Op-Ed: The cyberattack on Los Angeles schools could happen anywhere (via latimesopinion)
tasking the Department of Homeland Security with reviewing cybersecurity threats to schools and issuing recommendations.
In addition to these funds and recommendations from the federal government, an incentive program might help — specifically via insurance policies. It’s difficult for any institution to qualify for cyber insurance without having sound security systems in place. The public education sector is considered a very high-risk industry for cyber insurance, according to Iram: “Security scans often reveal that the education sector has low resilience to cyber risk exposure.” And the premiums are high.
The heavy toll of ransomware attacks on our schools’ finances, time and privacy makes clear that districts’ lack of preparedness is a recipe for disaster. It demands support from the government, tech industry and even the cybersecurity-insurance sector to fix. Heidi Boghosian is an attorney and author of “‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ and 20 Other Myths About Surveillance and Privacy.”
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