As schools digitize learning and operations, protecting student and staff data has become a core leadership responsibility. This campaign supports education leaders and Data Protection Officers navigating today’s privacy and security challenges.

In 2020, New York State required every school district to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) responsible for Education Law 2-D and Part 121 data privacy and security regulations. Today, more than 700 DPOs across New York are accountable for safeguarding sensitive education data. Co-author Michelle Krieger serves on the State Education Department’s Data Privacy Advisory Committee, and the book *From Chalk Dust to Digital Trust* provides a practical starting point for newly appointed DPOs, administrators, educators, advocates, and parents who care deeply about protecting data in schools.

Fortinet supports education security teams with an integrated approach that combines security awareness training and advanced data protection. Purpose-built for K–12 and education environments, Fortinet solutions help reduce human risk, support regulatory compliance, and protect sensitive data across networks, endpoints, cloud applications, and collaboration platforms—without adding operational complexity for lean IT and security teams.

• K–12 focused security training
• Age-appropriate learning paths
• Phishing & cyber hygiene skills
• Protect student & staff data
• Discover sensitive data everywhere
• Prevent data loss in real time

Fortinet Data Loss Prevention (DLP) helps educational institutions discover, classify, and protect sensitive data wherever it resides—on endpoints, across networks, in cloud applications, and within collaboration tools. Using AI-powered data classification and policy-based controls, Fortinet DLP enables security teams to prevent accidental exposure, insider risk, and data exfiltration. This unified DLP approach supports education privacy requirements, including student data protection mandates, while providing visibility, control, and enforcement from a single platform.

Schedule a personalized demo or assessment to see how Fortinet’s Security Awareness and Training: Education Edition and Data Loss Prevention solutions work together to protect people and data across your institution. Our education-focused experts will assess your environment, demonstrate real-world use cases aligned to education privacy regulations, and help you strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and build digital trust.

Security Awareness Training

Personalized Demo

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