Task force hears cybersecurity warnings from vendors and UETN as school data breaches continue

Jan 17, 2025

Vendors and Utah Education and Telehealth Network officials outlined cybersecurity risks to K–12 systems, urged multifactor authentication and endpoint protections, and described state-level monitoring and a forthcoming audit of education cybersecurity posture.

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Cybersecurity experts told the Utah School Security Task Force that basic protections—multifactor authentication, endpoint detection and a zero-trust approach—would block many of the recent breaches of school-related systems and that the state should consider minimum standards for districts.

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