Special guest Josh from New Hampshire gives a behind the scenes look at a White House event. The hosts discuss their daily experiences as network administrators and troubleshoot networking issues. They reflect on a cybersecurity conference, express dissatisfaction with the lack of tangible offerings, and discuss their preferences in terms of security providers.
New Hampshire has adopted NIST 800-171 standards to ensure student and staff data privacy and security, facing challenges in compliance and vendor requirements.
Major vendors should provide more accessible and affordable tools to enhance cybersecurity in schools, following cloudflare's commitment to offering free essential features.
Deep dives
The White House convening focused on K-12 cybersecurity
The podcast episode discusses the experience of attending a White House convening on K-12 cybersecurity. The episode covers topics such as the importance of cybersecurity in schools, the involvement of various government agencies, the role of vendors in providing cybersecurity solutions, and the commitment to improving cybersecurity in K-12 education.
New Hampshire's adoption of NIST 800-171 standards
The podcast highlights New Hampshire's adoption of NIST 800-171 standards to ensure student and staff data privacy and security. The episode explains how the state implemented the standards and the challenges faced in complying with them, including pre-authorizing wireless users and vendor requirements.
Lack of tangible resources for K-12 cybersecurity
The podcast expresses disappointment regarding the lack of tangible resources and services provided to support K-12 cybersecurity. It discusses the limited offerings from major vendors and the need for more accessible and affordable tools to enhance cybersecurity in schools.
Importance of cloudflare's commitment to K-12 cybersecurity
The podcast emphasizes the significance of cloudflare's commitment to providing cybersecurity resources and services to schools. It applauds cloudflare for offering essential features free of charge, while encouraging other vendors to follow suit and contribute to the improvement of cybersecurity in K-12 education.
In this episode, we are happy to have a special guest with us, Josh from New Hampshire AKA "The Other Josh." He was one of approximately 15 K12 CIO's invited to last week's White House Convening. Josh gives us a bit of a behind the scenes look at everything from the e-vite to the event itself. We also have more "hot takes" on what we want to see from Google and other big players in the K12 product/service space. Side Note - This episode had some recording/editing issues. We're sorry. We're trying new podcast recording software and it didn't go so well lolol. Mark tried to fix it. Kudos to Mark.