Pre-RFPInformation TechnologyDetected May 22, 2026

The East Muskingum Board of Education approved a new cybersecurity policy based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework v2.0 at its May 22, 2026 special meeting. This signals a formal commitment to aligning district technology practices, controls, and governance with NIST standards across systems, networks, and data handling.While the motion is limited to policy adoption and does not name specific technologies or vendors, implementing NIST CSF v2.0 typically requires updated security tools, risk assessments, staff training, and ongoing monitoring. Vendors can position services and solutions that help the district translate this high-level policy into a practical roadmap, including gap analysis, incident response planning, security awareness training for staff, and modernization of endpoint, network, and identity security controls over the coming year.

Motion explicitly approves "NIST CSF v2.0 Cybersecurity policy" but no implementation vendor is identified.

East Muskingum Local SchoolsAdoption of NIST CSF v2.0 district cybersecurity policy

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Capital plan & early discussion

Next 1–2 Q

Scoping & vendor outreach window

6–18 mo

RFP / solicitation posted

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