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Re: Universities riskiest place for SSN
From: "Moore, Frank" <moorefx () LONGWOOD EDU>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:25:24 -0500
We also use it for preparation of 1099's. Frank F. X. Moore III, Ph.D. Vice President-CIO and Chief Privacy Officer Longwood University 201 High Street Farmville, VA 23909 [voice] 434.395.2034 [fax] 434.395.2035 moorefx () longwood edu http://www.longwood.edu Never send restricted information via e-mail Unless you consult with IITS first! On 11/8/10 4:22 PM, "Steven Alexander" <alexander.s () MCCD EDU> wrote: I think the SSN is required to apply for financial aid. Other than that, we don't require it, but most students provide it. Steven Alexander Jr. Online Education Systems Manager Merced College -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Peterson Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:13 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Universities riskiest place for SSN -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I agree that High-Ed does report things that private industry does not; however, why does Higher-Ed need the student SSN in the first place All the school I have ever been at when you complain you can get a student ID. - -- Dan - -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Mike Lococo Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 12:23 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Universities riskiest place for SSN On 11/08/2010 02:32 PM, Eric Case wrote:
The original post, http://blogs.mcafee.com/consumer/identity-theft/top-ten-most-dangerous -place s-to-leave-your-social-security-number, says, "Robert Siciliano, on behalf of McAfee, analyzed data breaches published by the Identity Theft Resource Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and the Open Security Foundation that involved Social Security number breaches from January 2009 - October 2010 to reveal the riskiest places to lose your ID." It is unclear if they ranked by number of records/breach or number of breaches.
My read is that the number in parens at the end of each top-10 entry is a breach-count (it's certainly not a record-count), which is used as the ranking/sorting key. Since the data is from a report covering 2009-2010, it's fairly recent. If one is looking for a methodology flaw that excuses Higher-Ed's number-one spot on the list, it's probably the failure to account for our culture of openness. You don't see other industries announcing a breach and then saying "there was no evidence of unauthorized access, but we're calling this a breach and announcing it anyway", which is fairly common from higher-ed institutions. We might get dwarfed on record count as-well, but that you can't see that data without buying the original report. Cheers, Mike Lococo -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.9.1 (Build 287) Charset: us-ascii wj8DBQFM2GfF5chTNtilRz8RAn4wAJ9gymPQEqAIIVg01pDhBOhXqdy5zwCeLTDC Hn1Gf7GfUsZ6SRGyz8+NSdM= =vdAe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- This email has been scanned by a Spam/Virus Firewall. If your email has been classifed as Spam please contact the HelpDesk at (209) 384-6180.
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