{"id":161,"date":"2020-03-03T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T21:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/?p=161"},"modified":"2020-06-12T17:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T21:49:33","slug":"cybersecurity-update-protecting-student-data-critical-to-continued-participation-in-the-federal-student-aid-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/2020\/03\/03\/cybersecurity-update-protecting-student-data-critical-to-continued-participation-in-the-federal-student-aid-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Update: Protecting Student Data Critical to Continued Participation in the Federal Student Aid Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) issued an electronic\u00a0<a title=\"Enforcement of Cybersecurity Requirements under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act\" href=\"https:\/\/ifap.ed.gov\/electronic-announcements\/022820EnforcCyberReqGrammLeachBlileyAct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement<\/a>\u00a0regarding the enforcement of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act\u2019s (GLBA) cybersecurity requirements for all institutions of higher education participating in the Title IV, Higher Education Act (HEA) federal student financial aid programs and their third-party servicers. The announcement states that auditors are expected to evaluate three GLBA information safeguard requirements in annual compliance audits of postsecondary institutions and third-party servicers. Any finding of noncompliance will be sent to both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the FSA\u2019s cybersecurity team for further investigation and potential adverse action. All Title IV participating institutions should consult with counsel about the very serious consequences and administrative actions that may be taken if they or their third-party servicers fail to meet the GLBA\u2019s information security requirements.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full text of this Duane Morris <em>Alert<\/em>, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/alerts\/cybersecurity_update_protecting_student_data_critical_continued_participation_fsa_programs_0320.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visit the firm website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 28, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) issued an electronic\u00a0announcement\u00a0regarding the enforcement of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act\u2019s (GLBA) cybersecurity requirements for all institutions of higher education participating in the Title IV, Higher Education Act (HEA) federal student financial aid programs and their third-party servicers. The announcement states that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/2020\/03\/03\/cybersecurity-update-protecting-student-data-critical-to-continued-participation-in-the-federal-student-aid-programs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cybersecurity Update: Protecting Student Data Critical to Continued Participation in the Federal Student Aid Programs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[115,114,113,110,111,117,116,112],"ppma_author":[179],"class_list":["post-161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-cybersecurity","tag-fsa","tag-office-of-federal-student-aid","tag-privacy","tag-security","tag-third-party-servicers","tag-title-iv","tag-u-s-department-of-education"],"authors":[{"term_id":179,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/updateeducation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}