Registration is now open in Connect20 for the 2025 Cybersecurity and School Safety Summit! (Connect20 Session #109819 ) You must register in order to receive login information to create a personalized schedule. Invitations to join the Sched conference platform will be distributed beginning in February to registered attendees.
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Pick up your badge at the registration table and check in, you must be checked in and present to win door prizes at the end of the day. Breakfast from Alonti to help you start the day energized.
Thank you to our Gold Sponsors for providing breakfast.
Thursday February 20, 2025 7:30am - 8:30am CST
Bexar
Cybersecurity Advisor (CSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), CISA
Todd Vasilou serves as a Cybersecurity Advisor (CSA) for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), responsible for securing and defending U.S. Cyber Critical Infrastructure by advising and supporting critical infrastructure... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 8:35am - 9:30am CST
Bexar
Information Security Officer, Education Service Center, Region 20
My name is Dale Harville, I go by “H” or Dale, Information Security Officer for ESC-20. I have over 38 years of experience in Information Technology with 35 years in security administration and network operations. Prior to working at the ESC-20, I have had position in both Higher... Read More →
An introduction and application of cellular and public safety systems and how they can enhance and protect lives in the education system and beyond. This will be an overview of the applications and benefits of enhanced telecommunications signals in education, communication, organization and safety. We’ll be discussing case studies of previous installations, the equipment we use, and some of the process of installation and assessment of both cellular and public safety systems.
Presented by Guy Grace, National Security K-12 Program Manager for ASSA ABLOY, Chairman of the Advisory Board for Partners Alliance for Safer Schools (P.A.S.S) and Former Director of Security and Emergency planning for Littleton, CO Public Schools.
Guy will discuss how taking a layered approach to school security, PASS (www.passk12.org) addresses and provides recommendations for securing all areas of a school, from the perimeter to the individual classroom, with recommendations and best practices. Learn how a layered system can pave the way to a unified approach to K-12 school security.
This sessions will be an Interactive discussion on the challenges and approaches to cybersecurity for K-12 and how organizations and vendors are working to drive the cybersecurity landscape.
