Not a week goes by, it seems, without a reported security breach on some college’s computer network. The problem is growing, and so are the potential legal liabilities awaiting colleges that don’t take appropriate steps to avoid such troubles — or that flounder in trying to address them.
Tracy Mitrano, director of IT policy and of the university computer policy and law program at Cornell University’s Office of Information Technologies, is an expert on legal and security issues in technology and higher education. She will answer your questions on Thursday, October 26, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time, about threats to IT security and about colleges’ legal liability as they protect their systems from hackers and other data breaches. Readers are welcome to post questions and comments now. Click here to ask a question.
