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Technology director warns of frequent cyber threats and seeks multi-hundred-thousand-dollar device and software budget
Summary
District technology leaders described a stretched team, a device replacement cycle, and a request totaling roughly $444,000 for district tech and software (with device replacement ~ $447,000); the presentation emphasized daily backups, the Student Data Privacy Consortium contract, and a cited figure of 4,388 cyber attacks per week per organization to justify stronger cyber defenses.
The district—technology director gave a detailed briefing to the school committee about infrastructure, staffing and security on March 17. The director said the technology department supports about 3,600 end-user devices, more than 100 instructional and administrative software programs, and the district's migration to cloud-hosted services.
Staffing is slim after retirements and internal reassignments; the…
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