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Powhatan technology director urges immediate multifactor authentication, flags aging network and device costs
Summary
Powhatan County School Board members were warned Feb. 6 that the division's network and student-device fleet are aging and that staff will roll out multi-factor authentication immediately while planning longer-term infrastructure upgrades and a multi-year device-refresh cycle.
Powhatan County School Board members were told at the Feb. 6 budget workshop that the school division's technology infrastructure and student-device fleets are nearing end of life after emergency expansions during the COVID period, and that the division needs near-term cybersecurity and device-refresh investments.
The technology director told the board that many devices purchased during the pandemic are now at four-year or longer "end of life" and that the division has already paid roughly $44,000 for out-of-warranty Chromebook repairs since July 1. "We pay them to refresh our devices every summer," the director said, and noted that repair costs are concentrated…
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