{"id":192434,"date":"2025-05-02T20:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=192434"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:47:13","slug":"program-to-beef-up-school-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/05\/02\/program-to-beef-up-school-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Program to beef up school cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine\u00a0and leaders from CyberOhio, the Department of Education and Workforce (DEW), and the Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network\u00a0today announced a new initiative\u00a0to further fortify\u00a0cybersecurity\u00a0in K-12 schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The organizations are working together on a statewide implementation of TechGuard \u2013 a platform that equips schools and the state\u2019s 16 Information Technology Centers (ITCs) with resources for cybersecurity training and simulated cyberattacks. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cProtecting our schools and equipping our teachers with training to help them identify and report cyberattacks helps makes our schools safer and stronger,\u201d DeWine said. \u201cThese threats continue to evolve over time as technology changes, so we need to remain proactive in training people to spot the warning signs and protect our critical IT systems.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schools across the nation are perceived as prime targets for cybercriminals. Student data, staff records, and limited cyber defenses make schools inviting targets for ransomware and phishing attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now available to all K-12 schools in Ohio, TechGuard will provide school administrators, educators, and students with online training that helps them identify phishing attempts, email scams, and other types of common cyber attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough this statewide opportunity, we are providing Ohio\u2019s schools with a critical tool to combat the threat of cyberattacks,\u201d said DEW Director Stephen D. Dackin. \u201cFrom my years as a school superintendent, I know that protecting our systems from these types of attacks is of paramount importance. I am pleased that we can deliver this support to Ohio\u2019s schools.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

TechGuard is an online cybersecurity training platform that provides customized training and testing of users to raise cyber awareness and prevent\u00a0people\u00a0from\u00a0falling victim to phishing attacks, malware events, ransomware, and other\u00a0cyber issues.\u202fThe program will\u00a0be implemented by\u00a0the\u00a0Management Council.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe TechGuard platform includes more than 1,300 learning modules, which can be configured and further customized to challenge and educate individuals and groups based on roles within a school \u2013 from coaches to food service to classroom teachers and administrators,\u201d said Geoff Andrews, CEO of the Management Council. \u201cThe software includes assessments that deliver feedback to users and administrators to assure that all school staff are participating and become proficient in recognizing and defeating these events.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CyberOhio coordinates and guides Ohio’s cybersecurity efforts across all state executive branch agencies. It streamlines and leads collaboration with other state offices and branches, counties, local governments, academic institutions, and critical infrastructure partners\u202fto protect Ohio’s information technology infrastructure and data across sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS — Governor Mike DeWine\u00a0and leaders from CyberOhio, the Department of Education and Workforce (DEW), and the Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network\u00a0today announced a new initiative\u00a0to further fortify\u00a0cybersecurity\u00a0in K-12 schools.\u00a0 The organizations are working together on a statewide implementation of TechGuard \u2013 a platform that equips schools and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 21:04:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192436,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192434\/revisions\/192436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}