2016 NBOA Annual MeetingGOLDMINE SESSIONS

Cyber Security Assessments/Audits: What Business Officers Should

Consider When developing a strategy for your school’s cyber security, the best place to start is with an IT Security Assessment/Audit. It is crucial to identify key

areas of weakness within their security infrastructure in order to effectively allocate resources for their team. Hear about key components that every

assessment should include in order to deliver a comprehensive report on a school’s cyber security health. Receive actionable advice on how to begin

their journey to shifting their school’s data to being safe and secure.

Top Tips on Gift AccountingAccounting for gifts can be challenging. Learn how to correctly account for gifts and pledges. Hear how to determine when these items can and should

be booked to your ledger.

PPRSM: Alive and Well in Independent SchoolsPPRSM accounts are still being used by most independent schools. Learn schools calculate their reserves and how they invest them from a survey conducted in November 2015.

PCI Compliance – What Every Business Officer Needs to KnowInformation breaches in education can leave schools with unrecoverable damages as a result of undetected exposure within their compliance and prevention programs. In spite of having measures in place to safeguard information, these gaps leave the school without a defensible position for auditors, regulators, litigators, insurance claims and reputation damage. Learn why is it so difficult for education to be compliant with the PCI DSS? Examine the difference between compliance and security and discuss whether this a business issue or IT issue.

Many times, business officers believe that their school's

endowment is just too small to obtain quality asset management, negotiate fees or to be prudently

diversified. These have historically helped university endowments be

so successful. This session is designed to dispel these and other common myths. The investment marketplace has evolved greatly

and these developments can have a tremendous impact on a school's

ability to achieve attractive investment returns, particularly on

a risk adjusted basis.

Play Like The Big Boys: Big Ideas

for Smaller Endowments Given the ever-growing

prominence of mobile technological devices and the

need for educational institutions to remain on the cusp of

technology, most schools allow their employees and students to

bring their own smartphones, tablets and laptops to school. While bring your own devices might seem to present cost

savings, learn how to minimize these risks.

Smartphones, and Tablets, and Laptops, Oh My!