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Report Number:

2005-202

Report Title:

Martin County District School Board - Pinnacle System - Student Attendance

Report Period:

01/2005-04/2005

Release Date:

06/29/2005

The Martin County District School Board (District) utilized Excelsior Software’s Pinnacle System to, among other things, record, edit, report, and track student attendance-related information.  Our audit focused on evaluating selected information technology (IT) controls applicable to the student attendance component of the Pinnacle System during the period January 2005 through April 2005.

As described below, we noted deficiencies in District management controls over selected IT functions and practices:

Finding No. 1:   A Districtwide security program had not been formally devised to ensure that exposures and vulnerabilities of IT resources had been sufficiently assessed by management and addressed through enforced user and system security controls. 

Finding No. 2:  Deficiencies were noted in the District’s security over student data.

Finding No. 3:  Deficiencies were noted in the District’s IT disaster recovery planning.

Finding No. 4:  The District did not monitor the content of individual workstations for compliance with software license agreements.

The Superintendent's response to the audit findings and recommendations is included in the audit report on the Auditor General Web site.