Local Trend. 5 Elements of a School District's Data Security Policy. + Procurement

Why are Frederick County Public Schools (Maryland) adopting new data security rules? The School experiences a data breach.

5 Elements from the new data breach policy:

• Requires frequent and thorough teacher and staff training for treatment of sensitive information
• incident response planning
• acceptable use of technology
•  information technology security awareness
• sets guidelines to mitigate and communicate risks for FCPS student and staff information systems

Also requires a 3rd party contractor to test the schools’ data security regularly.

Frederick News Post | New FCPS data security policy takes measures to protect student information