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Committee debates SmartPass rollout and data retention as cybersecurity team pushes district protections
Summary
District cybersecurity lead Dan DeVito outlined phishing training, firewall protections and a phased SmartPass rollout; committee members raised parental concerns and requested a future policy review and a schedule for purging SmartPass data, which DeVito said currently has no automatic purge schedule.
At the Feb. 10 Safety & Security Committee meeting, the district’s cybersecurity lead described technical and human measures the Weston School District is using to protect student and staff data and explained the district’s phased rollout of SmartPass, an electronic hall‑pass system being piloted at the middle school.
Dan DeVito said the district combines technology controls (firewall country blocks and Google security investigation tools) with staff training, including simulated phishing campaigns. “The biggest part of cybersecurity is it's not…
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