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Task force hears cybersecurity warnings from vendors and UETN as school data breaches continue
Summary
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.
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.
Kevin Lopez, a private-sector cybersecurity presenter, said multifactor authentication “does significantly increase security, and reducing risks, by up to 99%,” and recommended endpoint detection, role-based access, network segmentation and vendor contractual requirements tied to security standards…
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