Summary
In this module, you learned to implement CISA-recommended cybersecurity practices to manage cybersecurity risks, maintain security protocols, and detect and respond to incidents as a K-12 IT professional. You gained a comprehensive understanding of the threat landscape in K-12 education as well as how to conduct risk assessments, protect networks, create incident response plans, and explore security awareness and training programs for the entire school community.
As you wrap up this module, consider the following questions.
- Prioritize the action items you want to complete in the near term. Where do you want to be now?
- Where do you want to be six months from now?
- Where do you want to be a year from now?
From this final reflection, reflect on what you want to accomplish next, what resources you need, and the team members or points of contact to help you get there.
Additional resources
- Microsoft Education IT Pros: Explore the benefits of Microsoft Education and discover more training and support.
- Microsoft Security Fundamentals Certification: Learn from a range of cybersecurity topics and earn a Microsoft Certification badge.
- K-12 leader specific Learn module: Boost K-12 school cybersecurity leadership with Microsoft tools.
- K-12 educator specific Learn module: Build cybersecurity resilience in K-12 classrooms with Microsoft tools
- K-12 family specific Learn module: Prepare your child with cybersecurity essentials.
- Extensive, interactive cybersecurity course for K-12 IT professionals: Paid education customers have access to a more extensive, interactive version of this Learn course for K-12 IT professionals. The course can be shared on an internal Learning Management System (LMS) using SCORM files to track progress and completion.
- Interactive cybersecurity course for K-12 students: Paid education customers have access to an interactive course for K-12 students. The course can be shared on an internal Learning Management System (LMS) using SCORM files to track progress and completion.