Pennsylvania · Since 2024 · Allegheny Intermediate Unit

Digital trust,
built together.

Every login, app and inbox in a Pennsylvania school carries a promise to students and families. The Digital Trust Hub gives schools across the Commonwealth the shared tools, expertise and voice to keep it.

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RecognitionThe State of K-12 Cybersecurity 2026 report includes the Hub’s perspectiveRead →
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Federal advocacy · On file

Pennsylvania’s case is on file.

The Hub filed its comment in support of E-Rate with the FCC on October 12, 2026, carrying 420 signers. PASBO, PASA, PAIU, PAECT and PAIMS filed comments of their own.

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Reply comments due November 12, 2026 · WC Docket 26-133
$672Min federal E-Rate funding committed to Pennsylvania schools and libraries, FY2016–2026, in all 67 counties and 29 intermediate unit regions.

Why it matters

Digital trust isn’t an IT issue. It’s a district issue.

It shapes instruction, operations and community confidence. Digital learning has moved fast, and the systems built to protect it haven’t kept pace. Schools are asked to do more, with more risk and fewer people.

Cybersecurity risk

Schools hold sensitive student and staff data, often protected by small IT teams without dedicated security staff.

Student data privacy

Families expect every app a teacher adopts to handle their child’s data responsibly. Someone has to check.

Generative AI

AI features are arriving inside tools schools already use, often with new data terms and very little notice.

Thousands of apps

Districts evaluate applications by the hundreds and wade through vendor contracts that are long, complex and often unclear.

How it works

Strong digital learning is built by design.

Not isolated initiatives. Shared infrastructure. The Hub pools expertise, tools and contracts once, so every member benefits.

Join

Choose the membership band that fits your enrollment. One annual fee covers your whole organization.

Connect

Get 1EdTech affiliate membership, including TAMS app vetting, plus the PA Student Data Privacy Consortium and a statewide network of peers.

Protect

Turn on shared services such as Domain Trust Monitor and managed DNS at no added cost.

Lead

Shape the agenda at quarterly member meetings and add your district’s voice to statewide advocacy.

Collaborativeshared learning across districts Objectivevendor-neutral guidance Transparentclear, open communication Efficientrespects your time Grounded in trustsafe spaces to learn

A statewide network

From Lake Erie to the Delaware. One network.

What started in Allegheny County now has members across the Commonwealth: school districts, intermediate units, career and technical centers and nonpublic schools.

499Pennsylvania school districts
29intermediate units
1shared standard of trust. That’s the goal.

Member benefits

Everything your district would build alone. Already built.

One membership. Tools, contracts, services and a network, shared by schools across the Commonwealth and organized around five pillars. Explore membership One-page summary

  • Data privacy
  • Vendor assessments
  • Data governance
  • Cybersecurity operations
  • Policy advocacy

Domain Trust Monitor

Daily monitoring and coaching for every email domain your district owns, from unprotected to fully enforced.

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Cybersecurity operations

1EdTech affiliate membership

Including the TrustEd Apps Management Suite (TAMS) for vetting apps, with a public dashboard families can see.

Data privacy

PA-SDPC membership

The PA Student Data Privacy Consortium, in partnership with IU13, for shared vendor privacy agreements.

Vendor assessments

Managed DNS

Managed DNS services with automated health checks.

Cybersecurity operations

Coming soon

VettED

App vetting that helps your review team read vendor fine print and record every decision. VettED supports. You decide.

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Data privacyVendor assessments

Email compliance support

Hands-on help with DMARC, SPF and DKIM, from the first record to full enforcement.

Cybersecurity operations

Quarterly member meetings

Peers who share your problems, and share what worked. Plus monthly resources aligned to each pillar, including guidance on data stewardship, handling and retention, so no one reinvents the wheel.

Data governance

A voice in state and federal policy

Plain-language updates on policy that affects schools, quarterly cybersecurity briefs for your staff, and a coordinated school voice in Harrisburg and Washington.

Policy advocacy

Included with membership · Available now

Domain Trust Monitor.

Anyone can send email that claims to be your district. Domain Trust Monitor watches every domain you own, scores how trustworthy it looks to the rest of the internet, and shows your team exactly what to fix next, from unprotected to Full Trust.

  • Unlimited domains and users, with no per-seat fees
  • 7 email and DNS protections checked every day
  • 8 built-in diagnostic tools for your team
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Coming soon · Beta testers wanted

Meet VettED.

Every app that wants into your classrooms arrives with pages of fine print. VettED, from the Digital Trust Hub, helps your reviewers read the fine print, points to the parts that matter, and keeps a clear record of every decision. VettED supports. You decide.

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The vision

500 districts.
One standard
of trust.

Shared, not duplicated

Vet once. Benefit everywhere.

When one district reviews an app or negotiates a privacy agreement, every member gains. Pennsylvania’s schools should stop doing the same work 500 times.

Vendor-neutral

Guidance with no sales pitch.

The Hub is run by educators for educators. It gives objective advice and has nothing to sell but better outcomes for students.

One voice

From Harrisburg to Washington.

A statewide membership gives districts a coordinated, school-centered voice on privacy, cybersecurity and connectivity policy, in the Capitol and at the FCC.

In Harrisburg and Washington. Legislative outreach and engagement with PDE and the PA National Guard at home. E-Rate advocacy on FCC WC Docket 26-133, a briefing for FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty alongside AASA, CoSN, SHLB and SIIA, and partnership with MS-ISAC, CISA and the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. Advocacy news

Student data privacy and cybersecurity aren’t separate from good education — together they are what make it possible.

Richard Platts, CETL, Chief Technology Officer, Allegheny Intermediate Unit

News

The latest from the Hub.

Advocacy, recognition and partnerships, from Pennsylvania to Washington. All news

Member resources

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Make time for updates

Save. Update. Restart. Updates are arriving faster than ever. Week three of this month’s member resources helps staff finish them and helps technology teams follow up on devices that don’t.

Take the next step

You don’t have to navigate this alone.

Whether you’re figuring out where to start or strengthening what you already have, the Hub team is here. We follow up within one business day.

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