Cybersecurity breaches are an unfortunate reality for all industries, with ransomware increasingly the go-to mode of attack for cybercriminals. But K-12 schools are disproportionately affected by cybercrime. More than 500 K-12 schools were victimized by ransomware in 2019 alone.

Why do cybercriminals focus on school districts? What is it about K-12 education that makes these entities such attractive targets?

​The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (including the OPEN Government Data Act) created new data governance dynamics within agencies by requiring agencies to designate the Statistical Officials, the Evaluation Officers, and the Chief Data Officers. These three officials are responsible for the best practices that support the maturity of an agency's use of data. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) built a data-centric culture and is working to expand the use of data stewardship across the agency. 

The 2016 Elections exposed glaring vulnerabilities in U.S. voting systems as hackers conducted “research and reconnaissance” against election networks in all 50 states, breached at least one state registration database, attacked local election boards, and infected the computers at a voting technology company.

Why were hackers able to expose such vulnerabilities in U.S. voting systems?  

Learn with the pros. Red Hat industry experts walk you through all things Red Hat Kubernetes and OpenShift​

Speakers include:

• Jason Kincl, HPC Systems Engineer, National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory @JasonKincl
• Adam Clater, Chief Architect, Red Hat @aclater

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Red Hat Deep Dive into Container Security 

Speakers include:

• Liz Rice, Vice President, Open Source Engineering, Aqua Security @LizRice
• Michelle Davis, Manager, App Dev Specialist, Red Hat @meskridge_davis​

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​Artificial intelligence, machine learning, applied at the edge are driving a new generation of intelligent applications. Data generated from billions of IoT devices and sensors must be processed very quickly at the edge to derive real-time insights, and help achieve key mission goals and objectives like saving lives, providing tactical advantage, saving costs, improving security and safety, etc. How can you operationalize these innovative technologies and optimize the capabilities? Join experts from Nvidia, HPE and Red Hat as we dive into AI/ML and data science at the edge.

​Are you trying to build a new application that needs to incorporate location services? You are not alone. With the rise of COVID and other critical topics, there is an increasing need for applications using location and geospatial data. How do developers serve up geospatial data in a cloud native way? Come to this session to find out how. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) members and international community are creating Open APIs for cloud native geospatial information access and processing (https://ogcapi.ogc.org/).

​In 2019, more than 500 schools were hit with ransomware attacks. A Pennsylvania school district was one of them, falling victim to ransomware over Labor Day weekend, just after the school year started.

​Join experts from CrowdStrike​ and GuidePoint Security for an informative threat intelligence workshop session where they will:​

​On July 15 Red Hat is opening its virtual doors for an Open House, building on the Red Hat Summit 2020 Virtual Experience from April with an additional set of sessions, more "Ask the Experts" sessions, and live access to C-level tech experts.