{"id":33603,"date":"2021-04-02T16:53:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T23:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33603"},"modified":"2021-04-02T16:53:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T23:53:56","slug":"lawmakers-call-for-increased-school-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=33603","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers call for increased school cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reps.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ihgzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqyybmvzy_ddhtcchphftmtdrgthpm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ihgzptgkcyywrtrywbmccwzzcgwqygyffdcktnqyybmvzy_ddhtcchphftmtdrgthpm.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617488122233000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmhpjv31g5moQJFjpQ3L3anfd3ug\">Doris Matsui<\/a>\u00a0(D-Calif.) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ctmqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjzttgcpqd_ddhtcchphftmtdrgthpm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ctmqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjzttgcpqd_ddhtcchphftmtdrgthpm.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617488122233000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSxELP_0XSTiAjL3BaSYt1cTqjfw\">Jim Langevin<\/a>\u00a0(D-R.I.) on Friday urged the Department of Education to prioritize protecting K-12 institutions from cyberattacks, which have shot up in the past year as classes moved increasingly online during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Secretary of Education\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/klffwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqllrvmfm_ddhtcchphftmtdrgthpm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/klffwbtkplljzbzljrvppjffptjqltlggspkbdqllrvmfm_ddhtcchphftmtdrgthpm.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617488122233000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwlKt7TyN2AEP0Ovp3qxKAN7xlHQ\">Miguel Cardona<\/a>, the two lawmakers highlighted concerns that cybersecurity threats to\u00a0school have spiked during the pandemic, and urged Cardona to issue guidance to educational institutions to help navigate these threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the U.S. continues to battle the ongoing pandemic, the Department of Education will play a critical role in supporting American families as they navigate the challenges of distance learning and prepare to reenter the classroom safely,\u201d Matsui and Langevin wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo help ensure schools are keeping pace with the demands of the modern classroom, we urge you to issue guidance that will allow K-12 schools to make needed investments in increased cybersecurity measures,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was sent after a year in which school districts were hit with a wave of cyberattacks and other online interruptions as K-12 institutions were forced to hold classes online during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reps.\u00a0Doris Matsui\u00a0(D-Calif.) and\u00a0Jim Langevin\u00a0(D-R.I.) on Friday&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33604,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33603\/revisions\/33604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}