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Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Weaving Cyber Resilience into the Strategic Fabric of Higher Education Institutions (from EdTech Magazine)

“At colleges and universities across the nation, leaders agree that the key to ensuring business continuity and sustainability is cyber resilience.” Why this is important: As highlighted in previous editions of The...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

White House AI Order Balances Innovation And Regulation

On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence. The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Recent NYSED Decision Underscores Need for School Districts to Protect Data Privacy

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School districts must consider the sanctity and privacy of data they maintain, as a recent decision underscores from the New York State Education Department’s Office of the Chief Privacy Officer. This alert explains the...more

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Data Breach Defense for Educational Institutions

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The past 15 months have been extremely challenging for every industry, but that is especially true of educational institutions. Every level of education—from local school districts to the largest universities—has had to work...more

Sands Anderson PC

Cybersecurity Advisory for K-12 Educational Institutions

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, recently released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory warning that cyber...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Data Breaches and Educational Institutions

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Five things schools, colleges and universities can do this summer to address data privacy and protect against cybersecurity threats. Consider these five steps during your summer break to address the protection of...more

Fisher Phillips

Security Breaches In Schools: 10 Steps To Protect Your Information

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California’s San Diego Unified School District recently disclosed that it had sustained a data breach when multiple phishing emails from malicious hackers were used to gather login information of staff members throughout the...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Education Department Toughens Tone on Cyber and Threatens to Pull Funding for Non-Compliance

Recently-issued guidance from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) threatens to “yank” Title IV funding for post-secondary institutions lacking appropriate data security safeguards....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

A (Secondary) Education in Data Security

On January 18, 2018, the New York State Education Department (“NYSED”) announced that one of its vendors, Questar Assessment, experienced a data breach resulting in the unauthorized disclosure of personal information from...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Workshop Provides Insight on Best Practices to Mitigate Informational Injuries

On December 12, 2017, the FTC hosted a workshop to discuss informational injuries that consumers may suffer when their personal information is misused. Discussion topics included the types of informational injuries consumers...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Beyond the Campus Gates: Cyber Tops Risks for 2018

It’s no secret that cybersecurity concerns are a daunting challenge for higher education with their sprawling networks and databases. But industry leaders are predicting that data security will be one of the most serious...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Colorado Student Data Privacy Bill – What EdTech software providers need to know

Colorado is the latest state to revisit, and expand upon, its laws pertaining to the use and protection of student data. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper recently signed into law House Bill 16-1423 (the “Bill”) designed to...more

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Colleges and Universities Are Prime Cyberattack Targets: What’s Behind the Threat?

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When it comes to cyberattack targets, many think of retailers and associated credit card transactions or customer information, or perhaps healthcare providers with their ever-increasing storage and transmission of electronic...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

79,000 students’ data breached by vendor of Cal State

We End Violence, a third party vendor that provides online sexual assault prevention training to California State (Cal State) students notified Cal State that it experienced a vulnerability in its underlying code that exposed...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Academic Institutions Are Under Cyber Attack

Academia’s cyber preparedness (or lack thereof) has received less media attention than that of certain retailers and financial institutions, but nonetheless the cyber risks confronting universities are pervasive and alarming....more

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