ATLE Convergence 2024

Dive into the world of incident response with "Backdoors and Breaches," an engaging card game designed to teach and enhance your cybersecurity skills. This session will explore real-world attack scenarios and response strategies through interactive gameplay. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, join us to learn effective tactics for identifying and mitigating security threats while having fun. Plus, attend for a chance to win your own set of "Backdoors and Breaches" cards, courtesy of Black Hills Information Security.  Audience participation is highly encouraged!  

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the challenges in cybersecurity are becoming increasingly complex and daunting. As threats grow more sophisticated, the need for robust security governance and leadership has never been more critical. Prepare yourself for an unparalleled security leadership session! Curtis Blais, the Shared CISO for Cybera, Alberta’s not-for-profit Research & Education Network facilitator, will draw from his extensive 35+ years of experience in IT and IT security to highlight the four essential areas you must focus on to make your cybersecurity program effective. Drawing insights from his upcoming book, Curtis will offer a practical, no-nonsense approach to formalizing your security program. No AI gimmicks, no flashy distractions, and no jargon — just straightforward, proven, real-world advice.

ATC - New plugin that allows you to create an Assignable Time Calculator for your teachers. This is created within Powerschool - SIS and would be done by your principals and managed through your HR. In the past, if you have used the excel spreadsheets, this will replace those spreadsheets.

DOCEO AI focuses on making sense of data using AI. DOCEO is a Latin word that means inform, enlighten, and make bright. It takes
our focus on data analytic to the next level by using AI to predict and provide suggested strategies to improve processes and
decision making in schools. The approach is to use existing data that is already created in the classroom, schools and district to provide a prediction of challenges and successes and in addition provide suggestions, recommendations and strategies to support student learning.

Powerschools new UI has a basic header within the student pages. We have created a new look. We would go over the new look and if you want the change, we can help add to your SIS

Elasticsearch is the distributed search and analytics engine at the heart of the Elastic stack. Learn how Edmonton Public Schools has set up an elasticsearch cluster to index, search, create dashboards and alert on a variety of data types. We will show how to use the free features in elasticsearch in order to centralize logging and add insight into your network data.

Interactive panels are now a platform in classrooms that connect students to teachers, teachers to content, and content to the system. There have been significant changes in the display market over the last year, and with that, essential requirements to ensure maintained security, device equity, and upgradablity. 
 
This session explains the market shifts and what to ask of your partners.