Cybersecurity - 359 Resources

Introduction

The higher education sector plays an important role in the cybersecurity of America. Through its core mission of teaching and learning, higher education is the main source of future leaders, innovators, and the technical workforce. Through research, higher education is the basic source of much of our new knowledge and future technologies. Colleges and universities also operate some of the world's largest collections of computers and high-speed networks. This resource page provides information related to all aspects of cybersecurity for higher education, with an emphasis on strategies, policies, and other tools that will assist institutions of higher education to prevent, detect, and respond to vulnerabilities that threaten college and university computers and networks.

EDUCAUSE is actively involved with this area through the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force.

Effective IT Security Practices and Solutions Guide

The Effective IT Security Practices and Solutions Guide is now available in wiki format. This resource provides practical approaches to preventing, detecting, and responding to security problems in a wide range of higher education environments. This online service is designed with colleges and universities in mind, balancing our need for security with the need for an open, collaborative networking environment. Also, because one of the overarching concerns in college and university information technology (IT) departments is a lack of resources, an effort is made to provide low-cost solutions. The target audiences are those responsible for information security in colleges and universities and information technology staff who implement and manage security measures. Recognizing that many institutions have initiated or are in the process of developing IT security programs and policies, an effort is made throughout this resource to present practices that are useful at each stage of the developmental process.

As a community-driven, community-serving project, it is important for this initiative to incorporate experiences and perspectives from many different institutions. To contribute examples of practices that have been effective in your institution, please contact Security-Task-Force@educause.edu.

• Tune In July 8: Information Security from the Ground Up
• ECAR Publishes New Occasional Paper on IT Security Officer Careers
• NIST Publishes Final Version of the Guide to Enterprise Telework and Remote Access Security
• 2009 Security Professionals Conference: Post-Event Resources Now Online
• CERT Podcast: Cyber Security, Safety, and Ethics for the Net Generation

EDUCAUSE and Internet2 Discussion Groups

• EDUCAUSE Chief Information Officers (CIO) Constituent Group
• Identity Management Discussion Group
• EDUCAUSE Policy and Law (ICPL) Constituent Group
• EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group
• Internet2 Health Sciences Security SIG
• Internet2 Middleware Initiative Mailing Lists

Mailing Lists

• Bugtraq
• Department of Homeland Security IAIP Directorate Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report is a daily (Monday–Friday) summary and assessment of open–source published information concerning significant critical infrastructure issues. For more information, send mail to the DHS/IAIP Daily Report Team. For previous reports, visit the archives.
• Firewall Wizards
• Incidents (Archive)
• PatchManagement.org
• RESNET–L
• UNISOG (SANS University Security): This listserv is specifically designed to have a place for security points of contact at Universities to discuss issues that are being faced.
• US–CERT National Cyber Alert System Bulletins & Alerts
• Vuln–Dev

USENET Newsgroups

• Alt.2600
• Computer and Network Security Issues (comp.security.misc)
• Computer Security Announcements (comp.security.announce)
• Computer Security Firewalls (comp.security.firewalls)
• Computer System Security Issues (alt.security)
• Computer Viruses and Security (comp.virus)
• Public Risks from Computers and Users (comp.risks)
• UNIX Security (comp.security.unix)

Events Calendar

• http://www.educause.edu/Events/1054