In Pennsylvania, one school district is on the hunt for several technological devices, and a Florida district will buy a leadership development curriculum.
The energy, retail, pharmaceutical, and transportation industries and many other sectors outranked the education industry in terms of having strong cyber-protections.
On Cybersecurity, District IT Leaders Want Vendors to Be More Responsive
Relatively Few K-12 Systems Baking Security Requirements Into Contracts, New Survey Finds
District officials have been slow to recognize threats from hacking and other cyber threats, and relatively few have placed requirements on vendors for data security.
The fastest growth in procurement solicitations in the third quarter of 2016 was for “public safety” equipment and services, while cybersecurity gets E-rate funding.
For the second time in two months, Minnesota has stopped testing because of distributed denial-of-service attacks, and Pearson’s system was disrupted.
The nation’s second-largest school district has experienced several setbacks in the rollout of its effort to provide all students with iPads.