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District outlines data-minimization, MFA and identity-monitoring after PowerSchool breach
Summary
IT leaders told the board PowerSchool's December cybersecurity incident affected directory data only; the district does not store social-security numbers in PowerSchool and PowerSchool/Experian will offer free identity monitoring to affected users.
Erin Schilling, director of information technology, and Casey Smith, technology support specialist, briefed trustees on the district's technology and cybersecurity work and on a PowerSchool cybersecurity incident disclosed in December.
Schilling said the district's PowerSchool tables do not contain social-security numbers because the district practices data minimization; the data exposed in the incident were primarily directory fields (first and last name, addresses and similar directory information) rather than highly sensitive payroll or…
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