Cloud Security

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Cloud Security

Bring Your Own Cloud: Data Management Challenges in a Click-Through World

April 17, 2013 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference

Consumer cloud-based services are easy to set up, low cost, and familiar. It's understandable why clients would automatically turn to them for their data-storage needs. But what happens when…

Supporting High-Value, High-Risk Cloud Services with Federated Identity Management

April 16, 2013 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference

The community has good approaches for handling access to simple cloud or third-party services. But what about higher-value services that require access to sensitive data, such as medical or financi…

Third-Party Assessments: Not Just a Questionnaire

April 16, 2013 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference

Four years ago, Indiana University began assessing the security of cloud vendors and other third parties using a simple questionnaire. Over time, the process has matured to take advantage of IU…

Paper Is Out, Online Form Development Tools Are In

March 19, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference

Campus departments are looking to move their paper forms online. Many options exist for cloud no-code online forms development tools. Add this to existing enterprise solutions with online form and …

Taking Employee E-Mail to the Cloud with Office 365

January 16, 2013 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference

Prince George's Community College (PGCC) began an E-Mail Migration Project in spring 2012 to move employee e-mail from Novell GroupWise to Exchange/Outlook in the cloud (Microsoft Office 365…

Hot Topics and Emerging Issues: Cybersecurity in 2012 Note re audio: The Adobe Connect recording has audio for the first 8 minutes; go to the wav file under the Resources Tab for the remaining audio recording.

May 16, 2012

A four-person panel from diverse institutions will discuss the new and important security topics of the year including BYOD, blackhole DNS, research-computing security, cloud security, IPv6, and s…

Mobile and Cloud Security: Practical Applications of the Information Security Guide

May 16, 2012 | A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2012

As a security professional, have you been asked to evaluate or provide input on security for cloud computing or mobile technologies when neither is really your area of expertise? Don't panic! …

Mobile and Cloud Security: Practical Applications of the Information Security Guide

June 1, 2012 | A session at the Southeast Regional Conference

Have you been asked to evaluate or provide input on security for cloud computing or mobile technologies, but neither of these is really your area of expertise? Don't panic! Use the Informati…

The Cloud or Bust

February 14, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting

The advent of cloud computing and the proliferation of mobile devices have sparked the imagination of faculty and students but challenged many of our traditional support structures. This panel will…

Leverage the Cloud + Leverage In-House + Improve Security = Save Money

January 11, 2012 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2012

The University of Maryland in Baltimore had to replace its in-house student e-mail system. Our students wanted Google. We had concerns with security as well as compliance requirements such as HIPAA…