Two years after an audit highlighted significant concerns, the North Salem Central School District in New York is still leaving sensitive student data at risk.

When I read audits and follow-ups like these, I wonder whether the parents of the students in the district are aware of these reports at all. Maybe local #PTAs should be forwarding copies of these reports to parents and asking the district why more hasn't been done to implement recommendations made years ago.

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/09/26/north-salem-central-school-district-audit-follow-2022m-140-f

And yes, some of you will remind me to have empathy for school districts and understaffed IT personnel. But if we don't want to see any Kido Schools breach here, we'd better start demanding more security and tolerating fewer explanations for inadequate security of student data.

@douglevin @funnymonkey @mkeierleber

#edusec #infosecurity

Serena Valtolina is a PhD student in the “Pulsars” research group.

Her studies focus on testing and trying to improve theoretical predictions and the current tools for analysing pulsar timing array data.

ℹ️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/996144/serena-valtolina

#IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #PhD #PulsarTimingArrays #PTAs #Research #Hannover

Serena Valtolina is a PhD student in the “Pulsars” research group. Her studies focus on testing and trying to improve theoretical predictions and the current tools for analysing pulsar timing array data.

ℹ️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/996144/serena-valtolina

#IDWGS #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Physics #PhD #PulsarTimingArrays #PTAs #Research #Hannover