Cybersecurity - 419 Resources

Overview
Publications (80)
Presentations (60)
Podcasts (50)
Blogs (229)

Overview

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 Higher Education Information Security Council (formerly the Security Task Force).

Information Security Guide: Effective Practices and Solutions for Higher Education

The Information Security Guide: Effective Practices and Solutions for Higher Education 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 case studies that have been effective in your institution, please contact security-council@educause.edu.

Events Calendar

View past and future security-related events.

Cybersecurity is defined as the prevention of damage to, the protection of, and the restoration from loss to computers, electronic communications systems and services, and wire and electronic communications, including information contained therein, to ensure its availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation.

Publications (80)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Cybersecurity.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
ERM0652	The Continuing Evolution of Effective IT Security Practices John Voloudakis Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	2,992
ERM0655	Safeguarding Information Assets in Higher Education: Rodney Petersen Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	3,906
ERM065W	EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 41, Number 5, September/October 2006 Various Authors Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	01/01/2006	4,771
CSD4915	Schneier Questions Need for Security Industry Will Sturgeon Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2007	1,989
ESI05G	IT Security in Higher Education, 2006 ECAR Surveys	ECAR	10/31/2005	4,527
SEC0419	National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Protecting your home, school and small business files from constant virus threats Jack Suess Articles, Papers, and Reports	Security Task Force	01/01/2004	4,688
SEC0601	Computer Security Awareness Videos - Contest Winners Various Authors Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Security Task Force	01/01/2006	4,112
SEC0701	Computer Security Awareness Videos - Contest Winners 2007 Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	Security Task Force	01/01/2007	1,840
CSD3383	TASK (The @Stake Sleuth Kit) and Autopsy Forensic Browser Tools	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	4,814
CSD4433	Department of Homeland Security and NCSA's 2006 Emerging Internet Threat List Articles, Papers, and Reports	Security Task Force	01/01/2006	2,746
CSD4619	IT Security Office Survey Jason Richardson Surveys	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,454
CSD4722	Major breach of UCLA's computer files Rebecca Trounson Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	2,138
CSD4786	InfraGard Marketing for Campus Public Safety Officials InfraGard Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports	Security Task Force	01/01/2006	2,380
CYB0525	Final Report of the 2005 Cybersecurity Summit Cybersecurity Summit 2005 Program Committee Articles, Papers, and Reports	Security Task Force	01/01/2005	2,017
NET0204	Higher Education Contribution to National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace: Executive Summary Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	01/01/2002	5,444
NET0302	Cybersecurity Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	01/01/2005	5,838
CSD2588	Cyber Security Research and Development Act Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2002	5,834
CSD3263	Firewall Builder Tools	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	4,351
CSD3269	Snort (The Open Source Network Intrusion Detection System) Tools	Community Recommendation	01/01/2004	4,585
CSD3380	NSF Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program Scholarship Track Awards Certification, Education, Training and Tutorials	Security Task Force	01/01/2004	4,201
CSD3754	National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Government Documents, Laws, Testimonies or Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2006	4,160
CSD3846	Organizational Models for Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) Georgia Killcrece, Klaus-Peter Kossakowski, Robin Ruefle,and Mark Zajicek Plans and Guidelines	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,460
CSD3847	Handbook for Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), 2nd edition Moira J. West-Brown, Don Stikvoort, Klaus-Peter Kossakowski, Georgia Killcrece, Robin Ruefle, and Mark Zajicek Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,856
CSD3848	State of the Practice of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) Georgia Killcrece, Klaus-Peter Kossakowski, Robin Ruefle, and Mark Zajicek Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,402
CSD3849	Defining Incident Management Processes for CSIRTs: A Work in Progress Chris Alberts, Audrey Dorofee, Georgia Killcrece, Robin Ruefle, and Mark Zajicek Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/01/2003	3,750

Presentations (60)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Cybersecurity

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
EDU04118	Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror Tracy Mitrano and Steven L. Worona Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/21/2004	4,642
EDU04145	Leadership for University Information Security: Vision, Collaboration, Policy, Funding, and Implementation Marilyn Jost, Director, Dikran W. Kassabian and David R. Millar Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/22/2004	4,992
MAC07033	The Impact of Homeland Security Issues on Higher Education Michael Greenberger, Steven J. Healy, Joy R. Hughes and Darren Lacey Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/19/2007	2,341
MAC07085	Balancing Privacy and Security in Times of Cyberterror Steven L. Worona Presentations/Speeches	Mid-Atlantic Regional	01/18/2007	2,002
MWR07084	Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror Steven L. Worona Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/13/2007	1,985
NCP07073	Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror Steven L. Worona Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/21/2007	2,154
NMD07006	Higher Education-Industry Collaborations to Improve Security Joy R. Hughes, Peter M. Siegel, John J. Suess Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/05/2007	3,689
NTW0301	IT Network Development and Security: Who’s Going to Pay for This? Peter A. Freeman, Sharon Hays, Herbert S. Lin and Michael Vatis Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	01/01/2003	7,130
SEC07102	Herding Cats and Campuses: Addressing Distributed Security and Compliance Issues Kathleen R. Kimball, David J. Lindstrom Presentations/Speeches	Security Professionals Conference	04/12/2007	2,225
SPC0566	Using CIS Configuration Benchmarks in Higher Ed Environments Randy Marchany and John Banghart Presentations/Speeches	Security Professionals Conference	04/05/2005	5,674
SWR07029	Balancing Privacy and Security in Times of Cyberterror Steven L. Worona Presentations/Speeches	Southwest Regional	02/22/2007	2,137
CSD4603	What Every CBO Should Know About IT Security Robert N. Clark, Jr. and John J. Suess Presentations/Speeches	Security Task Force	01/01/2006	2,272
EDU04128	How Do You Create a Successful Information Security Program? Hire a Great ISO! Tammy L. Clark Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/22/2004	4,923
MWR0582	Security and Identity Management for Small Colleges Edward Barboni, Thomas J. Barton, and John Bruggeman Presentations/Speeches	Midwest Regional	03/22/2005	4,308
POL0503	Critical Infrastructure Protection and Higher Education Dave Crafton, Kristine A. Hafner, and Rodney J. Nydam Presentations/Speeches	Policy (Archives)	04/07/2005	5,445
SEC07029	Secrets of Superspies Ira Winkler Presentations/Speeches	Security Professionals Conference	04/11/2007	2,504
SPC0694	Security Awareness Day: How It Can Work for You! Jay Flanagan and Susan McKibben Presentations/Speeches	Security Professionals Conference	04/12/2006	3,660
WRC0529	Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror Tracy Mitrano and Steven L. Worona Presentations/Speeches	Western Regional conferences	04/28/2005	3,464
CSD3506	Effective Security Practices: Present and Future Chris Misra, Martin Schulman, Joe St. Sauver, and Jack Suess Presentations/Speeches	Security Task Force	01/01/2004	4,141
CYB07006	The Law Enforcement Academic Alliance Program Mike Butler Presentations/Speeches	Cybersecurity Summit	02/23/2007	2,211
CYB07007	Information Systems Under Attack: Managing Enterprise Risk Ronald Ross Presentations/Speeches	Cybersecurity Summit	02/22/2007	2,554
CYB07008	Breakout Session Reports James J. Barlow Presentations/Speeches	Cybersecurity Summit	02/23/2007	2,420
EDU0498	NSF Middleware Initiative: Building a Local and National Cyber-Infrastructure Keith Hazelton Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/21/2004	4,679
EDU05152	Creating Executive Awareness About Information Security Joy R. Hughes and John J. Suess Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/19/2005	4,090
EDU05153	The 2005 Campus Computing Survey Kenneth C. Green Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/19/2005	3,517

Podcasts (50)

Name	Views	Post date
EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: Ensure IT Security Play \| Show Notes \| Download (32.49 MB audio/mpeg)	3,546	04/09/2007
An Interview with Brett Bobley Play \| Show Notes \| Download (14.31 MB audio/mpeg)	5,569	12/18/2006
An Interview with Andy Newman Play \| Show Notes \| Download (9.44 MB audio/mpeg)	3,982	12/18/2006
An Interview with Jerry Bracken Play \| Show Notes \| Download (6.9 MB audio/mpeg)	4,219	11/03/2006
An Interview with Eric Bird Play \| Show Notes \| Download (6.94 MB audio/mpeg)	4,127	11/03/2006
An Interview with Douglas Van Houweling Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.79 MB audio/mpeg)	4,351	10/19/2006
An Interview with Stephen Rose Play \| Show Notes \| Download (9.01 MB audio/mpeg)	4,139	10/17/2006
An Interview with John Walda Play \| Show Notes \| Download (11.96 MB audio/mpeg)	4,146	10/17/2006
An interview with Georgia Nugent Play \| Show Notes \| Download (10.56 MB audio/mpeg)	3,655	10/17/2006
E2005 Podcast: A Successful Tool to Create Positive Change Play \| Show Notes \| Download (24.28 MB audio/mpeg)	3,681	03/28/2006
E2005 Podcast: The 2005 Campus Computing Survey Play \| Show Notes \| Download (21.33 MB audio/mpeg)	3,731	02/13/2006
An Interview with Stanford's Paul Kim Play \| Show Notes \| Download (8.12 MB audio/mp3)	5,375	11/11/2005
An Interview with Khalid Chaudhary, AVP at Tennessee State University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.27 MB audio/mp3)	5,412	11/11/2005
An Interview with Adam Stone about policy, compliance and cybersecurity in research institutions Play \| Show Notes \| Download (15.47 MB audio/mp3)	5,029	11/02/2005
An Interview with Joy Hughes about Cybersecurity Play \| Show Notes \| Download (26.29 MB audio/mp3)	4,779	11/02/2005
An Interview with Julie Little (UT) Play \| Show Notes \| Download (17.93 MB audio/mp3)	6,252	11/01/2005
An Interview with Matthew Stafford, Vice Dean of Distance Learning at Air University, USAF Play \| Show Notes \| Download (16.95 MB audio/mp3)	6,676	11/01/2005
On the scene the reporting with Brian Yuhnke and Randy Williams Play \| Show Notes \| Download (5.84 MB audio/mp3)	5,234	10/24/2005
Interviews from Security 2005 about National Cyber Security Alliance and Online Security Best Practices for Life Play \| Show Notes \| Download (6.63 MB audio/mp3)	4,217	04/21/2005
Interviews on The Tension Between Open Academic Networks and Closed Secure Networks Play \| Show Notes \| Download (4.33 MB audio/mp3)	3,847	04/21/2005
An Interview with Charles Yun of Internet2 (from the floor of the Security 2005 Conference) Play \| Show Notes \| Download (2.79 MB audio/mp3)	3,892	04/21/2005
Podcast of the Policy 2005 Conference Session About Cybersecurity Play \| Show Notes \| Download (34.91 MB audio/mp3)	4,736	04/15/2005
An Interview About Building A Culture of Security Play \| Show Notes \| Download (3.46 MB audio/mp3)	4,671	04/14/2005
Podcast of Interviews about the War Gaming Exercise at Security 2005 Play \| Show Notes \| Download (5.67 MB audio/mp3)	3,755	04/13/2005
Podcast Coverage of Security 2005 \| The Keynote Speech from Motorola's Bill Boni Play \| Show Notes \| Download (30.12 MB audio/mp3)	4,950	04/06/2005

Blogs (229)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
National Cyber Leap Year Summit Reports Now Available	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/29/2009	60
Cybersecurity R&D Needs More Focus and Better Coordination	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	09/24/2009	65
Report Card Gives Obama Administration Mixed Reviews on Privacy and Security	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	09/22/2009	15
Getting Ready for National Cyber Security Awareness Month (October 2009)	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/22/2009	273
Share Your Campus Plans to Observe National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2009	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/14/2009	173
"Policy@EDU": Larry Clinton on Higher Education's Role in Cybersecurity	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	09/11/2009	88
September/October 2009 EDUCAUSE Review: Spotlight on Cybersecurity	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/11/2009	122
The September/October 2009 EDUCAUSE Review Is Now Online, Focus on Cybersecurity	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	09/11/2009	245
Federated Identity Management Systems Recognized with the 2009 EDUCAUSE Catalyst Award	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/10/2009	98
Plans for Increasing Security of .EDU Domain Announced Today	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	09/03/2009	130
Security of .edu Internet Domain to Increase	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/03/2009	107
Security of .edu Internet Domain to Increase	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	09/03/2009	244
New Security Awareness Posters and Videos Available	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	08/14/2009	1,434
2009 Computer Security Awareness Poster & Video Contest Winners Announced	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	08/14/2009	395
NIST Requesting Nominations for Federal Advisory Committees	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	08/07/2009	107
NIST Requests Nominations for Federal Advisory Committees	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	08/05/2009	113
Security Remains a Top-Three IT Issue According to EDUCAUSE 2009 Current Issues Survey Results	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	07/31/2009	162
NACUA Virtual Seminar on HIPAA and the HITECH Act: New Compliance Obligations for Colleges and Universities	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	07/20/2009	199
Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	07/08/2009	195
ECAR Publishes New Occasional Paper on IT Security Officer Careers	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	07/01/2009	107
ECAR Publishes New Occasional Paper on IT Security Officer Careers	Lisa Gesner, EDUCAUSE	07/01/2009	405
National Campus Safety and Security Conference Observes That Attention to Cyber Disruptions Inadequate	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/28/2009	178
Institute for Computer Policy and Law (ICPL) Annual Seminar July 20-23	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/25/2009	114
Cybersecurity is Personal for President Obama, says Author of Cyber Review	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/22/2009	105
White House Cybersecurity Report Released Today!	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	05/29/2009	179

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