Frequently asked questions.

K12 Cyber Forward is a cybersecurity improvement program for Georgia public school districts, run by GLET, Georgia's CoSN chapter. Districts assess where they are with the Cybersecurity Rubric 2.0, turn the results into owned improvement work, keep supporting evidence and choose the level of review that fits.

GLET, Georgia Leaders of Educational Technology, runs the program and the private portals. GLET is Georgia's chapter of CoSN, the Consortium for School Networking. CyberCon GA is a community partner. More about GLET and our partners.

A K-12 cybersecurity maturity rubric organized around the six NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 functions (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover) and 22 categories, each described across five maturity levels. Read our plain-language explainer.

Georgia public school districts and school systems. An authorized district contact, usually the technology director or another leader who can coordinate with the superintendent's cabinet, submits the participation request.

GLET shares current participation terms, including any fees or sponsored options, with the district contact during the request review. Ask the program team if you need this information for budgeting.

It depends on the scope and who takes part. Plan for a series of short working sessions over several weeks rather than one long meeting. A clear scope and the right people in the room matter more than speed.

Include the technology lead plus people who own the processes being rated: someone from the superintendent's cabinet, finance or business operations, human resources, student information and, where possible, a school-level leader. Each person brings knowledge the rubric asks about.

No. A baseline shows where to start. The program is supportive, not punitive: low ratings point to help and practical next steps, and individual district results are never ranked publicly.

Level 1 is self-assessed by the district team. Level 2 adds a named facilitator who helps the team examine the baseline. Level 3 is independently reviewed by a named third-party verifier who issues a time-bounded review record for a stated scope. Compare the pathways.

No. A Level 3 review records what a verifier examined, for a stated scope and period. It is not a certification that any control works, and it does not predict or prevent incidents.

Professional work information: rubric ratings and rationale, improvement plans, policies, vendor and training records and redacted supporting evidence. Districts should keep student records, staff personal details and passwords out of the portal.

Each person has a named account and sees only what their role needs. District staff see their own district. GLET staff see what their program role requires to coordinate support. Comparisons between districts are switched off until participating districts agree to rules for sharing. Read the privacy notice.

On a dedicated server in Atlanta, Georgia. Connections are encrypted and uploaded files are encrypted at rest with keys stored separately from the data.

A separately governed, member-funded self-insurance pool that participating districts can ask about. It has its own membership, contribution, claims and coverage records, which remain separate from the improvement program.

No. Program participation, rubric results and review records do not bind insurance, guarantee a payment, set a price or change governing documents. Policy terms and authorized decisions control.

Choose "Information about pool participation" in your participation request, or contact the program team. A GLET program contact will follow up with the relevant program information.

A district technology leader or another authorized contact who can coordinate participation with district leadership.

Start with your professional contact information. Once access is prepared, your team can agree on assessment scope and gather redacted supporting evidence in the private portal.

GLET reviews the district and the contact before preparing any account access. You receive a private receipt link to check the status of your request. Nothing is provisioned automatically.

No. The portal provides original practical guidance and knowledge checks. Formal rubric training and licensing follow the publisher's own programs and terms.