What We Do
“K12 SIX provides the most actionable insight for educational entities, in a time of significant financial and resource constraint. The collaborative community provides encouragement, support, and opportunities for continuous learning in a way that few other organizations can provide to K-12 IT and cybersecurity leaders.”
The K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX) is the only national non-profit organization solely dedicated to protecting the U.S. K-12 community—including school districts, charter schools, independent/private schools, and regional and state education agencies—from ever-evolving cybersecurity threats. Funded by members, since 2020 K12 SIX has operated as the information sharing and analysis center (ISAC) exclusively for the K-12 education sector. Read more about the benefits of becoming a K12 SIX member here, including eligibility and fees.
We Produce K-12 Specific Threat Intelligence
K12 SIX security analysts produce and share K-12 specific, relevant, actionable cyber security intelligence including tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs, IOCs, and vulnerabilities) to assist members in anticipating, identifying, and responding to cyber threats before they cause harm to students, teachers, and school system operations.
We Promote Collaboration Across Districts and States
K12 SIX creates collaborative spaces for members to connect with peers and strengthen trust relationships through real-time discussions via secure chat, forums, online meetings, and events.
We Build K12 SIX Member Capacity
K12 SIX promotes awareness and education to detect, deter and respond to cyber threats through webinars, exercises, workshops, and conferences.
We Empower Members with Tools
K12 SIX provides members with technology to access and triage threat intelligence, automate defenses, and contribute to and enrich the community’s understanding of emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents.
We Build Trust
K12 SIX fosters trust by offering a secure means to collaborate, anonymizing member submissions, and strictly adhering to the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP). We do not endorse or sell cybersecurity solutions.
We Help Manage Crises
K12 SIX helps members respond and coordinate in the event of persistent, pervasive, or damaging threats and incidents affecting the K-12 sector.
“K12 SIX is the premier information exchange for schools in the United States. Their delivery of conferences, events, materials, webinars, workshops, and responses in the moment to threats sets them as leaders in the cybersecurity space for K-12 education.”
The Federation Advantage
K12 SIX is a member of the Global Resilience Federation (GRF), a non-profit hub of more than 7,000 organizations across five continents committed to cross-sector threat intelligence exchange. Cyber, physical, and geo-political security analysts from these communities collaborate with each other to address research needs and mitigate persistent and pervasive threats.
