Cloud Computing and Education Records Protection - The Perfect Storm

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OVERVIEW

Institutions of higher learning have been among the earliest adopters of enterprise cloud computing, primarily to reduce the costs hosting e-mail accounts. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are a host of informational security concerns and compliance issues that arise when an institution taps into the cloud. There have been a number of high profile glitches and breaches during the past year, and institutions must ensure they adhere to the ethical and legal requirements of using the cloud.

Join LeRoy Rooker, AACRAO Senior Fellow; Mark McConahay, Director AACRAO's Technology Conference; and Dennis Cromwell, Associate Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure at Indiana University for an illuminating discussion on handling the complexities of cloud computing and records protection.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is geared towards campus officials who have responsibility for student records, including registrars, admissions officers, attorneys counselors, student services and records administrators as well as information technology professionals supporting those functions interested in Cloud Computing Services and how FERPA and other issues apply.

Presenters:

LeRoy Rooker, Senior Fellow, AACRAO

LeRoy Rooker, former director of the U.S. Department of Education's Family Policy Compliance Office and AACRAO Senior Fellow, is the nation's leading expert on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a comprehensive federal law that provides privacy protections for student education records. Mr. Rooker served for 21 years as director of FPCO and is well known throughout the higher education community because of his extensive outreach while at the Department.

Dennis Cromwell, Associate Vice President of Enterprise Infrastructure, Indiana University

Dennis Cromwell leads the University Information Technology Services Enterprise Infrastructure Division, which manages the critical technology infrastructure that enables Indiana University services and software applications, including data centers, servers and storage, campus networks, telephone switches, identity management, and cable and wiring. Cromwell has extensive experience at Indiana University delivering production information systems for faculty, staff, and student use. Previously, Cromwell served IU as director of University Information Systems for UITS, responsible for all aspects of enterprise information systems including project management, applications development, database administration, identity management, data warehousing, production assurance, and operations. He is a graduate of Indiana University, with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, has continuing education credits also from Indiana University, and has a significant record of civic engagement including sitting on the IU Credit Union Advisory Board.

Mark McConahay, Technology Conference Director, AACRAO

Mark McConahay joined the Office of the Registrar in 1982 as an Analyst/Programmer and has been the Associate Registrar of Systems since 1990. In addition to his work in the Office of the Registrar, Mark has presented at several conferences, received two EDUCAUSE Best practice Awards (then CAUSE), two CUMREC Best Paper Awards, contributed to books and articles, member of the EDUCAUSE program committee and member of the CUMREC Board of Directors. He is now the Senior Associate Registrar at Indiana University. Mark attended Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, received a B.A. in Mathematics (1979) and Master of Science of Environmental Science (1984).

Additional information:

AACRAO Publications

AACRAO offers a valuable library of resources on FERPA and other higher education issues. For a listing of our recent publications, please visit www.aacrao.org/publications/new.cfm..

AACRAO Consulting

Mr. Rooker is also available to conduct FERPA workshops to meet the compliance training needs of individual institutions. For more information and to schedule FERPA training, please visit www.aacrao.org/consulting/.

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Registration Cost: $75.00 for AACRAO Members / $95.00 for Non-Members

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For questions about the webinar please contact AACRAO at webinar@aacrao.org or call 202-293-9161