Doug Levin

@douglevin@infosec.exchange
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Co-Founder and National Director, K12 Security Information eXchange (K12 SIX), a Global Resilience Federation community. Developed and maintain the K-12 Cyber Incident Map, which U.S. GAO found to be the “most complete resource that tracks K-12 cybersecurity incidents, including student data breaches.”

Working to help U.S. school districts and other K-12 organizations prevent ransomware incidents, BEC, and data breaches. Formerly: SETDA, NASBE, NCTA, AIR.

Websitehttps://www.k12six.org
Twitterhttps://fedified.com/@douglevin
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/douglaslevin/
LocationInside the Beltway
Doug LevinDec 4
Zack WhittakerDec 4
I've never understood why some data breach notices say things like, "We have no reason to believe that your information was misused..." Like, why do you think a Russian ransomware gang would steal reams of your customers' Social Security numbers? For shits and giggles? No, they're using it for crime. Lots of crime.
Doug LevinDec 2
Curious about cybersecurity in the US K-12 context? In this discussion with my longtime friend Scott McLeod, I hit the highlights (for a general audience, that is). #edtech #edusec https://pca.st/episode/d5fa9fed-bd04-41c5-81a0-5d40cebbd75e
Doug LevinDec 1
FTC Takes Action Against Education Technology Provider for Failing to Secure Students’ Personal Data https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/12/ftc-takes-action-against-education-technology-provider-failing-secure-students-personal-data #edtech #illuminate @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey @mkeierleber
FTC Takes Action Against Education Technology Provider for Failing to Secure Students’ Personal Data

The Federal Trade Commission will require education technology provider Illuminate Education, Inc.

Federal Trade Commission
Doug LevinNov 21
San Diego Unified School District Data Breach Settlement https://www.claimdepot.com/settlements/sdusd-data-settlement #edtech #edusec @PogoWasRight @brett @funnymonkey @mkeierleber
San Diego Unified School District Data Breach Settlement

Individuals who received notice about a 2022 SDUSD data breach may be eligible to claim up to $2,500 from a class action settlement.

Claim Depot
Doug LevinNov 19
Et tu? "School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs" https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/11/18/school-boards-caught-unprepared-in-mass-student-data-breach-provincial-watchdogs/ #edtech #edusec #powerschool @PogoWasRight @funnymonkey @mkeierleber
School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: provincial watchdogs

Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday after investigating a mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada, concluding that school boards lacked adequate breach response plans, among other issues. Ontario’s privacy commissioner says PowerSchool, a software and storage company for school systems in the U.S. and Canada, was […]

CityNews Calgary
Doug LevinNov 18
Make it make sense: "CISA [under Trump] is effectively trying to reverse the damage from the Trump administration’s cuts." https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-hiring-workforce-strategy/805733/
CISA, eyeing China, plans hiring spree to rebuild its depleted ranks

The agency will also change some of its workforce policies to avoid driving away talented staff.

Cybersecurity Dive
Doug LevinJul 11, 2024
If Snow Crash is your idea of a roadmap for education reform via #edtech, pls touch grass. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.