Four Compliance Frameworks, One Security Team: Why Fragmented University Security Raises Regulatory Risk
Rapid7, Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
Rapid7 explains how FERPA, GLBA, HIPAA and CMMC obligations make fragmented multi-campus university security a regulatory risk.
In the second part of a series on higher education security, Rapid7 looks at overlapping compliance obligations under FERPA, GLBA, HIPAA and CMMC, each with different requirements and reporting timelines that are harder to manage across multi-campus systems with separate tools, staff and data stores.
FERPA-related breaches involving financial aid data require notifying the Department of Education within 24 hours of discovery.
GLBA's Safeguards Rule requires a written security program covering risk assessment, access controls, encryption, MFA, incident response and vendor oversight.