Cybersecurity Cases July 1, 2024- June 30, 2025
Student Data Privacy Cases July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
- For FY25, we visited 16 sites to conduct cybersecurity assessments! These are informal discussions on your best practices, and you will receive a scored assessment and suggestions for improvement. We recommend having an assessment every three years or after a major network change. If you are interested in an assessment, please contact security@more.net.
- If you have a MOREnet connection, we receive alerts on possible concerns based on your traffic. We investigate each one and will contact you if we determine there is an issue.
- We receive complaints and compromise notifications from several third parties such as REN-ISAC along with a tool we purchased last year – BitSight – to help mitigate potential areas of vulnerability. Thank you for responding to these emails, asking more questions and letting us know when they have been mitigated.
- Akamai SIA is a cloud-based secure gateway to deploy end-to-end security for DNS traffic. This service blocks access to known malicious sites and has enabled our districts to have their own portals, configurations and real time reporting on traffic being blocked, content filtering and protection for off-site devices. We currently have 64 sites taking advantage of this service.
- Infosec IQ has really taken off, with 170 sites purchasing over 80,000 licenses. Ongoing training is the main defense against phishing attacks, and we appreciate members using this resource.
- The Missouri Student Privacy Alliance has grown to 148 districts with 66 of those districts utilizing the MOSPA+TEC DPA Service. The MOSPA +TEC service has allowed districts to offload the administrative and legal assistance pieces, enabling MOSPA to grow considerably! There will be a two-day student data privacy track at the MOREnet Annual Conference, and we look forward to seeing you there!
- Districts Participating in Cybersecurity Boot Camps
- 2023 – 17 orgs; 2024 – 29 orgs; and in 2025 – 13 orgs.
Be on the lookout for a January 2026, Cybersecurity Boot Camp in our Security Newsletter!
- MOREnet Fall Conference – Looking forward to seeing you at the Conference!!
Please confirm your contacts in MyMOREnet, and email help@more.net to update or add a contact. We continue to look for ways to add value to your membership and appreciate your feedback and support!