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ETHS trustees hear district cybersecurity update as PowerSchool breach looms in sector
Summary
District technology leaders presented a layered cybersecurity defense review, described email/phishing controls and backup strategies, and outlined a breach response plan; board members asked about student device access and reporting suspicious emails.
Evanston Township High School technology leaders told the Board of Education on April 7 that the district has built multiple defensive layers to protect student and staff data, and described steps it would take if a breach occurred.
The report centered on why school systems are frequent targets and on specific measures ETHS uses, including email filtering and quarantine, multi-factor authentication for staff, internal device monitoring and quarterly patching, network segmentation, and regular backups stored both locally and in Amazon Web Services. "We want to be target rich and cyber strong," Mike Corcoran, chief technology officer, told the board.
The presentation noted trends in the…
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