By: Diane Benjamin
State Compliance Examination Release Date: March 27, 2025
For the Year Ended June 30, 2024
This report shows 3 failures at ISU:
The auditor stated these are MATERIAL WEAKNESSES for failure to comply with State Law. “Material” are the worst kind of weaknesses.
The first one was noted in 2011, 2015, and 2019. ISU did nothing to fix it.
The second one has been reported since 2012. ISU did nothing to fix it.
The third item requires ISU to create a policy.
This is the full report: https://www.auditor.illinois.gov/Audit-Reports/Compliance-Agency-List/ISU/FY24-ISU-Comp-Full.pdf
How many years would you be allowed to be in non-compliance with the State of Illinois?
SHUT IT DOWN!!!!
ISU has a “Cybersecurity and Faculty Research and Outside Employment policy” combined with the aggressive recruitment of foreign students from various Anti-US countries, very well known for espionage against US government, public and private institutions, data, and proprietary information is a major source of concern for anyone who understands Cyberspace, security, information retention, and privacy concerns. ISU’s policy is “plausible deniability” through budgetary constraints. Thus, their inability to address the problem is absolved. They know it’s a problem and exists, is happening, has happened, and continues to happen. But if they don’t monitor it or have the ability, then it’s not happening, if it’s not detectable by their current technology -does it exist? Is it really happening? Your damn right it is! Free research walking out the door to China, India, Pakistan, etc. literally on USB memory sticks, SSD drives, laptops, or sent to the cloud.