This article below tells about a California community college student who was one of NINETY people who had computer access to change student grades. He committed several felonies and sold grade changes for transcripts to more than 50 students before being caught. The college tried to hide the problem but the local paper reported the issue and now it is all in the open. Then, after they reduced the authorized changers list to 11 people, one of them changed her own grades and was caught, so now only 7 have change authority for grades in the central computer. Allowing grade modification in the college's central computer databases that are used for official transcripts without a formal approval process is a major control weakness. In corporations, the authority for changes of critical data is split between parties, and required at least two people involved in the process, plus a separate reconcilation control to compare changes to separately prepared and authorized documentation. We wonder how well the process is controlled in the Lake County School District and the Lake Sumter Community College. vj =========================================== from Contra Costa, CA Times http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_7002854?nclick_check=1 Instigator in DVC plot pleads guilty # By accepting 15 felony counts... Read more →
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