Forum Guide to Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Your Data

Working Group Members

This online publication was developed through the National Cooperative Education Statistics System and funded by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)—a part of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The Cybersecurity Working Group of the National Forum on Education Statistics is responsible for the content.

Chair

Jay Pennington, Iowa Department of Education

Members

Kristen DeSalvatore, New York State Education Department
Michael Gerszewski, Bismarck Public School District (ND)
Stephen Gervais, San Bernardino City Unified School District (CA)
Phil Grace, formerly of Heber Springs School District (AR)
Georgia Hughes-Webb, West Virginia Department of Education
Rachel Johnson, Loudoun County Public Schools (VA)
Allen Miedema, Northshore School District (WA)
Steve Smith, Cambridge Public Schools (MA)
Andrew Swickheimer, Noblesville Schools (IN)

Consultant

Elizabeth Lieutenant, Quality Information Partners

Project Officer

Ghedam Bairu, National Center for Education Statistics

Acknowledgments

The Cybersecurity Working Group would like to thank the Technology Committee of the National Forum on Education Statistics. The Committee’s preliminary work to develop a white paper on the convergence of physical security, cybersecurity, and data security was instrumental to the formation of the Cybersecurity Working Group. The working group would especially like to thank Steven Hernandez (U.S. Department of Education), who shared comments and suggestions that improved this document. Members of the Cybersecurity Working Group would also like to thank everyone who reviewed or otherwise contributed to the development of the Forum Guide to Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Your Data, including the following.

Reviewers

Shuwan Chiu, Illinois State Board of Education
DeDe Conner and Robert Hackworth, Kentucky Department of Education
Dan Dandurand, South Sioux City Community Schools (NE)
Dawn Gessel, Putnam County Schools (WV)
Kathi Grossenbacher, Kansas State Department of Education
Marilyn King, Bozeman School District #7 (MT)
Raymond Martin, Connecticut State Department of Education
Adrian L. Peoples, Delaware Department of Education
Steve Young, Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Case Study and Real-World Example Contributors

Bozeman School District #7 (MT): Marilyn King, Deputy Superintendent Instruction
Indiana Department of Education: John Keller, Chief Technology Officer
Noblesville Schools (IN): Andrew Swickheimer, Director of Technology
St. Louis Public Schools: Cheryl L. VanNoy, Deputy Superintendent, Accountability, Assessment, Technology Services, Students Records, & Data