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Beach Grove technology director details cybersecurity upgrades, device and software changes
Summary
At a July 15 Beach Grove City Schools board meeting, Director of Technology Tim Ressler described staffing changes, virtualization and endpoint upgrades, changes to the district 1-to-1 device program, and new cybersecurity measures including a NIST assessment, multifactor authentication and ongoing vulnerability scans.
Tim Ressler, director of technology for Beach Grove City Schools, told the school board on July 15 that his department has reorganized staffing, moved core virtualization to a new vendor and bolstered cybersecurity protections.
Ressler said the department now includes three in-house technology support technicians (stationed at South Grove, the high school and one other location), three integration specialists who work with teachers, and a state data reporting and SIS specialist. "I call it a back to basics, type of thing," Ressler said about the presentation and the department's recent changes.
Ressler described a long-term partnership with 5 Star Technology Solutions as the district's managed service provider (MSP). Under that agreement, he said, 5 Star provides engineering support for infrastructure, backups, virtual servers and higher-level issues; it also recently added cybersecurity consulting including a NIST assessment and incident-response planning. "They support our infrastructure, our network,…
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