Texas Senate Bill (TXSB) 820 & NIST 800-171

Texas Senate Bill 820 Goes Live....NIST 800-171 is NOT just about the protection of personal and sensitive information, it is about positive control of information to only those with the proper need to know. This book is designed as a how-to book for Educational Institutions (EI) in the State of Texas, their leaders, and cybersecurity professionals to protect sensitive data as mandated under current Texas Law, Texas Senate Bill (TXSB) 820. It provides clear guidance on formulating an environment of security and creating a cybersecurity policy pursuant to TXSB 820.This book is written as a step-by-step approach leveraging the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-171 framework. Not all controls need to be addressed immediately but must be documented, monitored, and managed during the life of the system and data housed within a schools', colleges', or universities' data centers. There is still much more work that needs to be done in the area of cybersecurity. We are constantly reminded of ongoing intrusions to both public and private sector websites. What we do here, unlike so many books and articles, is that we describe the "how" to fix the specific control. While the challenges are many and ever-changing, the objective of this book is to provide you an initial start-point with many direction to protect not just personal data but the overall sensitive data of schools--K--12, colleges, universities, and State research facilities alike.