How To Get FERPA-Compliant Cloud Storage

FERPA-Compliant Cloud Storage

Aging IT infrastructure presents many challenges for an educational institution, not the least of which is ensuring compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (or FERPA). Migration to the Cloud may seem like the obvious solution — it can help you cut costs and improve accessibility, two major problems presented by older hardware … Read more

Why Migrate to Microsoft Azure?

Why Migrate to Microsoft Azure?

With Microsoft Azure, you get always-on, up-to-date security that keeps your organization running—no need to worry about compromising business-critical application data and files across on-premise servers and the cloud. With Microsoft Azure, you’ll be able to: Guard your business or government agency against external threats and breaches using built-in security features across on-premise and cloud deployments. … Read more

Mastering a Risk Assessment

Mastering a Risk Assessment

In light of the recent news of the data breach at Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, risk assessment is our theme today. We welcome this guest post from our partner, KirkpatrickPrice….   Performing a Risk Assessment is a critical component of any Information Security Program. It’s mandated by several frameworks (SSAE 16, SOC 2, PCI DSS, … Read more