K-12 Buying Season Is Here. It's Not Just About the Device
APR 10, 202640 MIN
K-12 Buying Season Is Here. It's Not Just About the Device
APR 10, 202640 MIN
Description
<pre><code>One K12 school was blocking roughly 1,000 phishing attacks per day, and had no idea it was happening. EDU Buying season is here, and security, classroom tools, parent controls, and teacher adoption all need answers before a single device gets ordered.
Mat Pullen, Jamf's Product Marketing Director for Education and a former classroom teacher, joins hosts Kat Garbis and Josh Thornton for a frank conversation about what K12 schools are dealing with in 2026.
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*CHAPTERS:*
1:51 Meet Mat Pullen: Product Marketing Director for Education at Jamf
2:51 Jamf Nation Live EDU: What Schools Are Actually Asking About
4:22 Top K12 Challenges in 2026: Budget, Security and Screen Time
6:57 Why Schools Are Easy Targets for Cyber Attacks
8:10 Student Privacy vs. Surveillance: How Jamf Balances Both
10:03 Jamf Parent: Giving Families Control of School Devices at Home
12:42 Technology in the Classroom Is an Education Problem, Not an IT Problem
14:58 MacBook Neo for K12: What It Changes for Schools on a Budget
20:05 Jamf Safe Internet: Content Filtering and Network Threat Prevention
22:12 Limited Privacy and Time-Based Policies: New Features Explained
25:58 Jamf for K12: One Solution for IT, Security, Teachers and Parents
29:05 Jamf Teacher in Action
31:46 K12 Buying Season 2026: How to Think Beyond the Device
37:23 Here's What Most Schools Are Missing
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