Educational Institutions Must Comply With FERPA When Using Technology

Educational Institutions Must Comply With FERPA When Using Technology

Educational institutions around the world process and store student information using various forms of technologies. Technological advancements bring with them productivity and efficiency capabilities. However, they also bring important security concerns regarding confidential student information. Compliance with FERPA FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is a Federal law administered by the Family Policy...

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Duleep Pillai
January 17, 2014
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Educational Institutions Must Comply With FERPA When Using Technology

What You Need To Know About The Target Security Breach

The CEO of Target revealed their Point-of-Sale (PoS) systems were infected with malware.  This resulted in the massive data breach that occurred over the holiday shopping season. Target’s data breach impacted nearly 110 million shoppers.  Here’s What Happened. When a customer swiped their card at the Target PoS terminal to authorize their transaction, the data...

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Duleep Pillai
January 16, 2014
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The Pebble Steel Smartwatch Will Be Available on January 28th!

Consumers have looked forward to wearable technology for years, and this year’s CES has labeled 2014 as the year of wearable tech. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2014 featured the biggest names in wearable tech, many making announcements to prepare consumers for wearable technology to come. Pebble announced their Pebble Steel smartwatch would be available...

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Duleep Pillai
January 15, 2014
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Obsolete Technologies Your Law Firm Should Replace In 2014

With technology advancements, older types of technology are fast becoming obsolete for today’s law firms. When ringing in the New Year consider replacing older technologies with new ones. Traditional Fax Machines While some employees still insist on using fax machines, virtual fax services are the preferred choice for law firms today. In the past, expensive...

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Duleep Pillai
January 15, 2014
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Neiman Marcus Confirms Security Breach Over The Holiday Shopping Season

After Target Corp. revealed its data breach, — Neiman Marcus confirmed that cybercriminals also stole their customers’ payment card information over the holiday season. This is the second retailer that suffered a cyber-security attack during this time period!    Neiman Marcus was notified by its credit card processor about the unauthorized payment activity in mid-December....

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Duleep Pillai
January 14, 2014
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