PowerSchool (Student Information)
North Andover Public Schools hosts all of our data offsite with PowerSchool. PowerSchool is dedicated to keeping customers’ student, staff, and student data safe, demonstrated through the following procedures and best practices:
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SOC 2 Compliance
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Security Operations Center (SOC)
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ISO 27001:2013 certification
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Penetration Testing
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Vulnerability Scans
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Next-generation endpoint protection
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WAF and IDS/IPS
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Secure software development/OWASP
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Dedicated Security Team
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Robust Customer Data Handling Policies and Processes
Google Workspace
Google is a leader in the protection and security of data. The vast majority of all of our documents live in the cloud on Google’s platform. Their data centers are some of the most secure in the world and much more secure than any on-premise system we might utilize.
Ransomware
Documents and data located in PowerSchool or in Google Workspace are protected from ransomware due to the systems and procedures they have in place. The vulnerabilities reside on individual computers within our network. A ransomware attack usually strikes one or more computers on the network and attempts to encrypt files as quickly as possible. The real issue is if those files are copied back to shared drives either in the cloud or on-premise. The Town and the schools are investigating a solution that would quickly identify the attack and shut down the individual computers and users before the attack could continue. This would work for all of our users including the students and their Chromebooks.
