What is remote access and how does it work?
Remote Access is available for external access to the Belmont Public Schools network including software and individual data folders. Remote Access and Outlook Web Access for email require an individual network account on the Belmont Public Schools network. New to Remote Access?
What's new at the foundation for Belmont education?
The Foundation for Belmont Education (FBE) is pleased to announce and summarize grants that were recently approved for the 2021-2022 academic year. Below is a summary of three new grants totaling $7,282.
What is Belmont’s community breakfast?
Belmont’s Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast, historically intended to bring the Belmont and Boston communities together in a program of unity around Dr. King’s legacy, will once again take place via Zoom on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 9 am.
What does the Office of public school monitoring do?
The Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to monitor compliance with federal and state special education and civil rights regulations.
Staff Remote Access
Remote Access is available for external access to the Belmont Public Schools network including software and individual data folders. Remote Access and Outlook Web Access for email require an individual network account on the Belmont Public Schools network.
New to Remote Access? START Here
Download and install Citrix Workspace (formerly, Citrix Receiver) first, then start using Remote Access.
New DESE Requirements
Last week the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) asked districts across the State to review their remote and hybrid education models to meet two new proposed regulations.
Parenting in the Time of Coronavirus – Pre-Recorded Webinars
As part of a partnership with Belmont Public Schools, the McLean Hospital School Consultation team has recorded two webinars that focus on helping parents navigate challenging COVID-19 circumstances.
INTRODUCTION
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a secured private network that provides a secure encrypted connection, or tunnel, over the Internet between an individual computer/device and a private network such as the Belmont University Campus Network.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to state the requirements for remote access to computing resources and data hosted at the university using VPN technology.
SCOPE
This policy applies to all VPN users of computer and network resources owned or managed by Belmont University.
POLICY
This policy provides the security requirements for all Belmont University employees who are manipulating and/or accessing university data classified by the Data Classification Policy as level 1 or 2 confidential information from remote locations using VPN technology.
REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES FOR ALL REMOTE USERS
Belmont employees and authorized third parties using the VPN must ensure that unauthorized users are not allowed access to internal university networks and associated information or data.
COMPLIANCE
Violations of this policy will be handled according to normal disciplinary procedures. However, a user’s IT use privileges may be temporarily suspended by LITS prior to the initiation or completion of these procedures when there is a reasonable basis to believe that an individual is in violation of this policy.
RELATED STANDARDS, POLICIES, AND PROCEDURES
The Remote Access Policy is administered through a collection of Belmont standards. The Belmont University Remote Access Policy and its standards are in effect at all times.
