Securing the District in a Connected Environment

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment
Thursday, 5/17/12 1015-1115 A.M. in Ballroom
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• Who's holding the keys to your network? Learn
  from a panel discussion of best practices in
  monitoring, securing and safeguarding your
  network.

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment

• OBJECTIVES
• Host an interactive discussion
• Review risks and challenges brought on by the
  rapid changes in technology
• Discuss how districts are addressing, managing,
  and recognizing issues and engage in some
  Brainstorming

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment

• Presenters
• Robert J. Ciserella, Asst. Supt./Finance,
  Facilities Operations, Glen Ellyn SD 41 Glen
  Ellyn, IL
• Thomas J. Zelek, Sr., Business Manager, Elmwood
  Park CUSD 401 Elmwood Park, IL
• Francis E. Zelek, Dir./Technology, Oregon CUSD
  220 Oregon, IL
• Mike Cloud, Public Sector Practice Manager,
  Peters Associates Oakbrook Terrace, IL
• Dr. James D. McEnroe - Moderator

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment
Discussion

• Its a scary place out there!
• Why would anyone want to be connected?
• Some of the top reasons
• Web (obvious)
• Mobile connectivity
• Keeping in touch with smartphones, iPads, Nooks,
  tablets
• Wireless Access Everywhere including guest
  access
• INPUT from Our Roundtable the Audience?

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment
Discussion

• Cloud Computing with Google, Microsoft, Hosted
  Student Management Systems
• Explosion of devices with 2-3 per user
• Social Networking (especially Teachers with
  Students terrifying(?))
• Teamwork, Collaboration, Networking
• Remote Access from home or anywhere
• IASBO Peer-to-Peer

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment

• We need to keep ourselves and our districts
  connected.
• However, we also need to balance security with
  connectivity.
• Now that we have discussed some of the reasons
  (the WHY), HOW do we secure the district in a
  connected environment?

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment

• Who is hosting your data and what are they doing
  with it?
• How sensitive is it? Student records? Health
  information, etc?
• Teachers hosting independent websites? Risk of
  compliance issues?
• What happens if you lose connectivity?
• Who has access to what at your district?
• Control methods include(Mike can you expand on
  this?)
• Input from our Roundtable Audience?

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment

• Is there a formal Security Policy including
  District Policies, Password changes, Usage
  agreements, Scheduled Security audits, etc.?
• Are we using tools to pro-actively manage and
  detect security risks and inappropriate access to
  your network, servers, data, etc.?

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment
Sharing New Information

• Cloud Computing?
• Shared Information services to save money?
• Understand what all of that Big Data really
  means
• What is big data?
• According to Wikipedia In information
  technology, big data consists of data sets that
  grow so large that they become awkward to work
  with using on-hand database management tools.
• Do we have big data?
• ISAT, Prairie State, SAT, Grade Reporting,
  Assessments.
• What does the data tell us, what does it really
  mean?

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Securing the District in a Connected Environment
Sharing New Information

• How can we process so much data?
• Data intensive research should become a treasure
  map to more efficient and effective EDUCATION
  expenditures
• Pattern recognition
• (Even) Granger Causality analysis (not just
  related but inferred causality)
• Hadoop Analysis anyone? (See attachment)

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Thank you for your input!
Questions and additional input discussion