IETA 2025

Innovations that create more effective schools through improving technology and the learning environment. Solutions to help schools manage the challenges seen commonly in education, as well as obstacles brought by the pandemic.

Lab around setup up and using a cloud phone system. Convert hard phones to cloud registered devices, set up users, configure hunt groups, basic queues, E911. Experience how easy cloud can be.

Explore the essentials of managing chromebooks and the chrome browser environment via the Google Admin Console. This session covers deployment strategies, user settings, device settings, and app management to maximize the effectiveness of chrome in education. If you are managing chrome or chromebooks at your district, you will not want to miss this session. Key takeaways from this session include:
-Deployment: Learn how to efficiently deploy and manage chromebooks in your environment.
-Key Configuration: Understand user settings and device settings for safety and security.
-Implementation: Discuss strategies to integrate chromebooks effectively into the classroom.

Schools face a range of threats, including acts of violence, natural disasters, and emergency situations. Schools must balance safety, teaching and learning, school operations and culture, and the surrounding community, creating a complex environment and set of priorities.

Covering best practices for physical security in the K12 space along with new technologies and ways to stretch your budget.

Our world is under attack! Cyber attacks adn threats come from everywhere. Government entities have to be prespared to not only detect and prevent these threats, but be ready to respond and recover from them. A solid defense in depth is a strategy leverages mulitple secuirty measures to protect an organization's assets. The idea is if one line of defense is compromised, additional layers exsit as a backup to ensure that threats are stopped along the way. By partnering with the Center for Internet Security and the MS-ISAC, members are able to surround their infrastructure in layers of control and mitigation, creating hurdles for organizations can continue to firght against the cyber threat actors and continue to protect their enviroments.

Round Table Discussion focusing on lessons learned, considerations, and recommendations when deciding to migrate On Prem phone system to the cloud.

Effective governance adds value, not red tape. Strong data stewardship practices enable wide adoption of data-driven methods and decisions. In this session, we explore the Data Stewardship role and how time-tested principles like Product-Design thinking and Domain Differentiation will lead to better organizational outcomes.

A discussion of the mission and capabilities of the National Guard as a community partner to exchange knowledge, collaborate on cyber security best practices, and provide community outreach opportunities for future and present IT professionals. The Idaho National Guard utilizes the Department of Defense Innovated Readiness Training (IRT) program for cyber defense training. The Idaho Army National Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Element (DCOE) specializes in vulnerability assessment, cyber reconnaissance, and limited demonstration of exploit for state, local, tribal, and territorial partners throughout the state of Idaho.