It is fair to say that when the spirit of collaboration is working among school districts and among various levels of government and various agencies, there are ways to share experience and share best practices that help each individual…

It is really important.

Thank you very much both on the prosecution side of things, but on the prevention side of things for similar attacks to continue.

Thank you very much. Mr. King.

Can you share with us some of the ways that New Hampshire schools have worked together to reduce the burden of expensive cybersecurity tools and services?

I am pleased to be part of that bipartisan group in Congress that pushed to reauthorize the Institute.

What .gov does is provides a verifiable identity for entities; whether that is a municipality, whether that is a K-12 district, it does not matter.

Got it.

In 2018, the New Hampshire legislature passed a law requiring the State Department of Education to establish minimum standards for the privacy and security of student data.

I take to heart the relationship-building part of it when you speak with task forces post terrorist events, for instance.

I think it is also important that people understand the impacts of a cyberattack on a K-12 school system.

In at least some cases can interrupt student learning time, too.

I think, the biggest takeaway I hope people watching today or listening to this or reading about it will take is that this is a responsibility that rests with each and every one of us.

I truly appreciate the discussion today. I thank you all for coming before the Subcommittee to discuss what is clearly a really important topic to a lot of us.

How are K-12 schools involved in the process of applying for and awarding this Federal grant in New Hampshire?

In 2018, the New Hampshire legislature passed a law requiring the State Department of Education to establish minimum standards for the privacy and security of student data.

I spearheaded an effort to create a Federal grant program specifically targeted at improving the cybersecurity of State and local governments.

Is it fair to say--I am looking at kind of how we talk about what K-12 schools in New Hampshire, what steps they have taken to date to implement this law.