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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.
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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...
Virginia Tech has become the first identity provider to achieve Bronze and Silver certification as part of the InCommon Assurance Program.
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...
Find a variety of E12 security and privacy-related sessions in Denver or online.
Find resources and see what other campuses are doing this October for NCSAM.
NCSAM article in the latest EDUCAUSE Review offers resources and suggestions for campuses to support security awareness efforts in October.
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Cybersecurity
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A Unified Digital Campus: Marshall University's Solution
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January 1, 2003
Marshall University evolved from providing Web-based services requiring separate authentication processes and ongoing data synchronization schemes to a unified digital campus. This presentation ill…
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A Vision for Identity and Access Management in Higher Education
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November 5, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference
Access to electronic institutional resources requires a robust identity management system, including processes for federation of credentials and services. This session will provide a vision for ide…
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A Wireless Identity Management Kiosk
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October 20, 2005
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference
More than 50% of all calls to IT help desks deal with password resets. We will describe an in-house-developed, wireless kiosk application that leverages off our campus identity card system and allo…
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Advanced Core Technologies Initiative (ACTI) Prospectus
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September 30, 2010
EDUCAUSE is launching a new program called the Advanced Core Technologies Initiative (ACTI). A primary goal of ACTI is to help higher education institutions, with varying capabilities and resour…
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Applying Data Governance in Identity Management: To Serve and Protect
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October 29, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
An identity management system often becomes a critical source of information for electronic services. Demands for data can result in tension between those who collect and safeguard the data and tho…
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Authenticated Network Access (ANA)
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January 1, 2001
The University of Utah, like many peer institutions, has a growing need to support general access network ports and wireless mobile computing applications. With the recent addition of the Universit…
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Balancing Security and Opportunity: Moving Forward on an Access Management Strategy
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October 29, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
Enterprise authorization requires the management of group, role, and privilege information to ensure consistent access policy across applications. This session will compare and contrast how multipl…
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Banner Identity Integration with Active Directory
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October 13, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
College system–wide identity integration and management has long been a strategic IT goal for St. Louis Community College. STLCC's Technology and Educational Support Services Division recent…
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Border Patrol: Access Denied!
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October 25, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
The University of Notre Dame recently changed its network border policy to deny most unsolicited network traffic from the Internet. A small set of services like the Web, secure shell, and VPN are a…
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Collaboration in a Competitive Environment: Sustaining Success Through Sharing Services
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October 15, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
JISC uses public funds to provide national shared IT services to all the U.K. universities including the U.K.-wide education and research network, SuperJanet, an authentication and authorization sy…
