El Campo ISD board approves cybersecurity policy and incident response plan

The El Campo Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a district cybersecurity policy and a separate incident response plan during its Dec. 17 meeting.

An attendee who presented the items described the cybersecurity policy as aligning with the district's acceptable-use practices, adding specific language about how external vendors may connect to the district network. The presenter said the incident response plan maps roles and responsibilities to follow in the event of a breach. "Basically putting a plan in play a policy in place that kind of mirrors our acceptably used policy already anyway," the presenter said, adding the plan clarifies both external-vendor connectivity and incident roles.

Trustee action: The transcript records a motion (identified as made by "mister Dortick") and a second by "miss Nava" to approve the cybersecurity policy; the motion carried unanimously with "mister Dubroch" absent. Separately, a motion by "mister Ryan" seconded by "miss Smith" approved the incident response plan; that motion also carried unanimously with "mister Dubrock" absent.

What this means: The approved documents formalize network-access expectations and a step-by-step response for cybersecurity incidents. The plan was described as focused on operational roles, vendor connectivity restrictions, and incident coordination; no technical implementation timeline was provided in the meeting materials.