Data privacy and data breaches are inextricably linked
Data Privacy Month is kicking off and it’s a big, broad topic for schools this year.
The past 20 months or so have highlighted trials and triumphs in K-12. First came the monumental shift to remote learning. Followed in quick succession by “zoombombing”, school ransomware attacks (leading to data breaches of untold amounts of private and financial data), and media attention on student surveillance.
There was also positive legislative action to celebrate, including the CARES Act, ESSER funding, and the October passage of the K-12 Cybersecurity Act.
In the back quarter of 2021, ManagedMethods published a survey report in collaboration with EdWeek Research Center. To produce it, EdWeek surveyed hundreds of district technology leaders and tech purchase decision influencers.
We wanted to gain a better understanding of how well districts are protecting sensitive data. We thought this might be particularly interesting now, given the fast (and sometimes chaotic) transformation to cloud computing and education technology that happened over the past several months.
Since it’s the beginning of data privacy month, I figured it would be good to focus on some of the data breach and data loss preventi ..
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