PowerSchool breach (Dec 2024) exposed 60M+ student records via an unpatched SIS server. PathDefend's K-12 template maps this exact attack path.Is your district exposed? →
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PathDefend reads the tools your district already owns — Defender, Google Admin, Active Directory, Meraki — and tells you exactly what to fix this week. No new agents, no security team required.

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🛡 LUSD MORNING BRIEFMon 6:00 AM
3
Critical paths
7
High priority
1,986
Devices monitored
5
Fixed this week
Top 5 investigations — fix these first
1
Student VLAN can reach SIS server via SMB
CVE-2023-46604 · CVSS 9.8 · Meraki + Defender + Tenable
CRITICAL
2
Domain Controller exposed via unpatched staff endpoint
CVE-2023-23397 · CVSS 9.8 · Active Directory + Defender
CRITICAL
3
Vendor remote access path to internal network
Meraki policy gap · 2 recommended actions
HIGH
4
18 Chromebooks offline 45+ days — unmanaged
Google Admin · possible lost or stolen devices
MEDIUM
5
3 stale admin accounts — 90+ days inactive
Active Directory · review or disable
MEDIUM
View full report →Superintendent PDF ready
Works with the tools your district already has — 41 supported formats
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From Export to Action in 10 Minutes.

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Export from your existing tools

Export CSVs from Defender, Google Admin, Active Directory, Meraki — whatever you already run. Drag and drop into PathDefend.

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Correlate your security data

We stitch every tool's data into connected investigations — Chromebooks, Windows endpoints, network topology, user accounts — so you can see what no single tool can show you alone.

⏱ 3–5 minutes processing
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Your top 5 investigations every Monday

Not 50,000 alerts. Five prioritized, actionable investigations with plain-English steps your IT team can execute — plus a PDF your superintendent can present to the school board.

⏱ Every Monday morning
Why PathDefend

Your Security Stack Was Never Designed To Work Together.

Every tool answers a different question. Stitching the answers together is a full-time job — and most districts don't have that person.

Traditional Workflow
🔲
Open Defender
Check endpoint alerts
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🌐
Open Meraki Dashboard
Check network traffic
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👤
Open Active Directory
Check user accounts
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📊
Build a spreadsheet
Manually correlate across tools
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📅
Schedule a meeting
To discuss what it all means
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🤷
Guess what to fix first
Hope it was the right call
Hours of manual work · Every week
With PathDefend
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Upload your exports
Defender, Google Admin, AD, Meraki
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PathDefend correlates everything
Automatically, across all 41 tools
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Your morning brief is ready
Top 5 investigations · What to fix first · Board PDF ready
10 min
From export to answers
Every Monday morning · Automatically
K-12 Attack Path Templates

The 4 Paths Every District Needs to Know.

Every K-12 district has the same four attack paths. PathDefend detects all four automatically — including the exact path from the December 2024 PowerSchool breach.

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AP1

Phishing → Active Directory Takeover

Staff clicks phishing link → credential harvested → lateral movement to Domain Controller → full district access.

Most common K-12 path
AP2

Vendor VPN → PowerSchool SIS

Third-party vendor access + unpatched SIS server = 60M student records exposed. The December 2024 PowerSchool pattern.

PowerSchool breach pattern
AP3

Unpatched Server → Ransomware Deployment

Critical CVE on internet-facing server enables remote code execution → ransomware deployed district-wide.

High severity
AP4

Student Chromebook → Server VLAN Pivot

Flat network allows student VLAN to reach server VLAN on port 445. Student device used as ransomware pivot point.

Flat network risk
Pricing

Transparent Pricing for District Budgets.

$4 per device per year. No surprises. Grant-invoice format available.

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$4
per device, per year
✓ All 41 parsers — every tool your district already runs
✓ K-12 attack path templates — including PowerSchool pattern
✓ Weekly morning briefing — your top 5 investigations
✓ Board-ready PDF reports — superintendent language built in
✓ Grant invoice format — SLCGP reimbursement ready
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500 devices / year
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1,500 devices / year
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3,000 devices / year
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