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District tech director outlines security upgrades, AI pilot and hardware plans
Summary
Director of educational technology Stephanie Hoban reported firewall/geo-IP blocking, broader filtering, multi-factor authentication rollouts, student data privacy work, an approved SchoolAI pilot for classroom use, and upcoming hardware upgrades.
Stephanie Hoban, director of educational technology, told the school committee on June 3 the district has prioritized hardware and cybersecurity this year, and she described changes already made and pieces planned for next year.
Hoban said the district turned on additional firewall security features and enabled geo-IP blocking to block traffic from countries outside the United States; she said the change has required teachers to request whitelist exceptions for some sites. The district also enabled network-wide filtering and stricter filtering rules after a prior ransomware incident led to network segmentation.
Hoban said the district expanded multifactor…
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