Overview

February 16

Schools are more digitally connected than ever before. The explosion of take-home devices and remote platforms put in place during the pandemic offer exciting ways to enhance teaching and learning for everyone from kindergarteners to college seniors and beyond.

But those connected devices and cloud collaboration tools have exponentially expanded the security threat landscape in education. Minimizing cybersecurity risk for schools – and keeping up with regulatory changes such as the new federal K-12 Cybersecurity Act, as well as constantly shifting requirements for maintaining cybersecurity insurance – can be extremely difficult.

To help make sense of this new environment, the Center for Digital Education is partnering with Lookout, an integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company, for a special live webinar. As a participant in this event, you’ll learn:

How the education cybersecurity landscape has shifted – and how it will evolve in 2022
How to protect data from ransomware attacks from endpoint to cloud
What you need to know about the K-12 Cybersecurity Act and other mandates
How to keep up with evolving requirements for cybersecurity insurance

Speakers

Richard Zizian

CEO, Critical Period Risk Management

Richard is recognized in many industries as an insurance and financial services risk management innovator with over 50 years of experience as a business executive, legal and business educator, author, and innovation patent holder. He is currently focusing on cybersecurity solution risk management integration. Richard is an active FBI Homeland Security Infragard Member in San Diego.

Rick Remes

Senior Carrier Enterprise Channel Manager, Lookout

As a Senior Carrier Enterprise Channel Manager at Lookout, Rick works closely with channel partners and alliances to drive scale and growth. Outside of the office Rick enjoys cooking, biking and teaching skiing at Cannon Mountain

Matt Federoff — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Matt Federoff served as the Chief Information Officer for the Vail School District in Vail, Arizona for 22 years. He helped open 18 new schools, and was first in his state to provide comprehensive wifi, 1-1 student laptops, and all digital content for instruction. Before Vail, Matt taught high school science for eight years, where he was named an Apple Distinguished Educator in 1997. Matt was the 2005 Arizona Technology Director of the Year, a 2007 National School Board Association "20 to Watch”, a 2010 Tech & Learning “100 Future Technology Leaders to Watch”, 2013 Center for Digital Education “40 Top Innovators”, and in 2015 received ISTE’s “Making IT Happen” award. Matt served on Intel’s Education Board of Advisors from 2015-16. From 2018-19 Matt assisted the Tucson Police Department in digitizing their police academy curriculum, earning an “Award of Merit” in 2019. Retired in 2021 after 30 years in public education, Matt lives with his wife and children in the wilds of the Empire Mountains south of Vail.

Webinar

Risk Management Strategies for K-12 and Higher Ed: Ransomware Preparedness and Cybersecurity Insurance