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CampusOptics Trust Center
CampusOptics is committed to protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of customer data through established security, privacy, and compliance practices. This Trust Center explains how we protect customer data, manage risk, and meet applicable regulatory and industry expectations across our services.
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Reports, documentation, and materials available upon request related to CampusOptics practices.

Data Protection & Availability Policy

Describes the policies and processes used to protect data and support system availability and continuity.

HECVAT

Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT) - Version 4.1.0

VPAT

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) - Version 2.5

Infrastructure Diagram

Diagram of the CampusOptics Infrastructure

Subprocessors

Amazon Web Services

Development infrastructure and computing services.

Google

Google Workspace, including identity services, email, document management, online meetings, and cloud storage.

Zendesk

Customer support and knowledge base platform.

Sentry

Application error-tracking and performance-monitoring

Monitoring

Continuously monitored by Secureframe
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Monitoring

Change Management

Segregation of Environments
Development, staging, and production environments are segregated.
Secure Development Policy
A Secure Development Policy defines the requirements for secure software and system development and maintenance.
Software Change Testing
Software changes are tested prior to being deployed into production.
Change Management Policy
A Change Management Policy governs the documenting, tracking, testing, and approving of system, network, security, and infrastructure changes.
Production Data Use is Restricted
Production data is not used in the development and testing environments, unless required for debugging customer issues.
Configuration and Asset Management Policy
A Configuration and Asset Management Policy governs configurations for new sensitive systems

Availability

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy governs required processes for restoring the service or supporting infrastructure after suffering a disaster or disruption.
Testing the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan
The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan is periodically tested via tabletop exercises or equivalents. When necessary, Management makes changes to the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan based on the test results.
Backup Restoration Testing
Backed-up data is restored to a non-production environment at least annually to validate the integrity of backups.

Organizational Management

Information Security Policy
An Information Security Policy establishes the security requirements for maintaining the security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of applications, systems, infrastructure, and data.
Disciplinary Action
Personnel who violate information security policies are subject to disciplinary action and such disciplinary action is clearly documented in one or more policies.
Roles and Responsibilities
Information security roles and responsibilities are outlined for personnel responsible for the security, availability, and confidentiality of the system.
Internal Control Policy
An Internal Control Policy identifies how a system of controls should be maintained to safeguard assets, promote operational efficiency, and encourage adherence to prescribed managerial policies.
Code of Conduct
A Code of Conduct outlines ethical expectations, behavior standards, and ramifications of noncompliance.
Security Awareness Training
Internal personnel complete annual training programs for information security to help them understand their obligations and responsibilities related to security.
Background Checks
Background checks or their equivalent are performed before or promptly after a new hires start date, as permitted by local laws.
Information Security Program Review
Management is responsible for the design, implementation, and management of the organization’s security policies and procedures. The policies and procedures are reviewed by management at least annually.

Confidentiality

Data Retention and Disposal Policy
A Data Retention and Disposal Policy specifies how customer data is to be retained and disposed of based on compliance requirements and contractual obligations.
Disposal of Customer Data
Upon customer request, Company requires that data that is no longer needed from databases and other file stores is removed in accordance with agreed-upon customer requirements.
Data Classification Policy
A Data Classification Policy details the security and handling protocols for sensitive data.

Vulnerability Management

Third-Party Penetration Test
A 3rd party is engaged to conduct a network and application penetration test of the production environment at least annually. Critical and high-risk findings are tracked through resolution.
Vulnerability and Patch Management Policy
A Vulnerability Management and Patch Management Policy outlines the processes to efficiently respond to identified vulnerabilities.

Incident Response

Tracking a Security Incident
Identified incidents are documented, tracked, and analyzed according to the Incident Response Plan.
Incident Response Plan
An Incident Response Plan outlines the process of identifying, prioritizing, communicating, assigning and tracking confirmed incidents through to resolution.
Lessons Learned
After any identified security incident has been resolved, management provides a "Lessons Learned" document to the team in order to continually improve security and operations.
Incident Response Plan Testing
The Incident Response Plan is periodically tested via tabletop exercises or equivalents. When necessary, Management makes changes to the Incident Response Plan based on the test results.

Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
Formal risk assessments are performed, which includes the identification of relevant internal and external threats related to security, availability, confidentiality, and fraud, and an analysis of risks associated with those threats.
Risk Assessment and Treatment Policy
A Risk Assessment and Treatment Policy governs the process for conducting risk assessments to account for threats, vulnerabilities, likelihood, and impact with respect to assets, team members, customers, vendors, suppliers, and partners. Risk tolerance and strategies are also defined in the policy.
Vendor Due Diligence Review
Vendor SOC 2 reports (or equivalent) are collected and reviewed on at least an annual basis.
Risk Register
A risk register is maintained, which records the risk mitigation strategies for identified risks, and the development or modification of controls consistent with the risk mitigation strategy.
Vendor Risk Assessment
New vendors are assessed in accordance with the Vendor Risk Management Policy prior to engaging with the vendor. Reassessment occurs at least annually.

Network Security

Automated Alerting for Security Events
Alerting software is used to notify impacted teams of potential security events.
Network Security Policy
A Network Security Policy identifies the requirements for protecting information and systems within and across networks.
Restricted Port Configurations
Configurations ensure available networking ports, protocols, services, and environments are restricted as necessary, including firewalls.
Endpoint Security
Company endpoints are managed and configured with a strong password policy, anti-virus, and hard drive encryption

Access Security

Removal of Access
Upon termination or when internal personnel no longer require access, system access is removed, as applicable.
Asset Inventory
A list of system assets, components, and respective owners are maintained and reviewed at least annually
User Access Reviews
System owners conduct scheduled user access reviews of production servers, databases, and applications to validate internal user access is commensurate with job responsibilities.
Access Control and Termination Policy
An Access Control and Termination Policy governs authentication and access to applicable systems, data, and networks.
Encryption-in-Transit
Service data transmitted over the internet is encrypted-in-transit.
Unique Access IDs
Personnel are assigned unique IDs to access sensitive systems, networks, and information
Encryption and Key Management Policy
An Encryption and Key Management Policy supports the secure encryption and decryption of app secrets, and governs the use of cryptographic controls.

Physical Security

Physical Security Policy
A Physical Security Policy that details physical security requirements for the company facilities is in place.