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• We are still seeking practitioner speakers; first wave of acceptances has been made.

NEW: Confirmed speakers and sessions include:

• Pre-conference workshop (2/24): National K-12 Tabletop Exercise, facilitated by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

• “Bridging the Digital Divide: Leading K-12 Schools Through Cybersecurity Challenges” by Andrew Burras, IT Director, Community Academies of New Orleans (LA)

• “MFA All the Things: My Experiences Implementing MFA” by Daniel Fradeneck, Cybersecurity Engineer, Detroit Country Day School (MI)

• “Empowering K-12 Schools with Robust Cybersecurity: Implementing K12 SIX-Recommended Defenses” by Teri Green, Senior Director of IT, Kipp SoCal Public Schools (CA)

• “Malicious Links, Student Hackers, and a Handful of Solutions” by Andy Lombardo, Director of Technology, Maryville City Schools (TN)

• “Empowering K-12 Staff: Simplifying Cybersecurity and Protecting Sensitive Information” by Ben Odipo, Assistant Superintendent of IT, Myles Allen, Project Manager, Brian Troudy, Director of Networking and Infrastructure, and Selena Nunes, Cybersecurity Analyst, Corona Norco Unified School District (CA),

• “Scaling Cyber Risk Management at a Regional Level” by Stuart Long, CIO, Northwest Regional ESD (NWRESD)/Cascade Technology Alliance (CTA), Michael Potter, IT Security Analyst, NWRESD/CTA, and Jacob Doxtator, Senior Systems & Security Engineer, NWRESD/CTA (OR)

• “Taking Credit Cards? What Every K-12 Leader Needs to Know about PCI” by April Mardock, CISO, Seattle (WA) Public Schools

• “Strengthening K-12 Cybersecurity: Protecting Operational Technology (OT) and School Infrastructure” by Michael Pry, Cybersecurity Strategist, and Melissa Milanak, Teacher, River Valley School District (PA)

• “When MFA Fails: Incident Response and Recovery” by Neal Richardson, Director of Technology/CISO, Hillsboro-Deering School District (NH)

• “The Global Education Security Standard Update” by Steve Smith, Executive Director, Access 4 Learning (A4L), Neal Richardson, Director of Technology/CISO, Hillsboro-Deering School District (NH), and Anthony Yaremenko, Program Manager, Cyber Resilience, Victorian Department of Education (Australia)

• “Protecting the North Wall: Cyber is Coming: Actionizing Top Recommendations from DHS, CISA, and K12 SIX” by Casey Wagner, Director of Technology/Data Privacy Officer, West Irondequoit Central School District (NY)

• With more to be announced soon…

Participants from past conferences - 2023 (Austin), 2024 (Savannah) - report overwhelmingly positive feedback about the event:

"Each session was highly informative, and directly offered help for daily challenges in cybersecurity. Most conferences I attend, the sessions are presented by vendors and meant to sell a solution. These sessions were vendor agnostic and offered real help and advice."

"The keynote speakers were amazing, sessions were relevant and informative, and the time to talk to colleagues from around the country was invaluable."

“Each session that I attended was very informative, whether it be seeing how a school in a different state approached obstacles or incidents, or state agencies with helpful hints."

"The most beneficial part of the conference was networking with the U.S. Department of Education, CISA, and other educational institutions, as well as vendors. As a newcomer to cyber, the presentations selected appeared to meet multiple experience levels, and allowed me to learn more and provided takeaways for continued education."

This popular event has sold out in prior years so interested participants are encouraged to act fast to secure their seat.