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School district IT leaders grade their handling of past malware attacks
Auburn High School in Rockford, Illinois. (Auburn High School)
The school districts of Rockford, Illinois and Rockingham County, North Carolina learned some very valuable lessons in transparency and communication, timely incident response, access management, data redundancy and disaster recovery after each experienced a debilitating malware attack years ago.
Information security leaders at these two districts shared their war stories last week at the K-12 Cybersecurity Leadership Symposium, hosted by the K12 Security Information Exchange (K12 SIX) â the first-ever ISAC specifically created with local school districts in mind.
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Rockingham County Schools superintendent could keep his job, reverse firing
Dr. Rodney Shotwell filed a lawsuit in Rockingham County Superior Court so a judge can decide if his firing was legal. Author: Miles Moraitis Updated: 12:24 PM EST March 13, 2021
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. Dr. Rodney Shotwell of Rockingham County Schools could keep his job as superintendent. The Board voted to fire him back in December 2020. Dr. Shotwell took that decision to court on Wednesday, just two days before his scheduled final day on the job.
Shotwell filed a complaint and a temporary restraining order. The presiding Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the restraining order, stating the Rockingham County Schools Board of Education cannot officially end Shotwell s contract until the Court makes further orders. The judge also stated Shotwell is likely to succeed on the merits of his claims .