District-Wide Credential Governance & FERPA Protection
Preventing credential sprawl and securing privileged access to student information databases across multi-school districts using Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager.
The Compliance Challenge in Public Education
School districts operate under strict regulatory standards—including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and state cybersecurity reporting mandates. Yet across many districts, administrative credentials for student information systems (SIS), Active Directory domain controllers, HVAC controllers, and security camera networks remain unmonitored or stored in unsecured files.
When contractors, IT interns, or school site technicians require access to fix an issue, they are often handed full administrative passwords that are rarely rotated.
The Ace Secure Tech Governance Framework
Ace Secure Tech implements a fortified credential governance framework centered on Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager:
Multi-Vault Campus Segmentation
We isolate district assets into dedicated vaults: Elementary Schools Vault, High Schools Vault, Central Administration Vault, and Financial/SIS Vault. A technician working on a elementary school network cannot see or traverse into central finance systems.
Automatic Credential Injection
Using Devolutions RDM credential linking, technicians launch remote RDP or SSH sessions with administrative privileges without ever viewing, copying, or knowing the actual domain credentials. Passwords stay encrypted in the central vault.
Check-In / Check-Out (Approval Workflows)
Access to high-risk databases containing sensitive student health or financial records can require two-person authorization. Technicians submit a temporary access ticket directly through RDM, triggering automated alerts to the district IT director.
Complete Session Video & Keystroke Auditing
All administrative sessions can be recorded with granular metadata logs (initiator, duration, commands executed), providing verifiable audit trails during independent cybersecurity examinations.