Data Security & Privacy
At CNMI Public School System (PSS), protecting your data is a top priority. Our Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) collects and manages important educational data to help improve student outcomes. With this responsibility, we are committed to ensuring the highest levels of data privacy and security.
Learn how We Protect Your Data
Our Security Framework
“Our Security Framework works are to authenticating users, enforcing role-based access control (RBAC), applying data encryption, and implementing data suppression to safeguard sensitive information.”
Core Security Principles
“Our core principles focus on controlled access, full encryption at every stage, permission-based user acess, privacy-first reporting, and ensuring data is protected before any sharing occurs.”
Tools We Use
“These tools work together to ensure identify management, encrypted communication, controlled access, and strict permission governance
Meeting and Exceeding Compliance Standards
“We meet and exceed federal and CNMI requirements including FERPA, COPPA, IRS regulations, and the NIST Privacy Framework to ensure all educational data is protected by rigorous, modern standards.”
Privacy Act 1974
FERPA
COPPA Compliant
IRS Code §6103
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Act 2002
CNMI Law
CNMI Laws and BOE Policy and Regulations
CNMI Department of Commerce Statistical Act of 1990
CNMI Department of Finance
NIST Framework Standard
