Verizon says 36% of all confirmed breaches in 2021 involved phishing.Ī strong defense is the best offense. In business email compromise scams, the average fraudulent wire transfer request increased from $48,000 in Q3 to $75,000 in Q4 of 2020.

In a recent report by the Anti-Phishing Working Group, the number of reported phishing attacks doubled from 2018 to 2020. Everyone is worried about cyberattacks, and that gives hackers more advantage over businesses and individuals. The situation becomes even graver as the COVID-19 crisis continues. Cybercriminals know that humans are much easier to manipulate than to hack into technology. This is because humans are the weakest link in security. Stay alert, think before you click, and whenever you have a question about policies, practices, or what you should do in any individual situation, don’t guess! Contact the relevant FERPA compliance office.Įven if your company secures its website and business network, it is still vulnerable to phishing attacks. Treat all sensitive data with the highest level of care so that it never gets inappropriately disclosed or accessed by unauthorized individuals. What rights do students have under FERPA?įERPA requires that students be informed that they have the right to opt out of inclusion in any directory listing, and the institution must provide a mechanism for students to easily do so. The parents may obtain directory information at the discretion of the institution, and non-directory information only with either the consent of the student in writing or by demonstrating legal authority and that the child is a dependent.

After age 18, these rights devolve to the students themselves.

Grades, student IDs, social security numbers, disciplinary records, GPAs, and the like should not be considered “directory information,” and therefore, should not be disclosed.įor kids under 18, the parents generally have a right of both access to the student records and to exercise FERPA rights on behalf of the student. It gives students, former students, auditing students, and others, certain privacy rights with respect to personally identifiable educational records.įERPA defines educational records as any records maintained by an educational agency, institution, or person acting for such that can identify a student on an individual level.ĭirectory information refers to information contained in an education record of a student that would not generally be considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if disclosed (such as grade level or field of study). It was designed to protect both the privacy and security of certain kinds of educational records. FERPA stands for the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

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