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Echo SD 5 presents cybersecurity policy for first reading; focuses on response and responsibility
Summary
The board advanced new policy EHB and EHB-AR on cybersecurity for first reading; the superintendent said the policies establish roles and procedures for preventing and responding to data breaches and ransomware scenarios.
The board presented a first reading of new cybersecurity policy EHB and the accompanying administrative regulation (EHB-AR), required by recent legislation.
"If somebody were to hack our data and hold our data for ransom, what would our process be to handle that?" the superintendent asked rhetorically while explaining the policy is meant to clarify responsibility and response steps. The superintendent said the district conducted a tabletop exercise with the ESD and that the policy mainly codifies who does what in an incident and how to document incidents and responses.
The board took the first reading with no substantive amendment; members were asked to review the policy and return with questions at the second reading before a final vote.
