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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.
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InCommon will be heavily involved in a $1.8 million grant awarded to Internet2 to build a consistent and robust privacy infrastructure. Partners include Carnegie Mellon, Brown, University of Texas...
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The annual EDUCAUSE Conference in Denver will provide an opportunity to explore the range and depth of issues that campuses must consider as they build...
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Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Cybersecurity
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IAM Working Group Community Update
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October 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
The Identity and Access Management Working Group provides community leadership on topics related to identity and access management, including policies, processes, technologies, and effective practi…
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Seminar 03P - Creative Sourcing for Small Schools: Managing Access to Off-Campus Service Providers PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.
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October 28, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
Small schools typically have fewer IT staff and resources to address a business challenge and need to think creatively about how to support the growing number of applications their constituents are…
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Implementing Web Access Management at the University of Guelph
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October 29, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
The University of Guelph, a midsize comprehensive university, is converting its IT services to central authentication and authorization. The university is participating in a Shibboleth pilot with t…
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Seminar 01F - Architecting the Institutional Directory Service: Advanced Issues, Problems, and Solutions PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.
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October 23, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Institutional directory service architects and designers face a number of unique technical challenges in higher education. Directory architects from the University of Southern California and the Un…
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Leveraging Your Existing Campus Systems to Access Partner Resources: Federated Identity Management and Tales of Campus Participation
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October 12, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference
Campuses can leverage investments in single-sign-on systems to access external systems and information resources partners. Panelists will explain InCommon federation participation, what it means fo…
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Voyage of the U.K. JISC Federation: Shibbolizing the U.K.'s Research, Higher, and Further Education
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October 10, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference
The U.K. education and research sectors are adopting Shibboleth software for federated access management. This panel will describe the voyage thus far from the perspectives of the strategic funding…
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Seminar 08P - Deploying Shibboleth: Technical Requirements, Policy Issues, and Case Studies PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee is required to attend this seminar.
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October 9, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference
Interested in using Shibboleth as your Web single sign-on (SSO)? This session will provide an overview of the management issues involved in deploying the Shibboleth system as an intra- or inter-cam…
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Seismic Changes in Secure Access Management
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October 11, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference
Patron attribution is becoming a key issue within institutions for access to electronic resources. Institutions are increasingly required to categorize their members. Newly emerging technologies su…
