DATA PRIVACY

REGIONAL DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY SERVICE 605.708

The MHRIC provides data security and privacy tools alongside expertise to support districts in the region to meet their data security challenges. A major benefit of this service is the increased confidence of school boards, faculties, parents, and students in their district’s ability to protect their data. This service supports district compliance with New York State’s Common Core Reform Act, Education Law 2-d. Key features include:

Inventory Tool: This tool enables districts to compile a list of their software inventory, as well as link to third-party vendor’s software privacy policies and notices, thus enabling districts to comply with provisions of the New York State Parents’ Bill of Rights.

Online Training: Web-based security awareness training that follows a structured outline, including a formal assessment and printable certificate of completion, is offered for district teachers or staff.

Digital Digests & Archived Digests: Quarterly newsletters are available on the topic of data privacy and security featuring current information, effective strategies, best practices, and leadership resources. Digital blasts are used to keep districts informed on the latest developments in the field.

Webinars: Dive even deeper with webinars on featured topics.

PHISHING TESTS AND STAFF AWARENESS TRAINING 605.706.001-003

The MHRIC Phishing Security Audit Service provides access to online training programs that staff may complete at their own pace. The concepts and examples will educate staff about the types of emails they may wish to delete or bring to an administrator’s attention. Staff awareness training is the most effective and most economical way to fight cyber attacks. Through a combination of periodic email phishing tests sent to your staff, as well as online security awareness training, you can dramatically improve your defenses against a network, data, or cyber attack. The service also provides detailed phishing participation reports, which are generated and sent to your district for review and potential follow-up

OUS WAN SERVICE 605.605

This service provides Wide Area Network (WAN) capacity that inter-connects district buildings at bandwidths ranging from 100 Mb/s to 10 Gb/s (based on district preference and availability). It also connects the district hub to the county hub, allowing access from the district to other locations within the Mid-Hudson region and the Internet. Presently this service is only available to school districts located in Orange, Sullivan, or Ulster counties.

NETWORK AUDIT 605.707.001

The MHRIC can provide answers and solutions to technical network issues. As part of an audit, a network map will provide districts with graphical representations of their local area networks. A needs analysis will be performed. Consultation, planning, and design assistance are available to analyze the needs and identify appropriate software and hardware configurations. Recommendations for network improvement are also offered.

DISASTER RECOVERY/OFF-SITE DATA STORAGE 605.705.001

With increased amounts of data being stored on minicomputers and network servers, there is a need for backup data to be stored off-site and the concurrent need for the development of a disaster recovery plan. The MHRIC can back up a district’s services and critical data remotely and provide off-site storage. Restoring files is just a few mouse clicks away. MHRIC disaster recovery planning professionals can address a district’s disaster recovery or off-site data protection needs.