{"id":1994683,"date":"2023-08-08T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T22:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-launches-cybersecurity-initiative-for-k-12-schools\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:00:00","slug":"white-house-launches-cybersecurity-initiative-for-k-12-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-launches-cybersecurity-initiative-for-k-12-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"White House introduces K-12 cybersecurity program."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-launches-cybersecurity-initiative-for-k-12-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this photo illustration a young man types on an illuminated computer keyboard typically favored by computer coders on January 25, 2021 in\u2062 Berlin, Germany. 2020 saw a sharp\u2063 rise in global\u200c cybercrime that was in part driven \u200dby the jump\u200d in\u2064 online retailing that ensued\u2063 during\u2062 national lockdowns as governments sought to rein in \u2063the coronavirus pandemic.\u2064 (Photo by\u200b Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>3:56 PM \u2013 Tuesday, August 8, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The Biden Administration rolled\u200d out a new array of cyber initiatives on Tuesday, to bolster defenses against ransomware attacks on K-12 public \u2063schools across\u200c the nation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>As back \u2063to\u200d school season lies just around the \u2062corner, the\u200b White \u200cHouse had its\u200c first-ever summit on the crisis and launched new efforts to boost cybersecurity safeguards in K-12 schools, hosted \u200bby First Lady Jill Biden, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, and Homeland Security Secretary\u200b Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, I joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FLOTUS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecCardona?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecCardona<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> to announce new actions and commitments \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-launches-cybersecurity-initiative-for-k-12-schools\/\" title=\"White House introduces K-12 cybersecurity program.\">bolster cybersecurity &#038;\u200d provide communities &#038; school systems<\/a> with the support &#038; resources necessary to protect\u200d themselves, their infrastructure, &#038; their students. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WFU0KTa8Lp\">pic.twitter.com\/WFU0KTa8Lp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (@SecMayorkas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecMayorkas\/status\/1688988610542948353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u200d 8, \u20632023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u200d need to be taking \u200cthese cyber \u200battacks\u200b on schools as seriously as we do the physical attacks on critical infrastructure,\u201d Cardona said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u200c <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/07\/biden-harris-administration-launches-new-efforts-to-strengthen-americas-k-12-schools-cybersecurity\/\" target=\"_blank\">White\u200c House<\/a><strong> <\/strong>said the 2022-23 academic year saw eight significant cyber attacks, four of which forced schools to \u200ccancel \u2063classes or close altogether. \u2064Sensitive personal\u200b information including student grades, medical \u200crecords, home issues, and financial and behavioral information were stolen and made public, as well as\u2063 sensitive information about school security systems.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/07\/biden-harris-administration-launches-new-efforts-to-strengthen-americas-k-12-schools-cybersecurity\/\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a><strong> <\/strong>from \u2063the U.S. Government Accountability\u200c Service the loss of learning stemming from a cyberattack ranges from three days\u2063 to three weeks, with the\u2064 recovery time anywhere between\u2064 two to nine \u200cmonths.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 report also\u200b laid out several techniques that individuals carrying out\u2064 cyberattacks \u200buse including phishing, ransomware,\u2064 distributed denial-of-service attacks, and video conferencing disruptions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI want to strongly urge every school\u200b system and every community\u2062 to take advantage of these\u2062 resources and to do so with\u2062 urgency,\u201d said HHS \u200dSecretary \u200cMayorkas. \u200b\u201cDo not underestimate the ruthlessness of those \u200cwho wish to \u2062do us \u200bharm\u2026 Do not wait until\u200b the crisis comes to start preparing for one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A pilot program proposed \u200bby\u200d the Federal Communications Commission will provide \u200bup to $200 million over three years \u2063to strengthen cyber defenses in \u200bschools and libraries. CISA will also provide training assessments for 300 new K-12 entities over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wash-gov-inslee-signs-bill-banning-sports-teams-use-of-native-american-mascots\/\" title=\"Wash. Gov. Inslee signs bill banning sports teams\u2019 use of Native American mascots\">coming school year<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Several technology providers also committed to funding resources to districts. Amazon Web Services will be giving $20 million for \u2063a cyber grant program \u2062that\u2019ll be made available to all\u200d school districts \u2064and the state departments of education.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u2063 Houston Astros visit the White\u200c House following their 2022 World Series win<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nearly two years ago, 13 U.S. service members were killed during \u200cthe withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Two Conservative Groups\u200c recently filed a \u2063lawsuit to\u2064 block the Biden Administration\u2019s plan \u200dto cancel Student Loans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President \u2063Trump is not alone in his calls to\u2064 move the January\u2063 6 trial \u200dto West Virginia as the state\u2019s Attorney General\u2064 Patrick Morrisey has echoed \u2064the\u200b same call<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013 South Korea\u2019s Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday it plans to launch more electric vehicles under \u2063the Hyundai \u200cand\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2064\u2013 German technology group\u2064 Robert Bosch said on \u200cTuesday that \u2062it will establish a joint venture with TSMC, Infineon and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing \u200dCo (TSMC) \u200bsaid \u2063on\u200c Tuesday\u2063 that its board had approved a 3.5 \u200dbillion euro ($3.8 billion)\u2026\u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u200c Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) \u2013 Meta \u200bPlatforms is asking a court\u200d in\u2064 Norway to \u200bstop a fine the Nordic country\u2019s data\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo, a young man types on a lit computer keyboard popular among coders in Berlin, Germany. 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