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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024: Strong Passwords Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024: Strong Passwords

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which represents a great opportunity to highlight some important security practices that you can employ in both your professional capacity and personal life. Throughout this month, the CNYRIC will be shining the spotlight on a variety of cybersecurity awareness topics, in the pursuit of stronger everyday practices that will help you make smarter, safer decisions when online.   Strong Passwords ...
CNYRIC  Network Administrator to Speak at Security Conference CNYRIC Network Administrator to Speak at Security Conference

Recently, the CNYRIC received the exciting news that one of its own - Senior Network Administrator Motahar Ali - had been asked to present at the upcoming NYSERNet Conference on Oct. 8-9 in East Syracuse! This annual conference gathers the best and brightest from a variety of tech-related disciplines to “talk shop” on current issues, and keep an eye out for what’s on the horizon.   At the conference, Motahar ...
Prestigious Award for Data Protection Comes to CNYRIC Prestigious Award for Data Protection Comes to CNYRIC

Recently, the CNYRIC received recognition for its contributions to the RIC One* Data Privacy and Security Services (DPSS) group, a (New York) state-wide initiative that focuses on protecting student data and personally identifiable information. The Association of Educational Service Agencies recognized this contribution with the “Exemplary Service and Innovation For Technological Advancement Award,” an annual commendation that recognizes ...
RIC One Provides Updated Guidance on Voice Phishing RIC One Provides Updated Guidance on Voice Phishing

Recently, the  RIC One  group updated its guidance on phishing scams. Please click on the image below to view/download the document.    For any who may be unfamiliar, RIC One is a collective comprised of 12 New York State Regional Information Centers working to provide technology guidance and leadership statewide. They have been a critical part of helping districts account for their documentation related to Education ...
CNYRIC as the CNYRIC as the "Knowledge Nexus"

Depending on your vocation, you may have very likely noticed that there is a lot more “going on” at the CNYRIC campus over the past couple of years. As we welcome more district and regional representatives back into our building(s), it felt like a good time to highlight some of the work that’s been done to our infrastructure in order to better facilitate this return to face-to-face interactions. Whether welcoming guests for informational ...
Department of Education to Offer FERPA Training Department of Education to Offer FERPA Training

The U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) will be offering Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training to New York on Oct. 11, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. To register please send an email to  privacytraining@nysed.gov    with your name; email and school district.  This training will be available to the first 1,000 registrants, and will be limited to two attendees ...
NIST Issues Big Update to its Cybersecurity Framework NIST Issues Big Update to its Cybersecurity Framework

Image credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Those who are familiar with the CNYRIC’s Data Privacy and Security Service (DPSS) may also be familiar with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The original iteration of the framework, which was created in 2014, stretched 108 standards across five core tenets: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, ...
Helping Districts With Ed Law 2-D Helping Districts With Ed Law 2-D

Through its recent communication, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) has made it clear that it intends to much more rigorously review school district websites for Education Law 2-D Part 121 compliance. The expectation is that NYSED will begin their analysis at some point during this fall season. In an attempt to help districts effectively identify and collate this information, the CNYRIC has assembled a template that will ...
NYSED Clarifies Use of Directory Information for Districts NYSED Clarifies Use of Directory Information for Districts

In the first week of June, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) sent a memorandum to school districts clarifying the use of directory information. As “directory information policy” is a recommended element to include on district websites, it’s important for districts to understand exactly how this inclusion should look. From the correspondence:   "Directory Information is information such as a student’s ...
CNYRIC Hosts Information Session on CBT CNYRIC Hosts Information Session on CBT

Recently, the CNYRIC's Test Scoring team hosted its first back-in-person Quality Control Session since 2020! This session was geared towards the handling of paper answer sheets, which are slowly becoming a thing of the past as more districts transition to Computer Based Testing. Over 50 participants were on hand to refresh their knowledge of the handling of answer sheets. Paper answer sheets are still used for English Language ...
Introducing the Introducing the "DPO Download" Podcast!

The Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC) is proud to announce that the RIC One Data Privacy and Security statewide group has introduced a new monthly podcast: The “DPO Download”!  When it comes to cybersecurity no one goes at it alone, and K-12 organizations need to work collectively to address growing cybersecurity challenges. The DPO Download provides New York State schools’ district data protection officers ...
Understanding Managed Detection and Response Understanding Managed Detection and Response

Anyone who is familiar with the CNYRIC is likely aware of the breadth of services that it offers to help school districts and municipalities better serve their respective communities. However, the organization also keeps an eye out on the horizon, attempting to identify trends in education, cybersecurity, or any other field that might fall under its umbrella, in an attempt to find solutions to problems that may not have arisen yet, but are very ...
Federal Cybersecurity Resources Federal Cybersecurity Resources

The United States Department of Education has put together some resources that can shed some light on cybersecurity/ransomware attacks, as well as the corresponding response. Please click on any of the links below to learn more! Responding to Ransomware Attacks:  Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files and data on a device, rendering the information unretrievable and unusable to the device owner. If your education ...
How the CNYRIC Can Help Manage Your Technology How the CNYRIC Can Help Manage Your Technology

Helping Districts Navigate Ed Law 2-d Helping Districts Navigate Ed Law 2-d

A look at the new TempEdit A look at the new TempEdit

The Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC) is proud to announce the newest iteration of its TempEdit web editor! Heavily influenced by user feedback, the CNYRIC’s design team has revamped the TempEdit product to make it even more user-friendly. The new TempEdit features a more organized layout that streamlines the ways in which you complete your most frequently-performed tasks, providing your district ...
Finding Creative Solutions: EDS Helping Districts with Contact Tracing Finding Creative Solutions: EDS Helping Districts with Contact Tracing

Finding Creative Solutions: EDS Helping Districts with Contact Tracing The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted our lives over the past year. Of course, it’s done so in some obvious ways (introducing the need for social distancing and wearing masks in public), but it’s also had an impact in ways that have been less overt.  As schools began to reopen their doors ...
OCM BOCES Website Gets a Redesign OCM BOCES Website Gets a Redesign

This week, the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison (OCM) BOCES website received a facelift! CNYRIC designers helped give the website a redesign that focuses on mobile responsiveness (meaning the webpage fucntions as seamlessly on your mobile device as it does on your PC or laptop). It also features a redesigned news portal that helps place a stronger focus on recent events, and other touches that make navigating the website a much more user-friendly experience.  ...
CNYRIC Welcomes New Director Chantal M. Corbin CNYRIC Welcomes New Director Chantal M. Corbin

  OCM BOCES is pleased to announce that Chantal M. Corbin, a 14-year technology coordinator and principal in the Fabius-Pompey Central School District, will become the new director of the Central New York Regional Information Center (CNYRIC) as of Jan. 25.   Corbin will replace CNYRIC Director Pam Mazzaferro, who is retiring Jan. 8.        OCM BOCES District Superintendent ...
From Around the Region: OCM BOCES Innovation Tech Makes Masks for Protection From Around the Region: OCM BOCES Innovation Tech Makes Masks for Protection

Walking into Innovation Tech on the first day of school, students were not only greeted with waves and virtual hugs, but also a hallway filled with tables of masks in a variety of colors, sizes and patterns. Working together, the staff at Innovation Tech had sewn 537 masks for students to keep, allowing each student to take five masks to use throughout the week.    The idea for making masks came from Facilitator Martha FitzPartrick. ...



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