Operationalizing K-12 Cybersecurity with Limited Resources

Public school districts have become primary targets for sophisticated cyber exploits, yet K-12 security teams are continually asked to defend expanding digital footprints with constrained budgets and understaffed IT departments. Between massive 1:1 student device initiatives, a surge in third-party EdTech applications, and mounting federal compliance expectations from CISA, managing district-wide risk can feel like an impossible balancing act. 

Join Qualys, SelecTech and Fairfax County Public Schools for an interactive lunch and learn designed specifically for K-12 IT Directors, CISOs, and technology leaders. Together, we'll move beyond industry buzzwords and explore practical strategies that help school districts reduce risk, improve visibility, and streamline cybersecurity operations. 

Key takeaways from this lunch in learn include: 

• Complete Asset Visibility: How to discover and continuously monitor every device on your network—from student Chromebooks to administrative servers and classroom IoT—without heavy infrastructure deployment. 

• Risk-Based Prioritization: Moving away from endless patch cycles by prioritizing the specific vulnerabilities actively being exploited in the wild (CISA KEVs), saving your team valuable time. 

• Managing the EdTech Attack Surface: Practical approaches to tracking, auditing, and mitigating risk introduced by third-party educational software and cloud platforms. 

• Meeting Compliance & Insurance Baselines: Streamlining your operations to easily align with CISA’s K-12 Performance Goals and satisfy strict cyber insurance renewal requirements.

Come connect with your regional K-12 peers to share real-world strategies for reducing your district's attack surface and building a sustainable culture of cyber resilience.