Zero Trust Data Exchange and Ecosystem Orchestration
“Schools need to be more diligent now more than ever. A transformation to zero-trust ecosystem data governance is a must – not just an option. Zero-trust data exchange and ecosystem orchestration is the answer to cybersecurity threats for schools deploying hundreds of third-party SaaS tools. Don’t procrastinate “ – Robert Iskander At SchoolDay, we are […]
SchoolDay Collection: Connecting Schools with Vetted and Verified Apps
Our recently announced SchoolDay Collection is the beginning of the transformation in student data privacy. The apps featured in our SchoolDay Collection are carefully vetted and have agreed to be securely connected through SchoolDay. This means schools do not have to provide personally identifiable information (PII) to these apps for their students to be able […]
Best Practices for Data Integration in K-12 Schools
Data integration has become more challenging for K-12 schools. According to K12 Dive, “there have been 102 education-related ransomware attacks in 2023 as of mid-September, compared to 116 in 2022, 107 in 2021, 116 in 2020, 104 in 2019 and 16 in 2018.” Hundreds of reported cybersecurity ransomware attacks on schools occur every year, and […]
Disrupt Data Exchange to Solve the Student Data Privacy Problem
We can no longer pretend that the student data privacy problem in K-12 schools doesn’t exist or that traditional rostering services don’t exacerbate that risk. It’s time to acknowledge that duplicating data and spreading it across multiple third-party servers is unsafe for student data privacy, staff privacy, and overall cybersecurity. There is a better way. […]
Safeguarding Student Data
Safeguarding Student Data: Understanding the Importance of Privacy in the Digital Age In the digital age, the protection of student data has become a pressing concern. According to a study from Lightspeed Systems, more than two-thirds of education IT leaders indicate that concerns around privacy and security are more important now than they have been in […]
Is Your District at Risk of Exposing PII?
Not all data exchange solutions are equally secure. How do you know if your data exchange puts your district at risk of exposing PII? School districts have been using data exchange for years to give edtech vendors and other third parties the information they need. Unfortunately, most data exchange puts districts at risk of exposing […]
Interoperability: The Key to Future-Proofing Education
Interoperability is a word that didn’t really make the mainstream until the pandemic. All of a sudden, schools were forced to ramp up distribution of devices to students learning from home and scrambling to find edtech solutions to help meet educational needs beyond the classroom setting. Now, it’s one of the top priorities for districts […]
Data Security and Why It Matters
Data security is a challenge for everyone, but imagine that when you send your children to school, the information you provide the school district to complete enrollment for your child is then used to track their habits and build a profile on them that allows marketers to target them, if not now, then in the […]