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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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The Titan Cloud: CSU Fullerton's Virtual Computing Infrastructure Implementation
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October 21, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
How do you go about enabling your faculty, students, and staff to access your enterprise software anytime, anywhere? For California State University, Fullerton, the answer was to utilize the Apache…
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Do They Measure Up? Assessing the Security Posture of Third-Party Service Providers
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October 21, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Institutions are increasingly gaining efficiencies and reducing costs by using third parties to host institution-owned data. How do we assess incremental risk of this approach? How can we ensure ad…
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There's a Party in Security and Everyone's Invited
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October 21, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
The increase of security threats on campuses and the tightening of budgets require IT security programs to get creative. How do you balance the reactive work with the proactive initiatives? The Uni…
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Reducing the Cost of PCI Compliance
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October 20, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Credit card payments are prevalent throughout university campuses and websites. Achieving PCI compliance is aggravated by the scope-related complexities of a typical cyberinfrastructure. This ses…
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New Architectural Models for Central Academic Tools and Services
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October 20, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
This session will present an emerging architecture to seamlessly deliver best-in-breed enterprise academic technology tools unifying core utilities, front-end functionality, cross-application group…
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Building a Network Control Strategy for Your Campus
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October 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Many universities have homegrown network security solutions that are unsuited for today's sophisticated threats. This session will describe how Pepperdine built a better network control strate…
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Steps to a Cloud-Ready Data Center
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October 13, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Current data center networks limit scalability and flexibility. This session will present a three-step approach to a cloud-ready data center: simplify, share, secure. Simplify by creating simple, s…
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Seminar 09P - Implementing Kuali Identity Management at Your Institution
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October 12, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Kuali Identity Management (KIM) is a module of the Kuali Rice framework that provides central identity and access management services. Implementing KIM is an essential part of any implementation of…
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HEISC Community Update
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October 12, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Learn more about the initiatives of the Higher Education Information Security Council. We will feature a project to adopt a standardized and cost-effective approach to evaluate the security of cont…
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Leveraging Community Resources for Securing Small and Midsized Institutions
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October 15, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2010 Annual Conference
Small and midsized institutions face many of the same security challenges as large institutions but often have fewer dedicated security staff. This session will focus on the resources and services,…
