A common picture
One Cybersecurity Rubric 2.0 baseline — 22 categories organized by the six NIST CSF 2.0 functions — written in language your cabinet can discuss. Ratings carry their rationale, so the conversation is about practice, not blame.
For superintendents and cabinet leaders
Lead cyber resilience like any other district priority.
Cybersecurity is now an instructional continuity, budget and community-trust issue. K12 Cyber Forward gives your cabinet a common, plain-language view of where the district stands, who owns the next steps and how progress is shown, without turning a score into a verdict.
What you get
Clarity for the cabinet. Support for the team.
Owned priorities
An improvement plan with owners and dates. Cyber work is shared across technology, finance, HR and school operations, and the plan makes that visible.
Board-ready reporting
Branded leadership briefs and reports you can share with your board, in PDF and Word, that explain progress and the next decisions needed.
Honest assurance
Choose self-assessed, guided or independently reviewed pathways. Review records are scoped and time-bounded, which keeps commitments to the board accurate.
A Georgia community
GLET convenes technology leaders across Georgia. Districts learn from peers who face the same calendars, budgets and threats.
Readiness for hard days
Tabletop exercises built around a school day help the cabinet rehearse decisions before an incident forces them.
Supportive, not punitive. Low ratings trigger help, not judgment.
Questions to ask your team
Five questions for your next cabinet meeting.
Useful whether or not you join the program. Each question comes from an area of the Cybersecurity Rubric 2.0, the framework K12 Cyber Forward uses; the label shows the rubric function, which also aligns with NIST CSF 2.0.
- Govern · roles, responsibilities and oversight. Who is accountable for cybersecurity decisions, and when did the board last hear about cyber risk?
- Identify · asset management and risk. Do we know which systems and vendors hold student and staff data, and which ones would stop the school day if they failed?
- Protect · identity management and access control. Is multi-factor authentication in place for staff email, remote access and administrator accounts? Read the rollout guide.
- Respond · incident management. If our student information system were encrypted by ransomware at 7:30 a.m., who makes the first five decisions? Use the tabletop checklist.
- Recover · recovery plan execution. When did we last restore a critical system from backup, and how long did it take?
Your time
What participation asks of leadership.
- Sponsor the workName a program contact and make clear that the assessment is a shared district effort.
- Join key conversationsAttend the baseline review and the priority-setting session; the details stay with the team.
- Back the planHelp owners outside technology find time for their actions.
- Share progressUse the leadership brief with your board and community.
What is K12 Cyber Forward?
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.
Who runs the program?
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.
What is the Cybersecurity Rubric 2.0?
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.
Which districts can take part?
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.
Is there a cost to participate?
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.
Georgia schools. Stronger together.
Give your team a shared plan.
Your technology director or another authorized contact can request participation in a few minutes.