MMS 2025 at MOA: Full Schedule

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3:00pm CDT

Lessons from the Frontlines: Strengthening Security in Education

Wednesday May 7, 2025 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT

Minnetonka A

Description:
Gain real-world insights into cybersecurity for education through a security incident at a small K-12 school district. Understand the attack, response, recovery, and key lessons learned. Focus on practical, low-to-no-cost strategies to enhance security across accounts, devices, and infrastructure. Measures rooted in NIST standards and adapted from K12SIX.org will help reduce risk and improve your institution's security posture.

What you will learn:

Understand the lifecycle of a real-world security incident, from attack to recovery, and the lessons that can inform your preparations.
Learn practical, low-to-no-cost security measures for managing accounts, securing devices, and fortifying infrastructure.
Gain guidance through a good, better, best rubric to prioritize improvements that align with your organization's resources and needs.
Identify key security strategies that can significantly enhance your institution’s overall security posture.

Speakers

Ben Dumke

Systems and Network Manager, Lawrence University

Ben Dumke spent 23 years supporting technology in a K-12 environment. He finally graduated and is now the Systems and Network Manager for Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. Working in education requires wearing many hats and Ben has supported desktops, servers, SCCM, Exchange, Group... Read More →

Gary Blok

Engineer, 2Pint

Working on Intune & ConfigMgr along with Azure to develop improvements in endpoint management and reporting.I've worked in several areas over the past year, hardware OEM, finacial, state government, small startups, K-12, higher ed, and consulting.Best known for blogging on GARYTOWN... Read More →

Wednesday May 7, 2025 3:00pm - 4:45pm CDT
Minnetonka A

Windows, Education

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