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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...
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Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Cybersecurity
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Navigating the Web of Regulated Data
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January 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2010
In response to the data breach of over 38,000 Social Security numbers in January 2008, Georgetown University Information Services initiated a university-wide data inventory and campaign to address …
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The Need for Collaboration: Mobile and Secure Ubiquitous Access in Heterogeneous Environments
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June 2, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2009
Come hear how students, faculty, and staff can enhance their ability to collaborate more effectively in a unique community and access educational applications anywhere, anytime using Secure Global …
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Building a Standards-Based Information Security Program
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March 24, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009
Safeguarding IT assets and protecting community members' privacy is an important goal for colleges and universities. IT organizations play an important leadership role as information is increa…
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Information Security from the Ground Up
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March 23, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009
In 2005 the University of Notre Dame suffered a serious incident that brought information security into the campus spotlight. In response, we partnered with a Big Four consulting firm to conduct a …
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Federating Identity to Support Collaboration in the CIC
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March 24, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009
Member schools of CIC, the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, have joined the InCommon Federation and are federating their first application together! CICme, the CIC's online collaboratio…
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Ferreting Out Sensitive Data
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March 10, 2009
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2009
FERPA, HIPAA, and red flag rules: we're swimming in an alphabet soup of federal regulations related to information privacy and prevention of identity theft. Learn how MIT approached the proble…
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Moving to Open-Source Identity Management with MACE Grouper, Shibboleth, and OpenRegistry
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March 10, 2009
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2009
Like many higher education institutions, Brown and Rutgers evolved homegrown identity management over the years. In response to growing demand for greater access to IdM services, both universities …
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Providing Secure Access to On and Off-Campus Resources: A Case Study in Federated Identity
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January 8, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009
The demand for secure access to a variety of resources both on and off campus continues to grow. These needs present new challenges for IT staff, as ease of access must be balanced with security an…
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Performing Risk Analysis and Testing: Outsource or In-House? A Towson University Case Study
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January 7, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009
To ensure that institutional systems are secure and meet payment card industry requirements, managers must perform regular risk tests on various systems across campus. When we lost our security eng…
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Identity and Access Management
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January 7, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009
More universities are implementing advanced enterprise access management systems as a component of central identity management. University of Pennsylvania built on Internet2's Grouper Groups M…
