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Auditors: Utah K–12 cybersecurity practices lag; higher education stronger but inconsistent — committee refers audit
Summary
Legislative auditors told the audit subcommittee that many K–12 school districts in Utah lack baseline cybersecurity protections — including multifactor authentication, incident response plans, and patch management — and that higher education institutions show stronger but inconsistent controls.
State auditors presented a cybersecurity performance audit showing significant gaps in cybersecurity practices across Utah’s local education agencies and inconsistent implementation of controls in higher education.
Auditors said that, based on surveys and limited active testing, many K–12 LEAs had not implemented baseline controls identified by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), especially incident response planning, staff training, multifactor authentication (MFA),…
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