Learning Leadership Symposiums Personalize LearningIn order to maximize relevance and increase attendance, the Learning Counsel is adding an element of personalization to the live events. Each event will be hosted by a local school district in partnership with a regional office of education or service district. To address the unique professional learning needs of each hosting organization and region, a range of content topics will be available...

Schools educate our nation's future so school administrators must navigate numerous challenges outside their control. With a reported 67 million malware attacks against education institutions during a typical 30-day stretch*, one major challenge is that K-12 institutions easy targets for cybersecurity attacks. These attacks have risen since the Covid-19 pandemic forced remote learning, and a new form of highly evasive adaptive threats (HEAT) u...

In this webinar, representatives from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center will review the FY 2023 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) application process. This grant program provides an anticipated 27 awards in the amount of $550,000 each to city or township governments, county governments, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, public and...

Learning Leadership Symposiums Personalize LearningIn order to maximize relevance and increase attendance, the Learning Counsel is adding an element of personalization to the live events. Each event will be hosted by a local school district in partnership with a regional office of education or service district. To address the unique professional learning needs of each hosting organization and region, a range of content topics will be available...

The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) is a National Cooperative Purchasing Program for use by member schools, colleges, universities, cities, counties, and other government entities in all 50 states as authorized by each entity’s jurisdictional legal requirements. Region 8 Education Service Center, located in Pittsburg, Texas is the lead government agency for the cooperative. The scope of DLT Solution’s awarded contract includes...

You're invited to attend ElasticON 2023 that will take place on Wednesday, February 1st in Washington, DC. During this event, Elastic, partner and fellow government experts will take the stage to explore collaborative and innovative solutions and practices for federal, state and local government agencies. At this one-day event, you can expect to: Get roadmaps from the creators: Learn about new and future features with detailed roadmaps for the...

In 2021 there was an 82% increase in ransomware-related data leaks and over 170 adversary groups being tracked for their cyber activity. Every organization is at risk, and due to the data-rich environment, K-12 school districts are considered high-value mines for ransomware groups. Join our K-12 meeting as we feature speakers from Spring Branch ISD, as they explain what to look for in your cybersecurity solution journey and key differentiators...

With government and education organizations tasked with transforming their IT infrastructure quickly and securely, many are leveraging multiple cloud computing platforms. For most agencies, this means they must replace legacy systems with systems suitable for managing multiple cloud application workloads. A cloud management solution can help agencies to overcome multi-cloud complexity. IT teams can get a holistic overview of every system on a...

Join the K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX) and Identity Automation for an informational webinar on implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in K-12 settings. Education is a frequent target for ransomware attacks, resulting in skyrocketing cybersecurity insurance premiums (as much as 300%!) and a higher bar for coverage that often includes MFA mandates . The time for districtwide MFA has arrived, but actually implementing it acr...

Our nation’s K-12 schools are data-rich, but often resource-poor. That combination makes them very attractive targets for ransomware attacks. The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, part of the Center for Internet Security, just released a new report that 29% of its member organization reported being victims of ransomware attacks – and the rapid expansion of remote learning in response to the pandemic has only made...