K-12 Buying Season Is Here. It's Not Just About the Device
From Jamf After Dark by Jamf
April 10, 2026 · 41 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges K12 schools face during the buying season, emphasizing security and technology adoption.
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. Subscribe for more Edtech content from Jamf: *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…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh Thornton, Kat Garbis
Guest: Mat Pullen
Topics covered
- K12 education
- phishing attacks
- EDU buying season
- security
- classroom tools
- parent controls
- teacher adoption
- cyber attacks
- student privacy
- content filtering
Keywords
- Jamf
- K12 buying season
- 2026
- MacBook Neo
- Jamf Safe Internet
Mentioned in this episode
Products: MacBook Neo, K12, Jamf Parent, Jamf Teacher, Jamf Safe Internet
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