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Claymont board adopts resolution banning unauthorized ransomware payments
Summary
The Claymont City School District Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution prohibiting employees or agents from making or negotiating ransomware payments unless the board expressly approves such payment, citing Ohio Revised Code 9.64.
The Claymont City School District Board of Education voted May 11 to adopt a formal resolution prohibiting unauthorized ransomware payments by district employees, officers, or agents.
The resolution, introduced as part of the Treasurer's recommendations and recorded in the meeting packet, states that no employee, officer, or agent “shall authorize, negotiate, or make any ransomware payment or otherwise comply with a ransom demand unless expressly approved by formal resolution of the Board of Education in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 9.64.” The roll-call vote on the treasurer’s package that included the resolution was recorded as: Mrs. Host, yes; Mrs. Grandison, yes; Ms. Campbell, yes; Mr. Peters, yes; Mrs. Wolf, yes.
Board members said the policy was intended to create a clear legal and procedural barrier to ad hoc payments in the event of a cyber incident. The resolution was adopted alongside routine financial approvals, including the April financial report and payment of bills.
