Only a lawyer with experience in cybersecurity can provide a legal opinion on your district’s risk exposure and obligations. 

Your IT staff and vendors can describe what systems are in place, but their guidance is “as-is”—not a judgment on whether those measures meet legal standards.

As Superintendent, you're ultimately accountable for evaluating the quality of that advice. 

That means exercising discernment, not delegation. 

When legal liability is on the line, only legal expertise counts.