Dian Schaffhauser reports: More than two years after issuing guidance on FERPA compliance and Amazon Web Services, Amazon has updated the whitepaper to lay out the company’s “shared responsibility model” and provide specific guidance on 24 different AWS services. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, in general, calls for schools and agencies to “reasonably…
Category: Education Sector
Former University of North Georgia employee accessed protected student data in Banner
Viktoria Capek-Grey reports: On Monday, Feb. 26, the University of North Georgia’s Office of University Relations emailed all students regarding improper access of Banner information in January. The email cautioned students that a former student employee inappropriately accessed information protected by FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), though it said there is no evidence…
California College of the Arts notifies people of stolen laptop
So I read the first sentence of the description of an incident reported by California College of the Arts, and wanted to just walk away: On Friday January 19, 2018, a College laptop used by an employee was stolen out of the employee’s vehicle. Why? WHY? WHY is this still happening? But I made myself…
Monticello Central School District victim of phishing attack
On January 12, the Monticello Central School District in New York notified the New Hampshire attorney General’s office that they were notifying two residents of a breach that occurred in November, 2017, as a result of a phishing attack. You can read the notification to those affected, below.
Data breach may have put Pennsylvania teachers’ personal information at risk
Jan Murphy reports: A data breach of a state Department of Education database may have potentially compromised personal information including Social Security numbers of Pennsylvania’s current and former teachers. A red notice was posted at the top of the department’s website through the weekend noting a “security incident on the Teacher Information Management System.” The…
NY: State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audit of Cairo-Durham Central School District – Information Technology
Background The Cairo-Durham Central School District (District) serves the Towns of Cairo, Durham, Athens, Catskill, Coxsackie and Greenville in Greene County, Conesville in Schoharie County, and Rensselaerville in Albany County. The District is governed by a Board of Education (Board) composed of nine elected members. The Board is responsible for developing policies, rules and regulations…