The second webinar shifts from legal interpretation to organizational architecture, presenting the governance framework necessary to operationalize FERPA compliance in a reliable, defensible way. The central lesson: data security is primarily an organizational and human challenge, not a technical one.
Key topics include:
- Why well-meaning, uninformed employees represent the greatest threat to student data security
- How to establish a Data Governance Committee with representation from legal, IT, the registrar’s office, and senior leadership
- Managing the full data lifecycle, from minimization at collection to systematic destruction per defined retention schedules
- Layered security architecture and the principle of least privilege for access control
- Vendor relationship management and what FERPA-compliant contracts must include
- Building a culture of privacy protection through mandatory, tiered training programs
- Transparency as a tool for building stakeholder trust
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