Agenda Item
i. Approval of Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA) - Hudl dba Agile Sports Technologies (exceeds $50,000.00 with a total contract value not to exceed $114,000.00)
Summary: Presented by: Mr. Richard H. Boyd, Director of Design & Construction, Division of Operations
Request: It is recommended that the Board of Education authorize the Superintendent to execute the Hudl dba Agile Sports Technologies ICA that exceeds $50,000.00 with a total contract value not-to-exceed $114,000.00.
Why: This request is to authorize the Superintendent to execute the Hudl ICA to provide a platform for video review and performance analysis to DeKalb County School District’s Athletic programs, supporting equitable resources & access for all coaches and athletes.
Details: On October 18, 2021, the Board of Education approved the revision of Board Policy DJE to require Board approval for any Independent Contractor Agreements with a total cost of $50,000.00 or more.
Hudl will provide a platform where every student-athlete can build a custom recruiting profile with academic and athletic stats, game video, highlights, and contact information. Coaches can send recruiting profiles to a recruiter’s email through Hudl.
Financial impact: The total budget for the Hudl is allocated from the cost code (100.2600.530000.00011.7090.9990.8010.040.0000) from the Athletic Department’s General Fund Budget in the amount not to exceed $114,000.00 for FY23.
Contact: Mr. Richard H. Boyd, Director of Design & Construction, 678-676-1483
Mr. James P. Jackson, Executive Director of Athletics, 678-676-1824
Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Chief Operating Officer, 678-676-1475
Effective: Upon board approval
Status: Approved by general counsel
April 4, 2022
To Whom It May Concern:
This letter is to confirm that Agile Sports Technologies, Inc. dba Hudl (“Hudl”) is the sole source provider
of the following products, singularly and/or in combination:
Hudl Sportscode
Studio Coda
Wyscout Hudl GamePass
Hudl Assist Hudl Focus
Hudl Focus Indoor Hudl Focus Outdoor
Hudl Focus Flex Hudl Sideline
Replay Volleymetrics
Hudl’s suite is an integrated video capture, editing, and distribution solution developed for athletic
teams of all levels, from youth recreational to professional. Hudl’s suite is the sole source for providing
an integrated solution for every state of the video analysis process.
Hudl’s products are sold and supported only by Hudl. There are no resellers, agents or dealers
authorized to represent these products aside from Hudl.
While there are other products available that provide some portion of similar products, there are no
other like products available for purchase that offer the same integrated purpose and function, and
competition is precluded for the above-named products by the existence of exclusive distribution and
marketing rights.
If you desire additional information, please don’t hesitate to contact Hudl at legal@hudl.com or visit
our website at www.hudl.com. Thank you for your interest in our products.
Sincerely,
Matt Mueller
Chief Operating Officer
matt.mueller@hudl.com
Vendor Details:
• Legal Name: Agile Sports Technologies Inc dba Hudl
• Physical Address: 600 P Street, Suite 400. Lincoln, NE 68508
• Phone: (402) 817-0060
• Fax: (866) 851-7148
• DUNS: 94-584-6249
• FEIN: 26-0568054
• Tax Classification: C Corporation
Financial Details:
• Billing Address: 29775 Network Place. Chicago, IL 60673-1775
• Billing Email: Billing@hudl.com
• PO Policy: Purchase Orders are not required but are accepted
• Preferred PO Submissions Method: US Mail or Email
• PO Email: Billing@hudl.com
Company Information:
• Website: www.Hudl.com
• Data Service Location: Amazon Web Services
• Type of Service: SaaS and hardware
• Description of Solution: Hudl’s suite is a web based and app integrated video capture,
editing and distribution solution. Hudl’s suite is the sole source for providing an
integrated solution for every stage of the video analysis process. See attached Sole
Source Letter for more information.
• Goods and Services Provided: Please see attached Sole Source Letter
Security & Privacy Overview
Summary
This document summarizes various Information Security best practices and privacy policies at
Hudl. This document does not illustrate a complete representation of the Hudl environment,
including controls.
Company Overview
Hudl is a leading performance analysis company revolutionizing the way coaches and athletes
prepare for and stay ahead of the competition. Founded in 2006, Hudl offers a complete suite
of products that empower more than 180,000 global sports teams at every level—from
grassroots to professional organizations—to gather insights with video and data. Hudl’s
products and services include online tools, mobile and desktop apps, smart cameras,
analytics, professional consultation and more.
Hudl Information Security Framework
Hudl has implemented an information security program and organization that is supported by
leadership and that proactively manages information security risk & partners with the legal &
privacy teams. Hudl is enhancing its program to build security & privacy by design, layering in
requirements and capabilities throughout its architecture to protect its assets, supply chain,
software and customer-facing services.
● Modeled after the International Standards Organization (ISO) 27001 standards. The
roadmap takes into account ISO 27701, 27017 & 27018.
○ Our partner, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is certified against ISO 27001, 27017,
27018 and maintains SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2 & SOC 3 reports.
● Includes a comprehensive, leadership approved Information Security policy that is
reviewed & approved annually for appropriateness.
● Practices defense in-depth philosophy. Multiple layers of security composed of
correlated products, architectures, and methodologies.
● Incorporates SANS (Sys Admin, Audit, Network Security) Institute, NIST & ISO best
practices, with a roadmap to enhance the control framework to include considerations
from the Cloud Security Alliance CAIQ.
● Operates under a least privilege access model & roadmap incorporates pivoting to a
zero-trust strategy.
● Hudl is compliant with PCI-DSS and maintains a SAQ-A.
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Physical Security & Availability
Hudl is headquartered in the Haymarket District of Lincoln, Nebraska, with additional offices in
Omaha, Nebraska; Boston, Massachusetts; London, United Kingdom; Sydney, Australia; and
Mumbai, India. Hudl services & data are powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Data is
primarily stored in AWS’s US-East (North Virginia) “us-east-1” region; videos are stored within
Amazon regions close to the uploading origin. While most of our infrastructure is located in the
United States of America, we utilize AWS locations inside the E.U., as well as within Third
Countries protected by US approved Standard Contract Clauses.
Office locations are secured 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with access solutions that restrict
onsite and specific room access to personnel authorized based on their job function. Access is
logged and available to support incident investigation if required, including staffed reception
desks & video surveillance.
Security Incident Response & Escalation
Hudl has implemented formal processes for monitoring the security & availability of its services.
The information security program relies on alerts, automation & escalation procedures to notify
personnel outside of core business hours. Alerts are configured to notify the appropriate team
to take action according to standard procedures. In the event of a suspected incident &
reasonably suspected breach, Hudl will use commercially reasonable efforts to contain,
mitigate and resolve the incident as well as put in place additional controls to prevent further
incidents of a similar type.
Hudl will notify data controllers without undue delay, typically within 48 hours or sooner, once
an incident has been confirmed to impact scoped data. All of Hudl’s third party contracts
comply with current data protection legislation and explicitly state security requirements within
the service provision.
Data Security & Availability
An information security policy has been written and communicated to users that addresses
physical and logical considerations, defines user IDs, passwords, and account management
procedures. The policy is available to Hudl employees for reference when administering
security to internal resources and customer environments. The program is designed to protect
Hudl from internal and external threats, loss, and unauthorized disclosure. The security &
privacy teams are focused on managing risk as a continuous cycle seeking to manage and
build effective security and privacy controls, quickly detect & respond to incidents, and test the
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effectiveness to maintain a healthy operating risk and compliance posture for Hudl and its
customers.
Hudl has implemented policies and procedures for infrastructure and software hardening and
configuration. Hudl laptops & infrastructure are scanned for known vulnerabilities on a periodic
basis. Vulnerabilities are prioritized for remediation and applied as part of the development
lifecycle process. Endpoint Protection & Extended Detection & Response software is installed
on Hudl devices. Access requests for new employees are documented within the ticketing
system and permissions are role-based. Access to Hudl resources is granted based on a user's
job function and responsibilities. Administrator access is restricted to appropriate personnel
based on job function and responsibilities. If access is no longer necessary, it is removed
within 72 business hours.
Access to Hudl resources is restricted to Hudl personnel through the use of user IDs,
passwords and multi-factor authentication. Certain sensitive or confidential resources are only
accessible with an additional Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection, transport layer security
(TLS), or other encrypted communication system.
Hudl provides Information Security & Data Protection training upon hire and at least annually;
attendance & completion is tracked through the Learning Management System (LMS). Hudl
also performs background screening, testing & reference checking as part of the hiring &
onboarding process. All personnel, including third parties when applicable, are subject to
confidentiality agreements.
A formal Enterprise RIsk Management program has been established to manage organizational
risks across all business units & functions. A zero-trust aligned strategy has been established
to guide the maturity of ISO 27001/2 aligned controls within the Information Security
Management System (ISMS) and any in-scope domains. Hudl supports no less than transport
layer security (TLS) 1.2 for data encryption in-transit over public networks and is on track to
encrypt all data at rest within the AWS environments meeting FIPS 140-2 Level 1 standards.
The software development life cycle includes several functional, non-functional and security
testing requirements. An enhanced security (S-SDLC) policy is in development to refine and
mature requirements spanning threat modeling, third party library risks, OWASP concerns,
more formalized static/dynamic code testing and developer training. Change management and
tracking is tied to role-based access and repositories are monitored.
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Hudl maintains business-continuity-like processes fronted by dynamic rerouting of traffic and
load balancing within AWS. Failover and load-testing scenarios are periodically tested. AWS is
responsible for large scale system failover, such as DNS. Hudl performs regular testing of its
platform to ensure the data controller’s service meets the agreed SLAs and SLOs.
Customer Data
Hudl’s security program is designed to protect against the accidental or unauthorized damage,
loss or access of any Customer Data. Hudl has implemented administrative, technical, and
physical safeguards designed to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of Customer Data. In
addition to the controls implemented by Hudl, Hudl leverages industry-leading providers that
implement industry best practices for the protection of data.
Hudl limits access to Customer Data to those Hudl Personnel who need to access the
Information Systems in support of the Software or Services, and such personnel are required to
sign agreements with confidentiality protections as part of their employment. Hudl treats all
Customer Data as the customer’s confidential information. Due to the nature of Hudl’s products
and the nature of a SaaS product and supporting environment, Hudl does not apply
customer-specific data classification schemes to Customer Data; rather, Hudl classifies all
Customer Data at its highest level of data classification.
Hudl can accommodate secure erasure or destruction of all media that contains Customer
Data. Hudl will select the appropriate industry-standard procedures, such as NIST SP 800-88.
All Customer Data, including any backups of Customer Data, are planned to be encrypted at
rest using algorithms that meet or exceed industry standards.
Authentication & Authorization
Hudl uses industry standard techniques designed to restrict access to and prevent
unauthorized use of its Information Systems. Hudl requires the use of individual user accounts
to maintain the integrity of audit trails. Access to resources is subject to the roles an employee
is fulfilling; password complexity requirements and minimum key lengths are enforced for all
identities. Hudl also leverages multi-factor authentication for access to all systems.
Hudl follows the principle of least privilege | system owners maintain access control policies,
procedures and documentation for each system, including the privileges assigned to users and
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groups. Where possible, user and group management is centralized using single-sign on
systems.
Change Management
All changes to Information Systems by Hudl personnel in production environments, including
network and other infrastructure, are authorized, tested & monitored. Changes to software
undergo peer review and quality assurance testing prior to release. Where possible, changes
are performed through configuration management and automation/infrastructure as code.
Endpoint Security
Hudl employs a defense-in-depth strategy for endpoint security that is designed to block
access to known-malicious sites and applications, as well as monitor for indicators of
compromise. All endpoints are centrally managed and configured through mobile device
management to ensure compliance with established baseline configurations. All endpoints are
configured with full-disk encryption. Hudl leverages anti-virus/anti-malware endpoint detection
& response solutions on all endpoints.
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Hudl maintains business continuity and disaster recovery plans designed to minimize the
impact of potential threats to business operations. Hudl maintains multiple availability zones to
provide redundancy in operations and enable high availability of the Service. Hudl customers
can view updates on: https://status.hudl.com/.
Network Security
Hudl employs a defense-in-depth, zero-trust aligned strategy for network security including the
use of host-based and web application firewalls, segregation of development, test &
production environments, and access control lists/security groups between virtual private
clouds (VPC). AWS provides distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection that ensures the
uptime and availability of resources. Encryption in transit over public networks is minimum TLS
1.2, with support for TLS 1.3.
Logging & Monitoring
Hudl monitors the Information Systems as well as the underlying infrastructure for security
incidents during normal business hours; The information security program relies on alerts,
automation & escalation procedures to notify personnel outside of core business hours. All
systems generate security and operational logs, which are forwarded to the centralized logging
system and monitored for anomalous activity that generates alerts for further investigation.
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Risk Management
A formal Enterprise RIsk Management program has been established to manage organizational
risks across all business units & functions. A zero-trust aligned strategy has been established
to guide the maturity of ISO 27001/2 aligned controls within the Information Security
Management System (ISMS) and any in-scope domains. This includes ongoing risk
identification and assessments of people, processes, data, and technologies to identify
confidentiality, availability or integrity risks; their operational, business interruption, financial,
reputational, legal and/or regulatory impacts; as well as the likelihood of occurrence.
Vulnerability Management
Hudl follows a risk-based methodology leveraging relevant industry standards, such as CVSS,
to prioritize security issues based on their impact severity and likelihood of exploitation. Hudl
aims to release patches or remediate an issue in a reasonable period of time commensurate
with the results of the risk assessment. Generally, higher-impact issues will be prioritized and
fixed sooner than lower-impact issues. However, the exact amount of time required to fix a
vulnerability is unique to each finding and depends on a set of factors, including the complexity
of the issue, the number of components impacted, and any third party dependencies.
Hudl’s intent to discover and remediate vulnerabilities in its suite of products prior to release. In
order to accomplish this, Hudl utilizes industry-standard techniques as part of its software
development life cycle. Such techniques include peer code review prior to merge; static
application security testing (SAST) of code changes; scans of build artifacts; and scans of
third-party libraries and dependencies for known vulnerabilities.
Hudl’s vulnerability management program is also designed to detect vulnerabilities at all layers
of the Information Systems using industry-standard tools and to track identified vulnerabilities
until remediation. Hudl subscribes to notification channels for its vendors as well as industry
feeds for vulnerabilities. Hudl also regularly engages qualified third parties to perform
independent assessments of source code, products, and infrastructure.
Privacy
All data that Hudl sends out of the EU/EEA is sent to countries with an EU adequacy status or
to organizations with signed EU Standard Contract Clauses. Hudl transfers data between its
group of companies, for which the international transfers of EU/EEA data are detailed within
Hudl’s Intra-Group Data Transfer Agreement, which itself includes the required EU Standard
Contract Clauses. All Hudl data transfers to the US are TLS encrypted and generally consist of
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insensitive personal data. Hudl therefore believes the risk of government surveillance to the
privacy of transferred personal data to be very low. Additionally, Hudl will only provide personal
data to applicable law enforcement authorities when under strict legal compulsion. When
permitted by applicable law, law enforcement and exigencies of time, Hudl will notify its
customers of any such legal requests involving their personal data.
Hudl is primarily a data processor, and as such acts under the direct instructions of the data
controller who maintains complete responsibility to establish a lawful basis for processing the
data subject’s data, e.g. that of an athlete. Hudl's data processing meets its GDPR
requirements and Hudl adheres to the six principles of lawful processing of Article 6 of the
GDPR. Hudl’s internal processes provide clubs with the ability to export, rectify and erase data
should they need to service such a data subject request.
Hudl processes data on behalf of the club to provide the services. This data relates to the
team, its athletes, their contact information, videos, photos, analytical data and messaging.
This may include name, home and email addresses, phone number, school (name, city and
state), graduation year, GPA, ACT/SAT scores, transcripts, parent/guardian information (name,
relation, email and phone), age, birth date, photograph, height, weight, jersey number, Twitter
handle, sports position, performance scores (40-yard dash, agility shuffle, power ball, vertical
jump), speed and strength information, sports awards, sports videos featuring the athlete, and
other athlete profile information.
Hudl retains customer data for the length of the service agreement with Hudl and as defined in
the customer’s contract. Hudl provides Sportscode software which provides local processing
of data. No personal data is sent from the Sportscode software to Hudl. In turn, Hudl itself
does not process personal data of the club through this software product.
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Appendix A - Quick Facts
Headquarters
Agile Sports Technologies, DBA Hudl
600 P. Street, Suite 400
Lincoln, NE 68508 USA
+1-402-817-0060
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) details:
Name Rob LaMagna-Reiter
Email security@hudl.com
Post Chief Information Security Officer; 600 P St. Suite 400; Lincoln, NE 68508 USA
Phone +1 402-817-0060 (Lincoln HQ number)
Data Protection Officer (DPO) details:
Name Carl Gottlieb
Email dpo@hudl.com
Post Data Protection Officer, Hudl UK, Ltd, Suncourt House 2nd Floor, 8-26 Essex
Road, London, N1 8LN, United Kingdom
Phone +1 402-817-0060 (Lincoln HQ number)
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EU Data Protection Authority Registration
Our UK subsidiary, Hudl UK, Ltd, is registered in England and Wales under registration number
06962812, with registered office at Suncourt House 2nd Floor, 8-26 Essex Road, London,
England, N1 8LN. Hudl UK, Ltd is a registered Data Controller with the UK Information
Commissioner's Office (ICO), number ZA326152. Hudl’s Privacy Shield Certificate is here.
Privacy Policy
Hudl’s Privacy Policy is available here.
Resources
Amazon Web Services
● Hudl case study
● Hudl blog post
● AWS security overview
● AWS ISO certification
● AWS SOC 3
● AWS SOC 1 & SOC 2
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Appendix B - Frequently Asked Questions
The following represents a list of frequently asked questions. Contact your account
management team or customer support if you require additional information.
● Does your company have a position or organization responsible for overseeing the
company’s overall security program?
○ Yes, Hudl has internal information security that is responsible for ongoing
operations, maturity, engineering, architecture, as well as governance, risk and
compliance
● Could you describe the service Hudl provides?
○ Hudl is a web-based sports analysis software that allows teams to upload and
analyze video as well as communicate within their team(s) and also exchange
video with other teams.
■ Cameras, such as the Focus Indoor, Focus Outdoor, or Focus Flex
automatically captures every event, uploads the footage to Hudl and
supports livestreams.
○ Hudl Sportscode is a fully customizable performance analysis solution that can
connect with Hudl’s collection of online, offline and real-time video and data
analysis tools to create a streamlined experience.
○ Wyscout is the world’s biggest library of global football video and data, available
in one platform. It also supports scouting, match analysis & transfer dynamics.
● Is Hudl’s platform accessible over the Internet?
○ Yes, Hudl’s solution is considered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS).
● Are mobile applications available?
○ Yes, an iOS or Android application is available for Hudl.
● Is my data co-mingled with other Hudl customers?
○ No, Hudl’s backend systems support a segmented, multi-tenant environment in
AWS. Data is not co-mingled.
● Does the company meet responsibility for compliance legislation (for example, NJ ID
Theft, etc) and/or third-party requirements such as HIPAA, GLBA, etc?
○ Hudl stores limited personal information, including name, e-mail address, phone
number and other pieces of contact information uploaded in the platform. Hudl
is not subject to HIPAA or GLBA. Hudl conforms to geographic-specific privacy
and/or security requirements, such as GDPR.
● Does Hudl have a formal Security Policy?
○ Yes. It is reviewed annually for necessary changes and made available to all
Hudl employees.
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● Does Hudl have a formal security incident response policy?
○ Yes, Hudl maintains a formal security incident response policy and it is
reviewed/updated annually.
● May I request a copy of Hudl’s security or incident response policies?
○ No, Hudl’s internal policies are not authorized for external distribution.
● Does Hudl have an Acceptable/Responsible Use policy?
○ Yes
● Does Hudl have a Privacy Policy?
○ Yes - Please see here
● Does Hudl have documented standard processes for change management?
○ Yes; processes are being updated to better align with ISO 27001/2 requirements
● Does Hudl support Single-Sign On?
○ Not generally; if Single-Sign On is a requirement, please work with your account
management team to discuss options. Single-Sign On is a feature currently
under development with no committed release date.
● Does Hudl require unique accounts for access?
○ Yes
● What password complexity requirements does Hudl support?
○ Hudl permits users to change their password at any frequency. Currently, there
is no minimum requirement. Hudl uses a complexity formula that meets NIST
minimum standards.
● Are inactivity sign-outs available?
○ Yes, inactivity sign-outs are set for 1-hour
● How are privileged/administrator accounts handled?
○ Team Administrators perform administrative functions on coach/video
coordinators, etc accounts.
● Are audit logs available in the event of an incident investigation?
○ Yes - login, logout, actions performed & source IP are available. This information
is only available to authorized contacts.
● Are regular security assessments performed on your environment?
○ Yes, annually Hudl performs traditional fully-scoped penetration tests. Real-time
and monthly, Hudl performs vulnerability scanning, external application scanning
and threat analysis. All findings are validated and prioritized for resolution
according to our vulnerability management program.
● Does Hudl maintain separate development environments?
○ Yes, Hudl maintains separate environments for development, testing &
production, as well as role-based access into each environment.
● How will customer information be disposed of when the contract is terminated?
○ Customer information is securely erased and rendered unrecoverable if
customer’s choose to terminate their contract.
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