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Higher Education Institutions
Higher education institutions face various challenges when it comes to managing vast and complex data assets. Educational institutions typically generate and collect a large amount of data, including student records, faculty information, research data, financial records, and more. Managing this data effectively is crucial for ensuring compliance with various regulations, protecting sensitive information, and enabling effective decision-making.
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InfoGov.com, a leading information governance advisory firm, helps higher education institutions address these challenges and improve data management processes.

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Higher education institutions generate and utilize large amounts of data in the admissions, finance aid, and student affairs departments. InfoGov.com provides efficient information governance solutions to ensure accuracy and easy access for those involved with managing this data - enabling better quality control while streamlining procedures along all lines of business within these organizations.

Improve Compliance

Higher education institutions must adhere to a multitude of legal regulations, such as FERPA, HIPAA and GDPR for handling sensitive information. InfoGov.com provides essential assistance in maintaining compliance with these requirements by designing policies and procedures that ensure data is only stored when necessary and disposed securely once it becomes obsolete. As part of this offering we assist with the selecting the appropriate technology required while managing its implementation - all helping reduce any potential risk associated with breaching laws or audits involving large quantities of data.

Optimize Security

Higher education institutions must also address security concerns when it comes to data management. InfoGov.com helps institutions establish and maintain robust security controls to protect against cyber threats and data breaches. InfoGov.com helps higher education institutions by leading implemention of multi-factor authentication, access controls, and encryption to protect sensitive data.

Transform Records & Data

Managing records and data is a complex task for higher education institutions. InfoGov.com can help institutions establish and maintain effective records management practices, such as retention schedules, disposition policies, and audit trails. For example, InfoGov.com can help a higher education institution develop a retention schedule that outlines how long data should be kept based on its legal and business requirements and ensures that data is securely disposed of when it is no longer needed.

Enhance Information Technology

InfoGov.com provides IT departments at higher education institutions with the necessary tools to manage their data safely and securely. Through advanced processes such as data classification, mapping, and lineage tracking, it helps implement security controls for each category of information according to its sensitivity level - allowing them to keep up-to-date on best practices in protecting valuable institutional knowledge from inappropriate access or misuse.

Reassure Privacy

As the rise of digital technologies continues to accelerate, privacy controls are essential for higher education institutions that seek to safeguard their students' and faculty's data. InfoGov.com provides expertise in this domain, helping universities develop comprehensive policies which identify specific types of collected information, specify how they will be used responsibly and outline strategies to protect them from any unauthorized access or disclosure.

Reduce Risk

Managing data also involves managing risk, such as data breaches or cyber attacks. InfoGov.com helps higher education institutions manage these risks by implementing effective data security measures, such as access controls, encryption, and data backups. For example, InfoGov.com helps higher education institutions perform risk analysis to identify potential vulnerabilities in data management processes and implements appropriate security controls to mitigate those risks.

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Higher education institutions face various challenges when it comes to managing their data assets, but InfoGov.com can help address these challenges by implementing effective information governance practices. By focusing on lines of business, legal, risk, privacy, security, IT, records, and data, InfoGov.com can help higher education institutions establish clear policies and procedures for managing data, maintain compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, mitigate risks, protect sensitive data, establish effective security controls, manage records, and ensure data is properly classified, mapped, and tracked.

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