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Jan 20, 2023, 08:32 ET

Center for Internet Security's free webinar offers valuable tips and recommendations to keep K-12 schools secure

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y., Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The number of U.S. school districts hit with ransomware more than doubled in 2022, canceling classes, closing schools, compromising social security and other personal information, and costing the average district more than one million dollars in recovery costs. That number is expected to increase yet again in 2023.

A free webinar is being offered to any K-12 public school interested in learning how to better secure their networks. During this virtual session, participants will hear from panelists in IT positions, school district staff and cybersecurity leaders about what can be done to bolster school cybersecurity, regardless of an organization's budget or the level of experience of security staff members.

The recommendations are based on the Center for Internet Security's first-ever K-12 Report, released at the end of 2022. Here is a link to that report, as well as a link to register for the free webinar on Monday, January 23, 2023 from 2-3:30 pm ET.

For more information, contact Media Relations Manager Kelly Wyland at [email protected] or call/text 518-256-6978.

About CIS:

The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS®) makes the connected world a safer place for people, businesses, and governments through our core competencies of collaboration and innovation. We are a community-driven nonprofit, responsible for the CIS Critical Security Controls® and CIS Benchmarks™, globally recognized best practices for securing IT systems and data. We lead a global community of IT professionals to continuously evolve these standards and provide products and services to proactively safeguard against emerging threats. Our CIS Hardened Images® provide secure, on-demand, scalable computing environments in the cloud. CIS is home to the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (MS-ISAC®), the trusted resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) government entities, and the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center® (EI-ISAC®), which supports the rapidly changing cybersecurity needs of U.S. election offices. To learn more, visit CISecurity.org or follow us on Twitter: @CISecurity.

SOURCE Center for Internet Security