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t home, most people have keep any credit card information on (purchase and pay history), email
given some thought to the its network. addresses, and human resources
Ainformation they share online Liljeberg said the village takes information including names,
and the security of their identity network security very seriously addresses, phone numbers and
and personal information. But have and uses numerous methods to social security numbers. Norris
you ever wondered what kind encrypt and protect both village said the school district protects this
of information governing bodies data and employee network information with a firewall, as well
in Westmont keep, and how this accounts. Furthermore, the village as security settings in place on the
information is protected? What can supplies employees with a computer school’s servers. Norris explained
you as an individual do to protect use policy and provides ongoing that access to sensitive information
your personal data online in both training in both security and PCI is restricted to specific individuals
public and private spaces? compliance. The village is also well- based on job function.
prepared in the unlikely event of a Additionally, the school district’s
Village of Westmont network security issue. Acceptable Use of Technology
The Village of Westmont’s “As a municipal government, the Policy contains guidelines that
network includes all departments village has an action plan in place restrict individuals from any activity
of the village, and most recently the in partnership with the FBI and that would compromise the security
Westmont Public Library. Traffic Homeland Security,” said Stephen of personal data. This policy
on the network is separated and May, Village of Westmont Village prohibits students from misusing
restricted only to the departments Manager. password and account information,
that need access. According to trespassing in others’ folders, work
Glen Liljeberg, IT Manager for the Community Unit School or files, and using technology for
Village of Westmont, the village District 201 non-school purposes.
stores a limited amount of personal According to Nadine Norris, In the event of a security breech,
information on residents; data CUSD 201 Director of Technology, Norris relayed the school district’s
maintained is restricted to contact Teaching and Learning, sensitive multistep plan of action that begins
information used for water billing, information kept by the school with reporting the network attack to
and the village does not store or district includes financial records the police. CUSD 201 would then

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