ERIC Number: ED611878
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Oct
Pages: 75
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Forum Guide to Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Your Data. NFES 2020-137
National Forum on Education Statistics
The purpose of this document is to provide timely and useful best practice information to help education agencies proactively prepare for, appropriately mitigate, and responsibly recover from a cybersecurity incident. This resource reflects lessons learned by the education community and provides recommendations that will help agencies protect their systems and data before, during, and after a cybersecurity incident. This document focuses on cybersecurity, with a specific emphasis on data, from the perspective of the education data community. This resource is not intended as a comprehensive cybersecurity prevention and protection plan, and not all aspects of cybersecurity incident response are addressed. Rather, this document focuses on key activities intended to minimize the likelihood of a cybersecurity incident and help education organizations respond if an incident occurs. This resource provides best-practice information to help state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) before, during, and after a cybersecurity incident to: (1) build awareness about why cybersecurity is important to education agencies; (2) help education organizations identify, mitigate, and protect against potential security risks, vulnerabilities, and threats; (3) focus on how agencies can prepare for, mitigate, and recover from a cybersecurity incident; and (4) identify solutions that will help agencies protect their systems and data before, during, and after an incident.
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Security, Confidential Records, Information Management, Privacy, State Departments of Education, School Districts, Computer Networks, Information Networks, Records (Forms), Elementary Secondary Education, Crime Prevention, Emergency Programs, Planning, Crisis Management
National Forum on Education Statistics. 1990 K Street NW Room 9095, Washington, DC 2006. Fax: 202-502-7475; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/forum/
Publication Type: Guides - General; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Parents; Administrators; Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: National Forum on Education Statistics (ED); Quality Information Partners, Inc. (QIP)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES16Q0009
IES Publication: https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=NFES2020137