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UETN urges regional support, staffing and consortium services to lift K–12 cyber defenses
Summary
Utah Education and Telehealth Network officials said higher institutions and larger districts generally have more mature security controls; rural districts need shared services and staffing support through regional service agencies and UETN.
Representatives from the Utah Education and Telehealth Network described the organization’s statewide role and urged the task force to consider regional staffing and consortium services to raise baseline protections in rural and smaller districts.
"UETN has sort of continued what started at the University of Utah. ... We connect all public education, all of higher education, including private institutions, all charters and over 80 libraries," said Spencer Jenkins, executive director of UETN.
Nut graf: UETN provides statewide network services up to the demarcation point for local entities, hosts…
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