Gramm Leach Bliley Act Compliance – Financial Information Privacy and Security

The University regularly performs financial transactions involving student accounts, student financial aid, receivables, vendor payments, and grant disbursements.  Some of the financial regulations to which MTSU’s operations must adhere includes the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (“GLBA”), also known as the Financial Modernization Act of 1999.

While the University is not a financial institution, MTSU is a processor, payer, and receiver of financial transactions for which the GLBA is triggered, among other financial information security regulations. The following provides information on the University’s control system regarding the development, implementation, maintenance, security, and safeguarding of student financial data and the University’s financial transactions.

• Policy 652 – PCI DSS Information Security
• Policy 650 – Identity Theft Prevention
• Office of Business and Finance
• Merchant Services
• MTSU Information Technology Division
• MTSU Information Technology Leadership Team and CIO

For questions regarding MTSU’s information security protocols related to financial security, please contact [email protected].