Cybersecurity Without the Geek Speak: A Practical K-12 Playbook

26 Jan 2027
SOUTH 310GH
IT Leaders
Cybersecurity conversations in K-12 are often buried in technical jargon, leaving district leaders, educators and support staff unsure where to begin. Yet ransomware, phishing, data privacy risks and AI-driven scams affect every department, classroom and employee. This Mobile Mega Share translates cybersecurity into plain language and actionable leadership strategies anyone can understand and implement. Grounded in the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and real-world K-12 examples, discover how to make cybersecurity a shared leadership responsibility rather than just an IT initiative. Explore simplified concepts, leadership-friendly frameworks and ways to explain threats to educators, administrators, operations teams and school boards. Learn practical approaches to staff awareness, incident response planning, human-error vulnerabilities and simple districtwide processes that strengthen resilience without overwhelming staff or requiring deep technical expertise. Whether you are a superintendent, instructional leader, operations leader, educator or IT professional, you will move from confusion and compliance fatigue to confidence and readiness, leaving with a shared cybersecurity vocabulary and clear next steps for making cybersecurity everyone's job.
Speakers
Sheryl Abshire
Sheryl Abshire, Former CTO - Formerly Calcasieu Parish Public Schools
Jeff McCoy
Jeff McCoy, Chief Education Officer - Education Research Development Institute (ERDI)
Suzan Brandt
Suzan Brandt, Director of Technology - Mountain Brook Schools

Access Type

Session or Session+ or All-Access Registration Permitted

Content Topic

Cybersecurity and School Safety

Curriculum Area

Information Technology

Session Type

Mobile Mega Share

Education Challenges

Cybersecurity/Student Data Privacy

EdTech Product

Information Technology