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Turn TEA cybersecurity guidance into action—fast, on budget.
Protecting Texas Schools from Cybersecurity Threats
The Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) K–12 Cybersecurity Initiative gives districts a concise, controls-first playbook to reduce ransomware and phishing risk. The guidance—supported by services coordinated through DIR and regional ESCs—targets the attack paths schools see most: compromised email, weak identity, unmanaged endpoints, and unchecked privileges.
Districts are highly encouraged to:
- Implement fully managed endpoint detection and response (EDR) on LEA servers and applicable staff devices.
- Enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) on staff email systems.
- Configure email protocol security (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) to reduce spoofing and phishing.
- Restrict local administrator and other privileged access.
Visit the TEA K–12 Cybersecurity Initiative web page for full details.
Map TEA Guidance to a Deployable Plan with Netsync
Netsync turns the checklist into an executable solution. We baseline your environment, align phases to your school calendar, design policies and change management, and leave behind documentation your team can run.
Beyond the core items, we help you harden day-to-day operations with:
- Security awareness training for staff and admins.
- Encrypted, off-network backups with scheduled recovery tests.
- Encryption of sensitive data at rest and in transit, aligned to policy.
- Network segmentation to contain lateral movement and enforce access controls.
Future-Proof Your Security with Trusted Cisco Tools
We plan, deploy, and support a Cisco security stack that integrates with your current systems, including Microsoft 365. Core Cisco platforms include:
- Cisco Secure Endpoint (EDR): Detects, contains, and remediates threats across mixed fleets.
- Cisco Duo (MFA & privileged access): Enforces MFA and governs elevation for service and admin roles.
- Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense: Blocks phishing and spoofing; enforces SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.
- Cisco ISE + Cisco Secure Firewall: Identity-based segmentation and policy enforcement across campus, WAN, and data center.
- Cisco User Protection Suite: Licensing aligned to today’s controls with room to expand.
Why Texas K–12 Districts Rely on Netsync for Cybersecurity Solutions
For more than two decades, Netsync has helped Texas schools build secure, resilient environments. We pair deep Cisco expertise with practical program management, aligning architecture, timelines, and change management to district realities.
Our team includes 45+ CCIEs and four Cisco Master Specializations with a record of delivery across security, networking, data center, collaboration, and IoT. We hand off clean documentation, runbooks, and training so your staff can sustain day-two operations without extra overhead.
Microsoft 365 Fit
Duo, Secure Email, and policy design built for Entra ID and Outlook.
Texas Contracts
Most purchasing available through DIR and State of Texas Cisco contract vehicles.
Engineer-Led
Architecture, rollout, and user enablement handled by senior engineers.