Today's world is data-driven, no matter what industry you're in. Here's how IT professionals at schools, colleges and universities can tackle three major data management challenges with the resources at their disposal.

1. LESSON PLAN:
How to improve data
management in education.

2. Today’s world is
data-driven,
no matter what industry you’re in.

3. As unstructured data grows at 60 - 80% per year,
getting a grip on that information can be tough –
especially for universities and schools.
The vast majority of data
is unstructured and is growing
at 60%-80% per year.
More than 50% of data in a company has
no business, legal or regulatory value.

4. Most educational institutions rely on
fixed budgets and resources to support
students, faculty and administrators.

5. This means IT
pros in education
are tackling the
same challenges
plaguing other
industries, despite
having access to
fewer resources.

6. data management
priorities are universal
The

7. 1. Reining in data growth

8. 1. Reining in data growth
2. Managing compliance,
privacy and security

9. 1. Reining in data growth
2. Managing compliance,
privacy and security
3. Increasing visibility in order
to better understand data

10. According to Mark
Lamson, IT director
at Westerly Public
Schools, you can
tackle these goals
with this lesson plan:
LESSON PLAN

11. 1. Don’t keep everything.
LESSON PLAN

12. Think of a
student’s binder
at the end of
the year –stuffed
with papers
and scraps
he probably
doesn’t need.

13. End users are data hoarders, and those
in the education sphere are no different.
Help them archive outdated
data and stop wasting space.

14. 1. Don’t keep everything.
2. Prepare your IT
environment for
new students.
LESSON PLAN

15. Whether your school is K to 12 or a major university, your
users change year to year. New students arrive, new teachers
and administrators join, and you have to support them all.

16. Data-aware auditing helps track user
access, locate sensitive data and rank
users in terms of data use, enabling
better IT resource management.

17. 1. Don’t keep everything.
2. Prepare your IT
environment for
new students.
3. Learn your regulatory
“alphabet soup.”
LESSON PLAN

18. Educational
organizations are
subject to state and
federal compliance
regulations.
You can’t provide a
world-class education
if you fail to meet
these guidelines.

19. When you can look inside your data and
learn where sensitive elements are hiding,
you can create user behavior guidelines
and keep information in check.

20. 1. Don’t keep everything.
2. Prepare your IT
environment for
new students.
3. Learn your regulatory
“alphabet soup.”
4. Protect your school’s
data at its core.
LESSON PLAN

21. You have policies to
keep data thieves out,
but once outsiders
access your network,
you need to lock down
student or employee
personally identifiable
information (PII).

22. Learn how being data-aware can make a difference
in your school system.
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