SIX is committed to helping school districts and other K-12 organizations prevent and respond to evolving cyber threats, together.

Purpose-built for the K-12 community—and focused exclusively on the unique context in which schools operate—K12 SIX analysts work in collaboration with members to leverage dozens of private and public data sources and analytic tools to:

• Provide early warnings of K-12 specific cyber threats

• Monitor the security of edtech vendors upon which school systems rely

• Identify evolving trends in K-12 cyber attacks and policy affecting K-12 cyber readiness

• Provide K-12 specific cybersecurity guidance and share best practices

K12 SIX also serves as the host of the National K-12 Cybersecurity Leadership Conference, the premier professional development and networking event for K-12 IT and cybersecurity professionals. The fourth annual conference will be held in February 2026 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Information about membership eligibility and benefits is available here. Membership and/or sponsorship inquires can be directed here. Working together, we can increase the resilience of the K-12 education sector against ransomware attacks, student data breaches, and sophisticated phishing scams.