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Abilene ISD details network, device growth and cybersecurity efforts; federal cyber pilot awarded
Summary
CTO Carrie Owens reported on network capacity, device inventory and cybersecurity efforts: 80 Gbps fiber, roughly 27,000 supported devices, deployment of CrowdStrike, simulated-phishing training and a federal cyber pilot grant to expand student-account protections.
Abilene ISD Chief Technology Officer Carrie Owens gave trustees a detailed status report on the district's network, devices and cybersecurity work, warning that lifecycle and contract renewals will require planning in the near term.
Owens said the district currently manages about 293 network closets and 688 network switches, 25 physical servers hosting about 150 virtual servers, and roughly 80 gigabits per second of fiber capacity to schools. The technology department supports…
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