Retooling EdTech to better protect students and educators
The Challenge
Across the 14,000 school districts in the United States, K-12 grade schools face a growing threat from cybercriminals. With limited resources to invest in cybersecurity and develop in-house IT expertise, K-12 institutions are especially vulnerable to and increasingly targeted by ransomware attacks that disrupt school operations and compromise sensitive student data.
The pandemic-era adoption of new educational technologies (EdTech) has brought new tools and capacities to the educational missions of K-12 schools, but these products commonly serve as the entry point for cyber intrustions on K-12 institutions. Hackers frequently exploit vulnerabilites in EdTech products, capitalizing off of their lack of basic security measures.
A Timely Partnership to Advance Cybersecurity Education (PACE)
The Partnership to Advance Cybersecurity Education (PACE) is a public-private partnership between CLTC and the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of the PACE initiative is to mobilize EdTech companies to improve the cybersecurity of their products to improve defensibility and resilience of K-12 digital infrastructure and better protect students nationwide.
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