eSchool News: Safeguarding K-12 school networks with proactive cybersecurity approaches

By Joseph Tibbetts, Senior Director for Tech Alliances and API at Mimecast.

Now more than ever, safeguarding students and staff from targeted cyberattacks is critical to the health of our U.S. education system. Local K-12 schools are a top target for cybercrime. Estimates from the nonprofit organization K12 Security Information Exchange reveal more than 1,300 publicly disclosed cyberattacks against U.S. schools since 2016.