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Audit committee recommends WISP adoption after Canvas outage; CIO describes precautions
Summary
Following a Canvas outage and reported security incident at the platform provider, the Audit Committee reviewed college protections, heard that integrations were disconnected as a precaution, and voted to approve and recommend a Written Information Security Program (WISP) to the board.
The Vermont State Colleges Audit Committee heard a non‑agenda briefing on a recent Canvas outage and related security concerns and subsequently reviewed a Written Information Security Program (WISP) that the committee recommended to the board.
Wilson Garland, chief information officer, told the committee that Instructure, the company that operates Canvas, is still investigating a recent security incident and that it appears some customers “potentially had some of their data compromised.” Garland said access to Canvas has been restored, the colleges temporarily disconnected some systems that integrate…
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