McKendree University Selects OculusIT for GLBA Risk and Compliance Assessment Services

SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY, September 8, 2022 – McKendree University has chosen OculusIT, higher education’s leading managed IT and cloud services company, for Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) risk and compliance assessment Services. Through this engagement, OculusIT will provide the Illinois-based private university with system evaluations and support, including threat assessment, asset identification, controls, audit recommendations, and executive report.

OculusIT’s services will empower McKendree University to gain an expert, independent, and unbiased review of risk, compliance and security methodologies to ensure the institution meets the latest GLBA requirements.

“With the deadline for compliance quickly approaching, we are committed to helping McKendree University comply with all aspects of the GLBA Safeguards Rule,” said Jim Tandon, Vice President of Client Engagements at OculusIT. “Our security teams bring a clear vision and methodological approach to chart roadmaps for achieving complete GLBA compliance for higher education institutions.”

OculusIT’s GLBA assessment services detect opportunities to minimize risks for operations, fraud, reputation compliance, and technologies within higher education, so that institutional and constituent data are protected and compliant with federal law.

Founded in 1828, Mckendree University is a four-year private university in Lebanon, Illinois. It is the oldest college or university in Illinois. The university currently enrolls over 2300 undergraduates and 700 graduate students representing 25 countries and 29 states. For more information about McKendree University, please visit www.mcendree.edu.

OculusIT is a global, all-inclusive managed IT, security, and cloud services company dedicated to serving the education industry. Our strategy is to offer the most cost-effective and responsive partnership that provides flexibility and nimbleness in response to economic changes and directly contributes to higher education’s ability to provide and maintain the highest quality IT services. OculusIT grows with you, adapts to you, and ensures consistency and continuity of service with a partnership, service philosophy, and cost savings unparalleled in the higher education IT services domain. Learn more at www.oculusit.com.