Superintendents Teacher Leadership Council Cybersecurity Update Dr. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Superintendent’s Teacher Leadership Council

Cybersecurity Update

• Dr. Jack Green, NPS Technology Services

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Our Our M Mis ission: ion: Our Our V Values lues:

To prepare and inspire all students to achieve their full potential Integrity | Inclusiveness | Collaboration | Optimism

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Pur Purpose o e of Pr Pres esent entat ation

Discuss cybersecurity and safety resources Norman Public Schools (NPS) Technology Services Center (TSC) utilizes to support safety and security for our students and staff.

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Pro Provid idin ing a Safe fe Te Tech En Enviro ironme ment

• Our TEAM Approach
• NPS Technology Services Support
• Training and Information
• Looking to the Future

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Im Imple lementin ing as as a a Team am

• Multiple partners working together as a team to

ensure Cybersecurity, Student and Staff Safety, and Success.

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Original Data Center

• CHALLENGES:

– Customized non-industry standard hardware and software architecture; – Overwhelming majority of hardware was out-of-date; – Multiple instances of hardware failure throughout the 2014-15 academic year impacting critical services for multiple days—age and heat related event from 2013-14; – Heterogeneous environment (variety of data center hardware and hosting software); – Electrical distribution within the space and improper cooling or not enough cooling; – Limited redundancy in backups, electrical, heating, cooling, and connectivity.

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Cu Current Data Ce Center

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OU 4 Partners Place Data Center

Benef Benefit its of Cur urrent ent Data Cent enter er So Solut lutio ion

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LOCATION:

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University of Oklahoma Norman & Oklahoma City

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BENEFIT ITS:

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This deployment method allows NPS to have a more reliable network to host our services.

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Some of advantages include redundant network, redundant storage, Tier II/III power and cooling, less maintenance time and cost, and lower lifecycle cost.

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Shared Services spans all University of Oklahoma campuses—with datacenters and IT professionals in Norman and Oklahoma City to provide local customer support.

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NPS T NPS TSC Sup SC Support T rt Tea eam

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NPS D Dis istric ict H Help lp D Desk

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Email: helpdesk@ k@norman.k1 k12.ok. k.us

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Scho hool Si Site e Cont ntact for Tec echno hnology Rost ster er

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Linke ked Document

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TSC C Te Team Roster

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Linke ked Document

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iTech W Websit ite - Ac Accessible via NPS Homepage

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https://www. www.normanpublicschools.org/i /iTe Tech ch

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Tra Training g and d Informa formati tion

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• Global Compliance Network tutorials from beginning of

school year:

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Internet Safety

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Digital Security and Protection

• Digital Citizenship Curriculum
• Instructional Resource Request (IRR) for Teachers for New

Software/Hardware Programs

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Link to KACE IRR

• Vetting Process for New Vendors

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Linked Google Doc

• More resources and information shared soon from NPS

Technology Services Team

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Lo Looki king to the Future

• Feedback from advisory and leadership council groups
• Continued collaboration with colleagues and partners
• Ongoing hardware and software refresh
• Capacity building for team members
• Professional learning for teachers and staff
• Continuing to reimagine and transform spaces for

teaching and learning

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Ques Questio ions ns?

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THANK YOU

• Dr. Jack

k Green Te Technology Serv rvices 405 405-366 366-5822 5822 jackg kg@norman.k1 k12.ok. k.us

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