PoLP – Watchman’s STEP Platform utilizes “Principle of Least Privilege” Architecture to Reduce Data Security Risks

Higher-Ed has become an attractive target for cyberattacks. In July 2020, Comparitech reported that 1,327 data breaches in the education sector had resulted in the exposure of 24.5 million records since 2005. Higher education accounted for three-quarters of those breaches.

Minimizing these attacks through best security practices is a key consideration for every campus. As a result, every customer and prospective customer scrutinizes Watchman’s approach. We anticipate and welcome that scrutiny.

We’ve created a White Paper to describe how Watchman uses the “principle of least privilege”, or PoLP, which allows us to provide our services in a way that minimizes access to personally identifiable information. We invite you to read on to learn more about how we provide our services while mitigating cyber risks. We hope you’ll be pleasantly surprised – our customers usually are!