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60 Million Reasons to Rethink Vendor Management: IST hosts experts on PowerSchool data breach
When a single data breach can affect 60 million students and 10 million teachers, what can states and districts do to protect their communities? IST Senior Director Michael Klein hosted a virtual event unpacking how state and local leaders and policymakers are rethinking their approaches to third-party vendor risk in the wake of the PowerSchool cyber incident.
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July 8, 2025
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June 17, 2025 3:00 pm
Managing Third Party Risk after PowerSchool
When the largest K-12 cyber incident in history can be caused by a teenage hacker logging into a vendor’s customer service portal with just a contractor’s credentials, what can states and districts do to protect their students, teachers, and families?
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June 17, 2025
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