Cybersecurity Resource Center
Technology has become deeply embedded in nearly every aspect of our lives. This technological evolution has also given rise to a concerning increase in cybercrime, with bad actors increasingly targeting schools and other educational institutions.
Below are resources to support K-12 School Districts in addressing Cybersecurity locally.
Resources for Administrators & School Leaders
- Cybersecurity: Start Guide: Designed for administrators, IT staff, school personnel or anyone else who is new to cybersecurity and needs a starting point.
- Cybersecurity Resources: A vetted list to outside resources shared publicly by trusted entities. They are searchable by provider, audience, cost and/or keywords.
- Sample Social Media Posts: A variety of pre-created, customizable social media posts to grow staff and community awareness.
Resources for Educators
- Activities & Lesson Plans
- 21Things4Students: Lessons and activities designed to help middle school students improve their technology proficiency, build their information literacy and digital citizenship skills. Thing 6 - Cyber Safety- includes activities to learn about Cybersecurity.
- MiTechKids: Lessons for K-5 educators integrating technology including Cybersecurity into classroom activities such as “My Online Neighborhood” (Kindergarten) and “Cyber Five Staying Safe on the Net” (1st grade)
- Cybersecurity Glossary in Plain Language: Slides that can be copied and used elsewhere, or printed for use in classrooms and hallways.
- Cybersecurity Bookmarks: Bookmarks to print or send digitally to help students learnabout cyber attacks and general cybersecurity terms.
Professional Learning Resources and Opportunities
- District Led Cybersecurity Lesson Ideas: Sample activities that include resources and possible action steps. Ideal for using to provide staff training.
- Technical Support Essential Skills - Cybersecurity Essentials: The Essentials are designed to fill gaps in the knowledge of IT technicians entering school districts; the Cybersecurity Essentials orients those new to protecting school personnel and infrastructure from cybersecurity attacks.
- Cybersecurity Training Resource: List of quality third-party organizations offering Cybersecurity training.
- Cybersecurity Practices Course: A virtual course offering that explores what is cybersecurity, resources to help support your organization, and a review of best practices to follow for protecting and keeping safe your organization's network.
- Cybersecurity & K12 Education - Preventing Cybersecurity Attacks: Series of 75 minute long webinars exploring scenarios to learn about and understand Cybersecurity attacks, how to prevent them, and ways to share your learning with others.
Savings from REMC SAVE
Savings for Cybersecurity software and services are available to school districts from REMC SAVE, a free service of REMC Association awarding statewide contracts through a sealed competitive bid process. A place to start might be with this general search for Cybersecurity software.
About this Work
These resources were created under the direction of the REMC Cybersecurity Visioning Group. Below were the participating members and their affiliations at the time of development:
- Merri Lynn Colligan - REMC16/METL/MAEDS/SEN Advisory/Merit Advisory
- Amy Dirlam - MACUL /REMC 11
- Kellie DeLosSantos - Jackson County ISD/RITS
- Rick Munir - Dexter Community Schools
- Scott Huntley - SETSEG
- Trae Forgette - Marquette-Alger RESA/REMC 21
- Joe Polasek - Michigan Department of Education/E-rate/SEN Advisory
- Steve Kass - REMC 1
- Kevin Kickbusch - REMC 14 E/METL (CSST)
- John McCarthy - Advanced Learning Partnerships
- Nick Morse - Kent ISD/METL/CSTF
- Sue Schwartz - REMC Association, Executive Director
- Cheryl Wilson - Michigan Department of Education
- Melinda Waffle - REMC Association, Professional Learning Coordinator
The work was possible through a partnership between:
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| REMC Association of Michigan | Dell Technologies | Advanced Learning Partnerships |
