March 2024: The Next Evolution of Cyber Guidance, Plus How COVID Changed K-12 Behavioral Assessments

Published: March 5, 2024, 5:29 p.m.

Wondering where to start with cybersecurity management? For the past 10 years, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework has been an essential guiding document. Now, NIST released a revamped version of the CSF. Security Management Senior Editor Megan Gates explains what changes this new edition of the gold standard for cybersecurity best practices brings for security practitioners worldwide. Also in this episode, school psychologist Amy Lowder discusses how students\u2019 behavior and related threat assessments have changed in K-12 schools since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. \n\nAdditional Resources\nNIST Cybersecurity Framework: https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework \nMore on cybersecurity from Security Management: https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/Topics/cybersecurity/ \nRead more about school security and early intervention here: https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/articles/2024/03/schools/ \nLearn about adapting behavioral threat assessment to students\u2019 developmental stages: https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/articles/2024/03/schools/weighing-development-k12-risk-assessment/ \nLearn how Amy Lowder and Cabarrus Schools are changing behavioral threat assessments: https://www.wral.com/story/nc-schools-adding-threat-assessment-teams-amid-concerns-about-student-safety/21253173/ \nRead best practices about leveraging school resource officers through NASRO: https://www.nasro.org/clientuploads/NASRO_BestPractices21.pdf