Building a Culture of Cyber Hygiene in K-12 Schools
When we think of keeping students safe, we often imagine locked doors, secure entrances, and attentive staff. But safety these days extends into the digital world. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a perfect time for school leaders to reflect on how they’re protecting students’ most sensitive information. Cyber hygiene isn’t only about IT policies or […]
How Ecosystem Orchestration Transforms K-12 Student Data Privacy
There was a time when keeping student records meant maintaining a manila folder that was tucked away in a locked filing cabinet for which only one or two officials had a key. Those days are long gone. Today, nearly everything required throughout a school day, from lesson plans, quizzes, and group projects to personally identifiable […]
Back to School, Not Back to Breaches: How K-12 Schools Can Secure Student Data in 2025
As we head back to school, here’s what K-12 IT leaders should focus on to protect student data and keep learning on track in 2025,
MFA in K-12 Schools
Recognizing the crucial nature of MFA for K-12 schools, SchoolDay has developed an MFA solution that enables every school to implement MFA for every student.
Take Control of App Requests: Privacy Governance Must Come First
Privacy governance is the cornerstone to protecting PII. Every new edtech app promises to revolutionize learning, solve the latest instructional challenge, or spark student engagement in new ways. But behind every glowing feature list lies a question that school districts can’t afford to ignore: At what cost to student data privacy? App requests are pouring […]
Strengthen Student Data Privacy with SchoolDay’s Zero-Trust Ecosystem Orchestration Platform
Data breaches are on the rise, and K-12 schools face a growing number of cybersecurity risks and compliance challenges. Safeguarding student data, then, is no longer optional; it’s essential. Through SchoolDay’s zero-trust ecosystem orchestration platform, we provide a seamless, secure, and scalable solution designed to help schools and districts protect student information while enabling safe […]
Zero Trust Data Exchange and Ecosystem Orchestration
“Schools need to be more diligent now more than ever. A transformation to zero-trust ecosystem data governance is a must – not just an option. Zero-trust data exchange and ecosystem orchestration is the answer to cybersecurity threats for schools deploying hundreds of third-party SaaS tools. Don’t procrastinate “ – Robert Iskander At SchoolDay, we are […]
Statement on the Recent PowerSchool Breach
Our statement on the recent PowerSchool Data Breach: The recent data breach at PowerSchool demonstrates the critical importance of cybersecurity across our nation’s schools. Data losses impact parents and students, with young people suffering potentially severe consequences as identity fraud can go years before being detected. This incident should serve as a wakeup call for […]
SchoolDay Collection: Connecting Schools with Vetted and Verified Apps
Our recently announced SchoolDay Collection is the beginning of the transformation in student data privacy. The apps featured in our SchoolDay Collection are carefully vetted and have agreed to be securely connected through SchoolDay. This means schools do not have to provide personally identifiable information (PII) to these apps for their students to be able […]
How School Leaders Can Use Data to Drive Improvement
For school leaders, data is a double-edged sword. The more data school leaders have access to, the better decisions they can make about the strategic direction of their district. But data is also the one thing they’re charged with protecting above all else. So how do school leaders leverage this powerful tool for planning while […]