Leading Ed Forum: Cybersecurity, DECEMBER 6, 2026 | 8:00 am to 3:00 pm

Join fellow educational leaders for a powerful day of learning focused on one of the most urgent challenges facing school divisions today, cybersecurity.

The Leading Ed Forum is designed for Superintendents, EdTech Directors, and system level leaders who are responsible for protecting data, ensuring continuity, and leading with confidence in an increasingly complex digital landscape. This experience moves beyond awareness and provides a strategic and practical look at how to build resilient systems, respond to emerging threats, and lead proactive cybersecurity efforts across your organization.

• AI Attacks a School Network: Experience a live demonstration of how AI-assisted attacks can identify and exploit vulnerabilities in a simulated K–12 network environment.
• We Have VLANs. Are We Actually Segmented? Explore the difference between organizing networks and truly securing them, including common segmentation weaknesses and strategies for limiting unauthorized access.

• Building ACLs and Securing VLANs: Move from theory to practice through a hands-on demonstration using network hardware, access control policies, and real-world scenarios.
• EDR vs. MDR: Who's Watching Your Network at 2 AM? Examine the differences between endpoint detection and managed detection and response, including what happens when a cybersecurity incident occurs outside normal operating hours.