Unwelcome news for districts impacted by the December PowerSchool data breach... www.edtechirl.com/p/powerschoo...
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Fair. And I agree in principal, but that all goes out the window if you’re a 1 or 2 person support team responsible for 5K Windows devices, and admin suddenly decides they need 10 MacBooks. Give me the needed people and/or time and/or $ and I’ll manage the crap out of any combo of devices 😂

Dynamic Membership in M365: Translating Checkboxes in PowerSchool to License Assignments in M365 Manual account management = technical debt

Automating account provisioning, RBAC, and least privilege is a great way to reduce human error and access sprawl. It's also more convenient for users, so it's the rare trade-off where added security = friendlier UX. Dynamic Groups are the cornerstone of how we manage that flow.
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Super helpful new intern in the office today!

I just got off a call prepping for what should be a great panel at the AI Show @ASU+GSV in San Diego next month! If you're in the neighborhood, admission is free (but registration is required). Honored to be on a panel with such an esteemed group of folks! #k12cyber

It's almost like people making decisions about "efficiency" have no idea what the hell they're doing.

Ventoy: Creating a MultiBoot Linux Drive to House All Your ISOs Level up your day-to-day everyday carry for work or homelab

Working on building out the homelab tutorial section of the blog...
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Configuring KASM for SSO with Microsoft Level up your KASM instance by doubling down on Least Privilege, RBAC, and MFA

KASM is one of my favorite tools for privileged workstation usage (and a bunch of other stuff!). This is the 4th tutorial in the series on KASM, and this time focuses on setting up SSO using Microsoft and delegating container assignments based on Entra group. #k12cyber #homelab

Zero Breach Zone | Energizing EdTech with Michelle Krieger: A Dynamic Conversation on School Cybersecurity | FETC 2025 Series Join hosts Phil Hintz and Andy Lombardo as they sit down with Michelle Krieger to explore topics top of mind at the intersection of education and cybersecurity recorded at FETC. In this energetic c...

How many districts can say they have a dedicated Data Protection Officer?! Join @phintz.bsky.social and @edtechirl.com as they chat with one such unicorn, Michelle Krieger, the DPO for LSCSD in New York about the challenges of implementing technology while maintaining privacy! #k12cyber

Level Up: Creating a Professional IT Resume Website and Email Address Create a sleak website for potential future employers, while also learning some new skills :)

Inspired by the Cloud Resume Challenge, @runasadmin.net embarked on a journey to build his own online resume leveraging Azure infrastructure and source control. For a detailed, step-by-step guide, check out the full article: www.edtechirl.com/p/level-up-c...
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Starting spring break with 110 open tickets in my queue… time to catch up while no one is here to break anything else! 😂

The EASIEST way to copy Youtube 'No Cookie' Links A shameless self promotion for my browser extension :)

Always so proud to watch members of my team grow! There’s a tedious task our teachers have to do for sharing YouTube videos with students at schools where we block YouTube, and @runasadmin.net decided to make a Chrome extension to make the process easier! #k12cyber open.substack.com/pub/edtechir...

Supremely honored to take the stage as part of the panel for "The PowerSchool Cyber Incident: Paving the Path Forward" at the K12 Cybersecurity Leadership Conference last week! #k12cyber

I'm thinking about trying to find a second job that I can do on the side while I wait for Microsoft Admin dashboards to load... I could probably clock 10 hours a week 🤔

Do you have to refresh tons of Windows devices every summer? 1) Thoughts & Prayers 2) Check out this article from @runasadmin.net about how we plan to tackle it in a way that still leverages autopilot/intune, but fixes a lot of the associated pain points www.edtechirl.com/p/zero-touch... #k12cyber

Join @phintz.bsky.social and I for a conversation with Dr. Joe Phillips, CIO of Fulton County Schools! #k12cyber

Annoying fun fact... There are some AWS features that require that your S3 bucket name and domain name match exactly. Yet, you don't have to own a domain name to use the domain name for an S3 bucket. I didn't anticipate someone would be bucket squatting a domain I bought last week 🤔

This is what technology learning looks like in real time, and also why I love it so much. Learn -> Iterate -> Error -> Learn More -> Iterate -> New Error (if you're lucky) -> Repeat until success

This is a lengthy read, but one you NEED to make time for if you are involved with information security in K12. Great work from @markkeierleber.bsky.social #k12cyber

Senator Ted Cruz is trying to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren Cruz: Hotspot lending could “censor kids’ exposure to conservative viewpoints.”…

Well that should help 🤦‍♂️

CoSN Unveils the State and Federal Cybersecurity Policy and Education in 2024 Report | CoSN Annual Report Offers Detailed Analysis of State and Federal Policies and Trends Shaping K-12 Cybersecurity   Washington, D.C. (January 30, 2025) –  CoSN today released the State and Federal Cybersecur...

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Well, I guess I needed something new to lose sleep over... www.reddit.com/r/k12sysadmi... #k12cyber

Join me and @phintz.bsky.social and @sherylabshire.bsky.social for the latest episode of the @zerobreachzone.bsky.social podcast! This will hopefully be just the first of many conversations with Sheryl to come! #k12cyber #zbz #zerobreachzone

Join us for ep. 9 of the Zero Breach Zone for a talk with @sherylabshire.bsky.social, an extraordinary edtech leader & co-author of The Savvy Edtech Leader: Innovative Strategies to Boost Influence and Elevate Your Career. Available wherever you consume your podcasts! youtu.be/CzKwFxZntlA #k12cyber

Excited to present with @phintz.bsky.social tomorrow at the Illinois Learning Technology Center's SecurED virtual conference! There's still time to register at www.ltcillinois.org/securedschoo... #k12cyber

Eventful week! CISM on Wed. and CETL today. With these done, it's time for a break before tackling the Microsoft SC-200 and SC-100 this spring. Ironically. my lowest-scored domain was "Understanding the Educational Environment," a place I've spent the vast majority of my life. But yeh, fair 🤣

In the Knoxville area? Check out the Microsoft 365 Community Day coming up at the end of Feb. Looks great! It'll be at the Pellissippi State - Blount Country Campus. Workshops Day 1, Breakout Sessions Day 2. Ranging from $0-15.
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Starting to see some numbers on the breadth of the PowerSchool breach. My estimate was 50M... didn't think I'd be shooting so low. #k12cyber www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...