Every day, educators across the country work tirelessly to create safe, supportive spaces where students can thrive. Throughout 2024, we’ve been inspired by countless examples of schools seeking innovative ways to protect students while nurturing their growth.

As we bring this year to a close, we’re honored to highlight some of their successes, as well as share how we’re strengthening our commitment to help them keep their students safe, secure, and ready to learn.

New Leadership, Enduring Commitment

After leading Securly for 12 years, co-founder Bharath Madhusudan handed the CEO reins to Tammy Wincup in October 2024.

With nearly three decades of experience working alongside school administrators and educators, Tammy’s vision for Securly extends beyond student safety, encompassing a deeper, customer-centric commitment to supporting student wellness so the entire school community – students, teachers, administrators, and parents – can thrive.

Supporting educators as they tackle complex student safety and wellness challenges is the driving force behind everything we do at Securly. To ensure we deliver on this mission, we are dedicated to a mindset of continual growth, adapting to our customers’ changing needs.

As we look to the future and how we can best serve our customers, we’re thrilled to have Tammy at the helm.

Helping Students in Crisis: Real Stories of the Impact Schools Are Making

Of course, the real heroes of student safety and wellness are the educators, technology teams, and student services staff who work directly with students every day.

Throughout 2024, we’ve been inspired by countless examples of their dedication. Customer stories like the ones shared by Sheboygan Area School District and Atlanta Public Schools reinforce the importance of the work they do and keep us singularly focused on how we can support them.

Harnessing AI in Education to Fill Critical Gaps in 2024 and Beyond

While there’s no substitute for human resources when it comes to supporting students, there is no hiding from the fact that these resources are in short supply. Yet, while the resources to support students are dwindling, the concerns around student mental health are not. As school leaders continue to grapple with this challenge, artificial intelligence (AI) within the edtech space has provided schools a real opportunity at some relief, both in the short- and long term.

Since its inception, Securly has been steadfast in its commitment to supporting students and their overall wellness. Throughout 2024, we continued to evolve Securly Aware, our AI-powered student wellness monitoring support.

As we look ahead to 2025 and beyond, we’re excited to continue to lead the way in innovating the applications of AI in education.

Learning Together: The Back-to-School Securly Shield Event

This year’s back-to-school Securly Shield event brought together hundreds of K-12 leaders. With over 250 live attendees and 670 on-demand viewers, the event featured insights from Securly leadership, as well as real-world stories from educators like Dr. Chantell Manahan, MSD of Steuben County, Indiana, and Eric Benedict, Madison Metropolitan School District, Wisconsin.

The event provided attendees with actionable strategies for 2024 – 2025, showcasing key feature updates, new AI-driven innovations, and Securly’s holistic platform approach to help schools keep their students safe, secure, and ready to learn.

In 2025, our dedication to our customers will remain a top priority. We’ll continue to provide best-in-class customer service and solutions that create a climate of safety, wellness, and engagement so students can thrive and reach their highest potential.

Supporting Schools While Prioritizing Student Privacy

Technology tools have become a mainstay in classrooms, helping administrators, educators, and technologists manage a range of tasks. However, because of the vast amounts and types of data these tools collect about students, prioritizing data security and student data privacy has never been more critical. It’s a challenge that we help education leaders navigate every day, and one we take very seriously.

Securly’s commitment to security and privacy starts with being a Student Privacy Pledge signatory and maintaining iKeepSafe certification, which verifies our adherence to FERPA, COPPA, CSPA, and state-level privacy regulations.

Beyond these fundamental measures, Securly has achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification across its entire solution suite verified through rigorous third-party audits. We enforce strict data policies about data ownership, usage, and retention, as well as adhering to enterprise-grade security measures. In the UK, Securly Filter is now recognised as an accredited filtering system by the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC).

Additionally, Securly ensures AI implementation is ethical and responsible by taking measures to actively identify and eliminate bias, including conducting regular procedural audits, utilizing diverse training datasets, and adhering to inclusive design principles.

As new threats emerge and requirements evolve in 2025 and beyond, you can rest assured that Securly will keep your data security and your students’ data privacy at the forefront of our product development – no matter your school or state regulations.

Reflecting on 2024, Looking Forward to 2025

Under the leadership of our new CEO, Tammy Wincup, we’re entering the new year energized by our north-star strategy to develop innovative and privacy-centered student safety and wellness solutions that help our customers’ school communities thrive.

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