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CNYRIC Welcomes new Assistant Director CNYRIC Announces Hiring of New Assistant Director for Educational Information Services January 17, 2025 Syracuse, NY - The Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC) is pleased to announce the hiring of a new Assistant Director for Educational Information Services, Reneé A. Burgess, Ed.D. Reneé will assume her duties with the CNYRIC effective Feb. 24, 2025.   The Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES ... CNYRIC Data Expert Featured in Testing Conversation Recently, CNYRIC Supervisor of Data Analysis Services Jeremy Dodds was part of a Syracuse Post-Standard feature on the enduring importance of standardized test scoring, particularly in terms of the importance of what these scores can tell district educators, and how they can help inform decision-making.   The article talks in depth about the challenges faced by districts for whom scores are often lower, the battles they have with ... Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024 - Week 4 (Updates) October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which presents a great opportunity to highlight some important security practices that you can employ in both your professional capacity and personal life. Throughout this month, the CNYRIC will be shining the spotlight on a variety of cybersecurity awareness topics, in the pursuit of stronger everyday practices that will help you make smarter, safer decisions when online.   Time to update! ... Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024: Week 3 (Phishing) October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which presents a great opportunity to highlight some important security practices that you can employ in both your professional capacity and personal life. Throughout this month, the CNYRIC will be shining the spotlight on a variety of cybersecurity awareness topics, in the pursuit of stronger everyday practices that will help you make smarter, safer decisions when online.   That's Bait ... Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024: Week 2 (Multi-factor Authentication) October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which presents a great opportunity to highlight some important security practices that you can employ in both your professional capacity and personal life. Throughout this month, the CNYRIC will be shining the spotlight on a variety of cybersecurity awareness topics, in the pursuit of stronger everyday practices that will help you make smarter, safer decisions when online.   Enable Multi-factor ... Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024: Week 1 (Strong Passwords) October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which represents a great opportunity to highlight some important security practices that you can employ in both your professional capacity and personal life. Throughout this month, the CNYRIC will be shining the spotlight on a variety of cybersecurity awareness topics, in the pursuit of stronger everyday practices that will help you make smarter, safer decisions when online.   Strong Passwords ... CNYRIC Network Administrator to Speak at Security Conference Recently, the CNYRIC received the exciting news that one of its own - Senior Network Administrator Motahar Ali - had been asked to present at the upcoming NYSERNet Conference on Oct. 8-9 in East Syracuse! This annual conference gathers the best and brightest from a variety of tech-related disciplines to “talk shop” on current issues, and keep an eye out for what’s on the horizon.   At the conference, Motahar ... Prestigious Award for Data Protection Comes to CNYRIC Recently, the CNYRIC received recognition for its contributions to the RIC One* Data Privacy and Security Services (DPSS) group, a (New York) state-wide initiative that focuses on protecting student data and personally identifiable information. The Association of Educational Service Agencies recognized this contribution with the “Exemplary Service and Innovation For Technological Advancement Award,” an annual commendation that recognizes ... RIC One Provides Updated Guidance on Voice Phishing Recently, the  RIC One  group updated its guidance on phishing scams. Please click on the image below to view/download the document.    For any who may be unfamiliar, RIC One is a collective comprised of 12 New York State Regional Information Centers working to provide technology guidance and leadership statewide. They have been a critical part of helping districts account for their documentation related to Education ... CNYRIC as the "Knowledge Nexus" Depending on your vocation, you may have very likely noticed that there is a lot more “going on” at the CNYRIC campus over the past couple of years. As we welcome more district and regional representatives back into our building(s), it felt like a good time to highlight some of the work that’s been done to our infrastructure in order to better facilitate this return to face-to-face interactions. Whether welcoming guests for informational ... Department of Education to Offer FERPA Training The U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) will be offering Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training to New York on Oct. 11, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. To register please send an email to  privacytraining@nysed.gov    with your name; email and school district.  This training will be available to the first 1,000 registrants, and will be limited to two attendees ... NIST Issues Big Update to its Cybersecurity Framework Image credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Those who are familiar with the CNYRIC’s Data Privacy and Security Service (DPSS) may also be familiar with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The original iteration of the framework, which was created in 2014, stretched 108 standards across five core tenets: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, ... Helping Districts With Ed Law 2-D Through its recent communication, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) has made it clear that it intends to much more rigorously review school district websites for Education Law 2-D Part 121 compliance. The expectation is that NYSED will begin their analysis at some point during this fall season. In an attempt to help districts effectively identify and collate this information, the CNYRIC has assembled a template that will ... NYSED Clarifies Use of Directory Information for Districts In the first week of June, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) sent a memorandum to school districts clarifying the use of directory information. As “directory information policy” is a recommended element to include on district websites, it’s important for districts to understand exactly how this inclusion should look. From the correspondence:   "Directory Information is information such as a student’s ... CNYRIC Hosts Information Session on CBT Recently, the CNYRIC's Test Scoring team hosted its first back-in-person Quality Control Session since 2020! This session was geared towards the handling of paper answer sheets, which are slowly becoming a thing of the past as more districts transition to Computer Based Testing. Over 50 participants were on hand to refresh their knowledge of the handling of answer sheets. Paper answer sheets are still used for English Language ... Introducing the "DPO Download" Podcast! The Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC) is proud to announce that the RIC One Data Privacy and Security statewide group has introduced a new monthly podcast: The “DPO Download”!  When it comes to cybersecurity no one goes at it alone, and K-12 organizations need to work collectively to address growing cybersecurity challenges. The DPO Download provides New York State schools’ district data protection officers ... Understanding Managed Detection and Response Anyone who is familiar with the CNYRIC is likely aware of the breadth of services that it offers to help school districts and municipalities better serve their respective communities. However, the organization also keeps an eye out on the horizon, attempting to identify trends in education, cybersecurity, or any other field that might fall under its umbrella, in an attempt to find solutions to problems that may not have arisen yet, but are very ... Federal Cybersecurity Resources The United States Department of Education has put together some resources that can shed some light on cybersecurity/ransomware attacks, as well as the corresponding response. Please click on any of the links below to learn more! Responding to Ransomware Attacks:  Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files and data on a device, rendering the information unretrievable and unusable to the device owner. If your education ... How the CNYRIC Can Help Manage Your Technology Helping Districts Navigate Ed Law 2-d

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