Your Path to Improved Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity Rubric (CR) for Education is a powerful self-assessment tool that helps education leaders evaluate their current practices. Based on the Cybersecurity Framework for Education, the CR helps schools gain a clear understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, enabling them to improve their defenses and safeguard against threats. Watch the video to gain a better understanding.

Don’t Leave Cybersecurity to Guesswork. Use the CR, Informed by NIST.

Know Where You Stand With Cybersecurity

The CR is aligned with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. Based on a Maturity Model, the rubric is a roadmap for organizations to assess and continuously improve their level of proficiency in NIST-aligned domains.

Use a Tool Built for Education

Written in easy-to-understand language, the CR is based on education interpretations of cybersecurity standards. The rubric provides key guidance on what to look for when evaluating how well your school meets the standards.

Create a Plan for Continuous Improvement

When you finish your assessment, you gain a complete picture of where your school stands with cybersecurity preparedness. Strengths and weaknesses are clear, and you know where you need to invest to improve.

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The Cybersecurity Rubric (CR) for Education is free and available to schools for immediate use. Get your copy now.

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Free Training

Learn how to use the CR to self-assess your school’s cybersecurity practices. Training takes approximately 2.5 hrs and has no cost.

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Get Certified

Take our certification exam to become a Certified Cybersecurity Rubric Evaluator (CCRE) and provide third-party evaluations to school systems.

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