TLIS Domain two

Operations

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, schools all over the world were learning to adapt to the rise of the internet and the migration of many school processes from physical to electronic formats.

Schools face various risks that can significantly impact their operations, financial stability, and reputation.

Web accessibility is critical to every school’s online presence, but achieving and maintaining ADA compliance is a team sport that requires the collaboration of multiple departments that often operate in isolation: School IT professionals and school marketers.

My New Jersey public school district had terminals connected to timeshare mainframes in classrooms before the Beatles set foot in America. I learned to program in a required 7th grade class around 1975.

It is easy to get lost in the realm of risk management. Whether applying it to the entire school in an Enterprise Risk Management program, or simply focusing on privacy and information security, managing risk can be a daunting task.

Imagine that one day the head of school receives an email from a colleague with an attachment or a link.

Understanding your organization’s internet and phone systems can be challenging, particularly when it comes to knowing what to pay for these services. Internet, landline, and phone systems can cost you thousands - or hundreds of thousands - of dollars each year.

Developing a practical and effective cyber security plan is vital to incorporating security into your organization’s risk management strategy. A common misconception is that a cyber security plan is lengthy and difficult to follow. However, that does not have to be the case.

The independent school community faces a unique set of challenges when securing their sensitive data, with students, parents, facility, and administrators traversing the network from a variety of different platforms each day.

The proliferation of inexpensive (or expensive in some cases!) cloud-based solutions has allowed school data to roam freely across platforms, programs, and departments.