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Hinchman, David B. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the nation to increase their reliance on IT to deliver educational instruction to students. This amplified the vulnerability of K-12 schools to potentially serious cyberattacks. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review cybersecurity in K-12 schools. The objectives of this report…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Computer Security, Information Security, Government Role
Czuprynski, Christine N. – National School Boards Association, 2019
"Data security" describes the protections in place to prevent unauthorized access to or acquisition of personal student and staff information. A school district's data security measures might include keeping student and staff personal data in locked filing cabinets, and limiting access to those filing cabinets to people within the school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Boards of Education, Data, Information Security
Croft, Michelle – ACT, Inc., 2014
Given the transition from paper-and-pencil to computer administration, policymakers must update test security laws and policies to reflect the new threats to administration. There will likely always be a need for paper-and-pencil test administration security laws and policies, given that paper test copies may be needed as an accommodation or may…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Security, Information Security, Laws