# Privacy and Security in Clever Messaging

DevFeed: [Privacy and Security in Clever Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/privacy-and-security-in-clever-messaging-19725.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://engineering.clever.com/2022/10/11/privacy-and-security-in-clever-messaging/>)

Author: Ulzii Otgonbaatar

Published: 2022-10-11T18:42:13Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Clever](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clever.md>)

Topics: [Messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/messaging.md>), [Security & Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/messaging.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This article discusses the privacy and security challenges of building Clever Messaging for K-12 schools. It describes protecting student-teacher messages and files, limiting access to authorized participants, maintaining accurate section rosters, authenticating announcements, and addressing risks from malicious attachments.

## Source excerpt

Designing and engineering a messaging system that is used by 6.8 million students and half a million teachers in K-12 schools is no easy feat. While the typical threats against online systems from unauthorized and unauthenticated access to sensitive information remain, the school environment compounds privacy challenges as additional entities such as guardians, co-teachers, and [...] The post Privacy and Security in Clever Messaging appeared first on Clever Engineering Blog.