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Industry of Education

Security, privacy and accessibility for education

We protect platforms, accounts and student data by integrating security with GDPR and accessibility of digital services.

Context

Security should reflect how the organization works.

Educational institutions have numerous users, different roles and many public platforms or SaaS. Identity, privacy and accessibility must be managed without blocking everyday use.

Schools, universities and educational providers manage numerous accounts, student and student data, websites, LMSs, and periods of focused traffic. Security, privacy and accessibility should enable education, not block it.

The Priorities: Student data · Identity · GDPR · Accessibility · Website security

Risk area in education

The context of the sector helps us to separate the relevant exposure from the controls that just look good in a checklist.

01

Accounts compromised by reused passwords or phishing

02

Exposure to student, student or staff data

03

Websites and LMSs with vulnerable extensions

04

Unavailable or poorly governed digital services

What should be protected as a priority

The focus is built around sector-specific operations, data and dependencies, not by renaming a generic package.

01

Numerous and changing identities

MFA, account lifecycle, roles, and access review reduce the risk created by reused passwords, old accounts, and permissions that remain active after roles change.

02

Data about students and students

We implement access control, exposure minimisation and logging where appropriate, connecting technical measures to the data flows and privacy requirements of the institution.

03

Website and LMS

Patching disciplined, WAF, DDoS protection, vulnerability management and backup for services that need to remain available in enrollments, exams and periods of intensive activity.

04

The digital accessibility

Auditing and fixing according to applicable requirements and WCAG principles, so that accessibility is included in design, content and publishing processes, not just in a widget.

Program integrat

An IT administrator should not be the only security controller

The educational environment combines daily support, accounts, SaaS applications, websites and privacy obligations. A separate security and compliance program provides processes and checks that the internal team can use without replacing their role.

01

Identity baseline and simple onboarding/offboarding processes

02

Website/LMS hardening and patching tracked repeatedly

03

Coordinated security, GDPR and accessibility without mixing responsibilities

04

Recovery prepared for services that become critical in certain periods

Rezultate

What remains after the project?

We do not just pursue the delivery of documents. The goal is a clearer technical and operational posture that can beined, verified and demonstrated.

01

Identity baseline and MFA where possible

02

Website/LMS hardening and patching disciplined

03

GDPR and accessibility tracked together with security

04

Backup and Recovery for Essential Services

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions on Education

Why is the internal IT administrator not enough?

It can be very good for daily operation, but security assessment, monitoring, compliance evidence and accessibility are additional disciplines.Our model can complement the internal team, not have to replace it.

How do you protect your student, student and staff accounts?

We start with identity inventory, MFA where platforms allow, roles and withdrawal processes. Then we prioritize privileged accounts and services where compromise would have a greater impact.

Is accessibility solved only through widgets?

No. A widget can help certain usage needs, but actual compliance and accessibility also require semantic structure, keyboard navigation, contrast, forms, content and testing. We treat it as an audit and repair process.

How do you prepare services for enrollment or exams?

We review capacity, caching, dependent services, WAF and recovery before critical periods and avoid major unvalidated changes just before the peak of use.

Security and compliance in one program.

We can start with a punctual assessment, without the obligation to change existing suppliers, then we implement and operate only the measures required by scope.

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SOC 2 Type 1
ISO 27001
ISO 42001
CCPA
GDPR
ISO 27701
HIPAA
FERPA
CASA
SOC 2
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