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District technology director outlines cybersecurity upgrades, device policy changes
Summary
Tim Ressler, Beech Grove City Schools director of technology, briefed the board on department staffing changes, a migration from VMware to Scale Computing, a Windows 11 rollout, device policy shifts for K–8, vendor partnerships (Vistar, Managed Methods) and multiple cybersecurity measures including a next‑generation firewall and mandatory multifactor authentication.
Tim Ressler, the district director of technology, told the Beech Grove City Schools board on July 15 that the technology department has refocused staffing and cybersecurity after several years of change.
Ressler said the department has moved three on-site support technicians in-house and retained three former teachers as integration specialists to work with classroom staff. The district continues a managed‑service relationship with Vistar Technology Solutions to supply engineering and infrastructure support and recently added cybersecurity consulting services to that agreement.
"We are a Google school. We live, breathe in Google, and it's been great," Ressler said, noting the district…
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