TxSSC
A Discussion About School District
Cybersecurity Preparedness
Video Length | 1:14:58
Recorded | March 2023
Podcast Description
In this Learning Lab episode, host Celina Bley sits down with Todd Pauley, the Deputy CISO and Cybersecurity Coordinator at the Texas Education Agency, and Karen Fuller, the Director of Network Infrastructure & Communications at Cypress Fairbanks ISD, to discuss the challenges school districts face in their journey to protect their cybersecurity infrastructure.
Expert Guests
Todd Pauley
Todd Pauley serves as the Deputy CISO and Cybersecurity Coordinator at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Along
with being responsible for internal infosec functions at TEA, he also works with districts and education service
centers around the state to promote cybersecurity. With over ...25
years' experience in various areas of
information technology, Todd has been serving TEA since 2013. Before finding his calling in cybersecurity, he
has held roles in desktop support, system administration, network engineering, front-end development and even
spent some time as an IT auditor conducting risk assessments of internal applications at TxDOT. A West
Virginia
native, Todd also provided IT support for school districts there before moving to Texas in 2004.
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Karen Fuller
Karen Fuller is currently the Director of Network Infrastructure & Communications at Cypress Fairbanks ISD.
Karen is a technology and operations executive with 30+ years of leadership, strategic planning, data security,
teaming, coaching and network management within K-12 education. She ...has a proven history of equipping
institutions with competitive advantages through technology innovation, IT development, and ensuring IT
strategies are aligned with organizational goals by accelerating growth in leading high profile and complex
projects in demanding and ambiguous environments.
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Learning Lab Host
Celina Bley, Ph.D.
Dr. Celina Bley is the Associate Director of Training and Education at the Texas School Safety Center, located
at Texas State University. She started at the Center in February 2019 and brings with her 18 years of district
administrator experience in the Central Texas... area. She began in
the field as a Communications Director and
worked her way up to Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations which included school safety for a 6A
District. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Education in the field of Adult, Professional and Community
Education from Texas State University. Dr. Bley received her Master of Arts in Adult and Developmental
Education
and her Bachelor of Arts in German.
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Podcast Produced By: Brian Clason, Program Manager of Curriculum & Instruction