Podcast | An Inside Look at a K-12 Ransomware Incident (Part 2)
Episode 26: An Inside Look at a K-12 Ransomware Incident (Part 2) In 2020, there were 408 publicly-disclosed cyber incidents impacting K-12 school districts. Of those 408 incidents, roughly 50 consisted of ransomware. These incidents often resulted in school closures and prevented districts from accessing sensitive data and critical systems ... Read More
EdTech Magazine | ManagedMethods Survey Finds Gaps in K-12 Cloud Security
Many districts lack adequate cybersecurity for cloud-based environments — possibly because they don’t know what protections are already in place. Thirty percent of K–12 school districts lack cloud application security, according to a ManagedMethods survey of 214 district-level administrators released last month. Of those surveyed, most respondents use Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 in their ... Read More
EdTech Magazine | Security Tools for K–12 Districts in Today’s Cloud Environments
These cybersecurity solutions strengthen your security posture while shrinking your attack surface by focusing on your strongest — and weakest — links: your users. Before the cloud, schools hosted everything on-premises. Servers, files, data — it all existed where users resided and where district IT teams could manage and secure ... Read More
cybernews | ManagedMethods: cybersecurity a part of making schools safe
Schools are an attractive target for cybercriminals Schools are not only likely to pay a ransom to swiftly continue their operations, but also hold student records, which can sell on the dark web for a lot of money. The number of cyberattacks on K-12 schools has been steadily increasing over ... Read More
ManagedMethods Survey Identifies Gaps in K-12 Cloud Security
Episode 25: ManagedMethods Survey Identifies Gaps in K-12 Cloud Security School districts have been among the leading adopters of the cloud, led by the increasing embrace of Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 applications. Yet, a recent ManagedMethods survey found school districts are behind when it comes to properly securing them ... Read More
A Conversation on Mental Health in K-12 IT
Episode 24: A Conversation on Mental Health in K-12 IT Over the past couple of years, mental health in K-12 IT has received more attention and is beginning to be discussed more. School district technology leaders have been stretched thin as schools moved into remote and hybrid learning in the ... Read More
My Tech Decisions | ManagedMethods Survey: 30% of K-12 School Districts Lack Cloud Security
by My Tech Decisions News Staff ManagedMethods research reveals gaps in the cyber security strategies of district administrators when protecting cloud collaboration and storage apps Research by ManagedMethods, a Google workspace and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for education, has found gaps in the cyber security strategies of ... Read More
Campus Safety Magazine | 30% of K-12 School Districts Don’t Have Cloud Security, Survey Finds
by Amy Rock, Campus Safety Magazine Although 94% of K-12 districts use cloud platforms, 50% either don’t have a cloud security platform or don’t know whether or not one exists While the vast majority of K-12 schools use cloud platforms, many don’t have a cloud security platform in place to ... Read More
eSchool News | New ManagedMethods Report Reveals 30% of K-12 School Districts Lack Cloud Application Security
by eSchool News staff Latest research findings suggest school districts are under-protected against cyberattacks targeting data in cloud applications ManagedMethods, the leading Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for education, today announced new research that found gaps in the cybersecurity strategies of district administrators when ... Read More
iTechnology Series | New ManagedMethods Report Reveals 30% of K-12 School Districts Lack Cloud Application Security
by iTechnology Series News Desk Latest research findings suggest school districts are under-protected against cyberattacks targeting data in cloud applications ManagedMethods, the leading Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for education, today announced new research that found gaps in the cybersecurity strategies of district administrators ... Read More
