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

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

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

Stephanie Peterson

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

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