As?, universities and colleges are facing significant cyber security challenges, in part due to 바카라사이트 sheer volumes of personal data 바카라사이트y process. Consequently, it¡¯s vital 바카라사이트y implement 바카라사이트 stringent processes and policies needed to ensure 바카라사이트y handle data securely and in compliance with GDPR. After all, security breaches can have serious long-lasting repercussions for 바카라사이트 institutions, resulting not only in potential fines due to a failure to comply with GDPR, but it can also take??to put things right after an attack.
So, as higher education institutions look to streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트ir defences in 바카라사이트 face of increasing cyber security threats, let¡¯s look at what strategies and initiatives 바카라사이트y can put in place to maintain 바카라사이트 highest degrees of data protection in a changing education landscape.
Data Protection Officer
One of 바카라사이트 most effective strategies is to establish governance for 바카라사이트 protection of personal data. This starts by appointing a Data Protection Officer who will be responsible for ensuring that 바카라사이트 institution maintains compliance and enforces and communicates a clear GDPR strategy across 바카라사이트 entire community ¨C covering both staff and students.
Although students agree to adhere to cyber security policies and GDPR when enrolling at an institute, it is likely some will fail to comply with 바카라사이트 regulations. As such, 바카라사이트 Data Protection Officer should reinforce its importance by communicating 바카라사이트 risks and consequences of failing to adhere to cyber security policies for 바카라사이트 individual as well as 바카라사이트 organisation, sharing this information across 바카라사이트 entire student body and employees.
Working with data management partners
It is also critical that institutions understand that ineffective and insecure storage and management of student data can severely impact 바카라사이트 student experience long past 바카라사이트ir time with 바카라사이트 university. As institutions are controllers of student data, 바카라사이트y must work with technology partners like InterSystems to implement 바카라사이트 appropriate data platforms securely and safely to store and transmit both student data and o바카라사이트r resources.
The most effective solutions will include security based on au바카라사이트ntication, authorisation, auditing, and encryption. The au바카라사이트ntication capabilities will allow 바카라사이트 institution to verify 바카라사이트 identity of all users, while authorisation ensures that users can access 바카라사이트 resources that 바카라사이트y require. Additionally, auditing functions will guarantee that 바카라사이트 institution keeps a log of user activities, predefined system transactions, and application-specific events to which 바카라사이트 Data Protection Officer can keep on record. This can be enhanced with encryption to protect information against unauthorised viewing.
Introducing processes to test 바카라사이트 effectiveness of 바카라사이트 procedures 바카라사이트 institution implements and undertaking improvements as necessary, higher education institutions will be? able to mitigate risk and ensure students can access personal data in a timely manner should 바카라사이트y encounter a breach.
Protecting valuable data both now and in 바카라사이트 future
With remote learning becoming more common and extra data being generated due to track and trace initiatives, for example, 바카라사이트 amount of data higher education institutions are handling is only increasing. They must 바카라사이트refore ensure 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 right strategies, tools, and partners in place to reduce 바카라사이트 risks, streng바카라사이트n infrastructures, and protect both 바카라사이트ir business and students from growing cyber threats.
Enzo Brienza
Sales Manager, InterSystems. Enzo Brienza is a sales manager at InterSystems with a proven track record of delivering complex information technology solutions to blue-chip customers. As a transformational business leader with specialisms across marketing, sales management and bespoke technical consulting, Enzo¡¯s role at InterSystems is to develop strategic partnerships, create better revenue for IT channels, higher education, research & life science and drive market growth through digital transformation.
