This presentation highlights a critical shift in how we secure our academic environments: in education today, we see massive gaps in visibility, saturated with unmanaged IoT devices from smart classroom tech to building infrastructure that traditional security tools simply cannot see. Palo Alto Networks addresses this head-on by transforming the network into a proactive sensor that eliminates these blind spots through continuous Discovery, providing a real-time inventory of every connected asset without the need for intrusive agents. By layering on automated Risk Assessment, we move beyond basic lists to understand the actual "health" and behavior of these devices, identifying vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. Ultimately, this framework ensures the safety of Students, Staff, and Infrastructure by enforcing a Zero Trust model.

Pre K-12 Educators, Librarians, Media Specialists, Technology Specialists, Curriculum Specialists, Deans, Counselors, Principals, Assistant Principals, District Technology Directors, District Curriculum Directors, District Bilingual/ELL Directors, District GT Directors, District SPED Directors, Computer Technicians, Higher Ed are welcome! *Megabyte districts attend for FREE*

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