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Scituate tech team outlines cybersecurity upgrades, grants and summer projects
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Jackie Fongiello, director of educational technology, updated the committee on grants, cybersecurity monitoring, network upgrades and a district inventory/ticketing rollout.
Director of Educational Technology Jackie Fongiello and her team briefed the School Committee on May 5 on cybersecurity work, network upgrades, device refreshes and summer projects intended to improve reliability and classroom access.
Fongiello said the tech department secured a $10,000 Maya grant with town support to strengthen cybersecurity and also received a state grant to provide Know Before cybersecurity training for staff at no cost to the district. The department has implemented a Sophos MDR (managed detection and response) service to provide 24/7 threat monitoring.
Fongiello summarized recent and ongoing work: upgrading more than 400 laptops to Windows 11 and Office builds; installing about 30 new network switches across five schools; increasing backbone fiber capacity to 10 gigabits; replacing or upgrading roughly 97 wireless access…
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