For
my Computer Security students.
Winston
Maxwell and Patrice Navarro write:
Security concerns and the need to increase cyber security measures
have recently boosted the use of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
policies in France. Recent events have exacerbated fears of data
breaches and hacking for IT managers who were not overly concerned
before. As a consequence, IT security teams are seeking to apply the
same security and device management systems that apply to their own
company’s equipment to employees’ devices when employees use
their devices for work purposes.
Obligation to notify
A BYOD policy usually forms part of a company’s IT policies. It
must be formally presented to the works council to ensure employees
are informed.
[…]
The CNIL’s guidelines on BYOD
In the guidelines, the CNIL takes a conservative approach to BYOD
security. The CNIL prohibits, for example, a company “remotely
wiping” an employee’s private data from their device. The CNIL
indicates that companies must find a balance between their legitimate
security concerns and the privacy of their employees. Consequently
the security measures that are implemented must be proportionate to
the threats and risks to the IT system and the company must ensure
that employees are properly aware of the measures in place.
Read
more on Hogan Lovells Chronicle
of Data Protection.
Is
this downhill on the slippery slope? Does Pearson only create one
version of the test?
Dianne
writes:
There’s a growing outrage after reports today that Pearson
Publishing have been spying on students. It is also reported
that Pearson is working with some US education departments to censure
students who have discussed tests on social media after taking them.
Pearson apparently likes to call this ‘listening
and monitoring‘.
Read
more on Save
Our Schools NZ.
Note
that the original source – Bog Braun’s blog – was reportedly
knocked offline by a DDoS attack.
But
when the dust settles, is it really inappropriate for a testing firm
to monitor social media as one part of monitoring test security? And
is it really wrong for them to alert school districts if they find
evidence of improper sharing of a test item – or to ask the
district to take steps to discipline any student breaking test
security?
In
this case, it is not clear that any student actually tweeted a
question and answer on the test before the completion of the test,
but if parents support
school districts monitoring social media to prevent one problem
(cyberbullying), would they support the school district itself also
monitoring social media to protect test security? Is the
problem that Pearson – protecting its own product – did the
monitoring?
There’s
a discussion to be had, but I’m not sure that parents will prevail
on this one.
Or
China Or Russia Or North Korea
Jon
Stewart and Jimmy Fallon Have a Point: Ask the NSA for Hillary
Clinton's Emails
Something
for those final papers students!
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