K12 Tech Talk

In this episode the guys talk about Google's new age restriction setting, work injuries, and walking on wet wax confessions. Share our podcast with your friends and professional groups.  Find us on Twitter @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS Visit our sponsors at: somethingcool.com provisionds.com arubanetworks.com

We are back! It's been a bit since we have all been together. We recap summer projects, Kaseya's cyber incident, Josh's phishing incident, and somehow we ended up as guests on Aruba Unplugged (the HPE/Aruba podcast).   Share our podcast with your friends and professional groups.  Find us on Twitter @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS Visit our sponsors at: somethingcool.com provisionds.com arubanetworks.com

This episode is short and sweet. The guys are at MidwestTechTalk2021, well, not Josh. Chris is running around making sure the conference is going well as he's on the planning committee. Josh is on the planning committee too, but he bailed. Cory steps up and does the episode himself. Highlights from MidwestTechTalk2021 can be found on Twitter @midwesttechtalk or #mwtt2021 Tweet us at @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS

Josh, Chris, and Cory check in with what has been going on this summer. All three have been busy with summer projects, planning MidwestTechTalk, presenting a session at ISTE, and taking vacation. The guys also mention the recent Kaseya issue, but save that for a later episode (Cory didn't want to talk about it). They also talk about the recent announcements from Google pertaining to Age settings as well as Drive Link sharing settings. There seems to be a bit of confusion around both of these new, required settings. And, for whatever reason, Chris does the entire podcast episode sitting in his car... This episode is sponsored by StatusGator (statusgator.com), a single solution for monitoring up to 100 online SaaS providers. It will alert you real time via email or text to outages affecting the services you subscribe to. Visit statusgator.com to open an account and email colin@statusgator.com for a tell him we sent you! For real, email him. Email us at k12techtalk@gmail.com and tweet us at @k12techtalkpod

The guys celebrate the arrival of summertime and what it means... projects. Cory talks about all of his projects he has this summer. Chris is already talking about the arrival of new teachers and when to create those accounts. Josh and Cory talk about the reports they have received from MS-ISAC (MDBR and others), and they all talk about the newly announced VMware vCenter vulnerability and the need to patch ASAP. Upcoming episodes might be less regular due to summer vacations, but we do plan to release episodes over the summer. Tweet us at @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS Visit our sponsors at: somethingcool.com provisionds.com arubanetworks.com

In this episode the guys take a deep dive into PaperCut Mobility Print. Chris recently did a demo of the product and Josh talks about how his district uses it. Then, they briefly touch on the new announcement of funding for schools to purchase computer equipment that will be administered through USAC, but it is a separate pool of money than E-rate. For more info about Papercut visit: Papercut Mobility Print: https://www.papercut.com/products/free-software/mobility-print/ Papercut Find-Me-Printing: https://www.papercut.com/tour/find-me-printing/ Papercut MF: https://www.papercut.com/products/mf/

In this episode Josh is absent, so Cory and Chris actually have to come up with content. They talk about ISAC's offerings for K12 schools including free vulnerability scans and pen tests. They talk about the recent announcement that the FCC is going to offer a new "grant" for schools to help buy devices for students and teachers including laptops/Chromebooks. Finally, they talk about end of year collection and wrap up getting ready for summer. MS-ISAC (cisecurity.org) https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-launch-717-billion-connectivity-fund-program-0 https://www.lifelinesupport.org/ Tweet us at @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS Visit our sponsors at: somethingcool.com provisionds.com arubanetworks.com

It's been a rough week. Cory explains his frustration with DRC's technical support when he had an issue with their testing platform this week. Josh talks about a vulnerability scanning and pen testing service offered to K12 Public School Districts for free via MS-ISAC and CISA. Then the guys interview Donatello as he tells the story of his ransomware attack during the 2019 school year. We learn a few interesting facts including that Donatello likes pineapple on his pizza. MS-ISAC (cisecurity.org) Tweet us at @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS Visit our sponsors at: somethingcool.com provisionds.com arubanetworks.com

In this episode we interview another ransomware victim, "Gene." There aren't a lot of words to describe the story we hear from Gene besides, WOW. This interview is unlike any of the others we have done. The phrase that Gene used that stuck out to me (Josh) was "If the house was on fire, would I need to tell you to go get water?" Gene tells his story with an amazing amount of candor, honesty and humor. Gene does say several times that his district leadership and faculty could not have been more supportive of his efforts during his multi-week recovery, yes, multi-week recovery. If you have a topic, or would like to tell your ransomware story, send us an email at k12techtalk@gmail.com Visit our sponsors! Let them know you heard about them on our show. Tweet us at @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS Visit our sponsors at: somethingcool.com provisionds.com arubanetworks.com

Chris is absent so Cory and Josh do all the talking. They talk about their major takeaways from Denzel's interview last week.  They talk about a recent notification from Aruba Networks about a vulnerability in ClearPass. They also each name a company they wish they could make disappear with a snap of the fingers... What would be yours? Tweet us and let us know!   Visit our sponsors! Let them know you heard about them on our show. Tweet us at @k12techtalkpod BUY A SHIRT AND/OR HOODIE! https://tinyurl.com/k12techtalkGOTSHIRTS Visit our sponsors at: somethingcool.com provisionds.com arubanetworks.com