Best Practices for Auditing Cybersecurity Practices using the National Institute for Standards and Technology
January 16, 2025
EXPO HALL POSTERS AREA: BOOTH 2395
District Leaders
Empowering leaders to drive success in school academics and operations to stay ahead of the curve is key to improvement, especially in complex processes like cybersecurity. One key to success is auditing. Auditing technology systems is a critical practice that helps school districts ensure their technology systems are secure, efficient, compliant, and aligned with their strategic goals. Without an audit, how will we know our weaknesses? How will we stay on track? It's a pain. It's complex and time-consuming. It is almost impossible to check progress. How can we simplify and streamline the audit process? What do other industries do? Learn how to use a process classification framework to organize a cybersecurity audit by hierarchically grouping key processes using the National Institute for Standards and Technology cybersecurity framework and the rubric designed by the Cybersecurity Coalition for Education. Using an underlying structure to organize the evidence needed to support the cybersecurity audit is one of the best ways. Our education ecosystem can use this best practice methodology, as the government and industry have for decades. Learn how to apply this best practice to your cybersecurity strategy to ensure organizations' technologies are secure, efficient, compliant, and aligned with their district goals.
Speakers
Session Type
Poster Presentations (60 minutes)
Topic
Information Technology
Level
District/State/Federal
Curriculum Area
Information Technology