K-12 leaders charged with preparing students for the workforce of the future are doing so amid growing cyber threats. The dynamic landscape of in-person, virtual, and hybrid education has made schools vulnerable targets for cyber threat actors (CTA). While many K-12 organizations struggle to obtain resources to strengthen cybersecurity, those that employ security best practices They consistently report higher levels of cyber maturity.
For the past 20 years, the Multistate Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) has been committed to its mission of fostering collaboration and information sharing among 16,000 state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government entities in US, with K -12 organizations representing the largest and fastest growing segment. In furtherance of its mission, the Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS) and MS-ISAC collected data for the 2022-2023 school year through the National Cybersecurity Review (NCSR) and other first-hand sources, presenting the findings in the CIS MS-ISAC Cybersecurity Assessment.
