As cyber attacks against the education sector increase—including against education companies directly—district IT leaders are increasingly being tasked with vendor risk management. To assist, K12 SIX is pleased to announce the availability of new, practical guidance about how to implement and operate a vendor risk management program in your school or district.

Developed by K-12 IT practitioners, for K-12 IT practitioners—and aligned to cybersecurity risk management best practices—the K12 SIX Essentials series establishes baseline cybersecurity standards for U.S. school systems and provides guidance and tools to support their implementation.

In recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX) presents a series of weekly webinars designed to help U.S. school districts strengthen their defenses against modern cyber threats.

K12 SIX submitted comments regarding the U.S. Department of Education's new proposed funding priority entitled “Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Education.”  We recommended that the Secretary add a category of allowable projects and proposals designed to enhance cybersecurity with AI, for AI, and from AI.