By Adam Vedra, CISO & Senior Consultant Most higher education institutions need to comply with the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA). Recent changes to the FTC Safeguards Rule have prompted institutions to re-think how they approach GLBA compliance. The impact on staffing, monitoring activities, regular risk assessments, and more have shifted the balance for many […]
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1-25-24: Moran Technology Consulting (MTC) is delighted to announce our designation as the first and founding Mission Partner in EDUCAUSE’s new corporate engagement program. MTC has been a strong partner with EDUCAUSE for over 20 years. During that time, we have had the pleasure of sponsoring the annual EDUCAUSE Awards Program (since 2012), working with
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The GLBA / FTC Safeguards Compliance Date is Here (June 9, 2023) If you are thinking this June 9th is just another spring Friday, perhaps you should stick around and find out what all the excitement is about. Or you may be saying, “I know exactly what June 9th means, GLBA updates have been on
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Introduction As we all have seen in headlines over the last few years, there are unprecedented headwinds facing Higher Education. Some of the most striking challenges are widespread removal of degree requirements for sought after tech sector jobs1, expansion of online program delivery, rising tuition costs, and growth of non-traditional education such as short courses
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Perhaps you have gotten a letter recently from your institution’s insurance provider informing you that you need to demonstrate that you have specific security controls in place before the cyber liability insurance coverage will be renewed. At the same time, you are concerned about losing Title IV funding if you don’t incorporate the FTC’s changes
This article is Cross-posted at LISTedTECH By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology Consulting Justin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH Key points: While there has been some diversification in offerings, the four SIS vendors with the greatest market share take up almost 80% of the total SIS market share, and this has been stable for
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My wife is a great cook. We often go to the store together to buy the ingredients she needs – she buys the freshest stuff, and the right type of things, etc. We get home and there are two possible scenarios: I cook the meal; or she cooks the meal. If I cook it, the
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In previous posts, I’ve discussed that the downward trend in new SIS implementations. We’ve also examined how the institutions that are implementing new SIS products are largely moving to cloud-based systems. In this post, lets dig in to see Who these early adopters of cloud SIS?”. We’ve been working with LISTedTECH for data for our
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By: Charlie Moran, Sr. Partner & CEO, Moran Technology Consulting Justin Menard, CEO, LISTedTECH This article is Cross-posted at LISTedTECH * In a previous blog post, we discussed a multi-year downward trend of new Student Information System (SIS) implementations. Despite this downtrend, there are still many institutions upgrading and buying new SIS suites. In this
Data Centers? We don’t need no stinking Data Centers! Read More »
I decided to play Don Quixote and try to define cloud computing… it probably won’t work, but I’m gonna try! A few times a month, I find myself talking with a campus CIO who says “A board member says we have to move to the Cloud right away.” I say “Do they know what that
Some clouds aren’t clouds… but a truth is a truth…. Read More »