Research, analysis, and perspectives on K-12 identity, compliance, and security architecture.
Everything in one place: why student MFA is harder than staff MFA, how the common second factors hold up for kids, and a rollout plan that keeps the help desk quiet.
Read moreFrom licensing to the day you flip the policy on: adding an external MFA method, registering students, running Conditional Access in report-only mode, and expanding one grade at a time.
Read moreThirty Chromebooks, five periods, a different kid on each machine every hour. What it takes to make student MFA work on shared carts when Microsoft Entra handles identity.
Read moreStaff accounts usually have MFA. Student accounts usually do not, and the reason is rarely that nobody thought of it. Every standard second factor assumes a phone. Here is what a student factor actually needs to do.
Read moreMicrosoft's external MFA feature lets Entra hand the second-factor step to another provider while keeping Conditional Access in charge. What it is, what you need before you start, and the questions to ask any vendor.
Read moreMany districts run students on Google and staff on Microsoft. Google lets a third-party identity provider handle sign-in, and Entra can be that provider. Here is how student MFA fits into a Google district, Chromebook carts included.
Read moreThe FCC's Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program offers up to 90 percent reimbursement for eligible security tools. A compliance monitoring tool that costs $350 per month may cost $35 after reimbursement. Here is what districts need to know before the next funding cycle.
Read moreSchool board members are legally accountable for district data. Most receive no structured cybersecurity reporting. Here is what every board member needs to understand about compliance posture, oversight responsibility, and what good reporting looks like.
Read moreSchool districts face a growing number of compliance requirements with shrinking IT budgets. CIS Controls provide a prioritized framework, but mapping your Google Workspace and M365 configurations to those controls manually is unsustainable. Here is a better approach.
Read moreA single misconfiguration in your district's identity platform can expose thousands of student records. Most IT directors do not know their current posture because checking it requires hours of manual work each week. Automation changes that equation entirely.
Read moreCornerstone Innovations started by solving IT problems one district at a time. We learned what the market actually needed and built products to deliver those solutions at scale. This is the story of that transition and what comes next.
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