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Re: Recommend changing students ID numbers?
From: Brad Judy <brad.judy () CU EDU>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:05:14 +0000
That question begs another question in response: What does just a student ID number get you at your institution? What is the risk to the students? The statement that it isn’t confidential and is printed on ID cards indicates that the number is (hopefully) not being used for something like identity validation at your institution. I’d say that if exposing the ID number poses a risk to your students, then you have a bigger problem printing it on everyone’s ID cards. Brad Judy Information Security Officer Office of Information Security University of Colorado 1800 Grant Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80203 Office: (303) 860-4293 Fax: (303) 860-4302 www.cu.edu<http://www.cu.edu/> [cu-logo_fl] From: EDUCAUSE Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> on behalf of Jared Evans <jared.evans () GALLAUDET EDU> Reply-To: EDUCAUSE Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> Date: Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 8:32 AM To: EDUCAUSE Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> Subject: [SECURITY] Recommend changing students ID numbers? I would like to poll the other officers on this list and see if the below scenario warrants changing the student ID numbers: A file containing a list of new incoming students' names, email addresses, and their student ID numbers was recently, by accident, emailed to all the residents of a dorm building. The student ID numbers can be seen on the student cards. The above information isn't confidential, but with student ID numbers aggregated together, would not be ideal. Does this event warrant making the suggestion that all the students mentioned in the file should have their student ID number changed? -- [Image removed by sender.] Jared Evans Information Security Officer Gallaudet Technology Services Gallaudet University jared.evans () gallaudet edu<mailto:jared.evans () gallaudet edu> ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
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- Recommend changing students ID numbers? Jared Evans (Sep 12)
- Re: Recommend changing students ID numbers? Brad Judy (Sep 13)
- Re: Recommend changing students ID numbers? Menne, Michael S (Sep 13)
- Re: Recommend changing students ID numbers? Ben Marsden (Sep 13)
- Re: Recommend changing students ID numbers? Menne, Michael S (Sep 13)
- Re: Recommend changing students ID numbers? Menne, Michael S (Sep 13)
- Re: Recommend changing students ID numbers? Brad Judy (Sep 13)