Data Breaches Happen. We constantly hear it in the news: Target, Home Depot, Celebrity photos, IRS, even the Department of Defense. Anything stored in a cloud is a risk. Data security-who can gain access to your child's stored or transferred data? Data breaches and cyber attacks cost the U.S. billions .
One such attack, the Heartbleed virus/ Oracle bug recently breached student data, releasing millions of students' names, photographs, bus routes, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, grades, transcripts, and medical information. The new Bashbug virus is said to be even more destructive.
Additionally, there are instances of simple human error. A breach at Maricopa affected 2.5 million students.
Student's identifying records were found in a Denver dumpster; in another state, student computers were sold with student information still in tact, and hard drives have been lost or stolen.
Simply sending unencrypted sensitive information via email is considered a breach, as this private information can easily be accessed, evidenced in these health care email breaches.
Even our Colo Dept of Ed has Chronic issues of student information (pii) being sent unencrypted via email.
See their presentation below:
One such attack, the Heartbleed virus/ Oracle bug recently breached student data, releasing millions of students' names, photographs, bus routes, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, grades, transcripts, and medical information. The new Bashbug virus is said to be even more destructive.
Additionally, there are instances of simple human error. A breach at Maricopa affected 2.5 million students.
Student's identifying records were found in a Denver dumpster; in another state, student computers were sold with student information still in tact, and hard drives have been lost or stolen.
Simply sending unencrypted sensitive information via email is considered a breach, as this private information can easily be accessed, evidenced in these health care email breaches.
Even our Colo Dept of Ed has Chronic issues of student information (pii) being sent unencrypted via email.
See their presentation below:
http://www.cde.state.co.us/datapipeline/datapipelinetownhallpresentations
Data Pipeline Town Hall Presentations
These postings are from past Colorado Dept of Ed (CDE) Data Pipeline Town Hall presentations. The presentations are held weekly on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Chronic issues sending pii over email.
April 17th 2014 PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) Web Recording
@ 24'45" Annette Severson "Make sure you don't send us personal identifiable student information over the internet because we are having a lot of issues with that..."
@30' Lindsey Heitman "Reminder don't send personal identifiable student information through regular email anymore...Student name, social security number..."
@31' Annette Severson adds "We gotta stop sending all pii over email"
April 10rd 2014 PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) Web Recording
@ 16'30" Kevin Smith "Please, PLEASE, don't email student data to me. Most of the time it never gets to me. It gets blocked in a filter..."
Data Pipeline Town Hall Presentations
These postings are from past Colorado Dept of Ed (CDE) Data Pipeline Town Hall presentations. The presentations are held weekly on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Chronic issues sending pii over email.
April 17th 2014 PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) Web Recording
@ 24'45" Annette Severson "Make sure you don't send us personal identifiable student information over the internet because we are having a lot of issues with that..."
@30' Lindsey Heitman "Reminder don't send personal identifiable student information through regular email anymore...Student name, social security number..."
@31' Annette Severson adds "We gotta stop sending all pii over email"
April 10rd 2014 PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) Web Recording
@ 16'30" Kevin Smith "Please, PLEASE, don't email student data to me. Most of the time it never gets to me. It gets blocked in a filter..."