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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Data Security
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Department of Education Initiatives for Data and Information Protection
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October 19, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
It's imperative for institutions of higher education to protect personally identifiable information (PII), especially in the context of student financial aid. Officials from the U.S. Departmen…
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Cornell University Accepting Credit Cards to Conduct University Business
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February 10, 2011
This is Cornell University's policy on Accepting Credit Cards to Conduct University Business. This is Cornell University's policy on …
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Unviersity of Minnesota Accepting Revenue Via Payment Cards
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January 4, 2010
This is the Unviersity of Minnesota policy on Accepting Revenue Via Payment Cards. This is the Unviersity of Minnesota policy on Accepting Reve…
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Unviersity of Utah Policy on Payment Card Acceptance
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August 23, 2009
This policy governs the acceptance of payment cards (e.g. Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover) by the University of Utah. This pol…
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KUMC Payment Card Acceptance Operational Protocol (PCI)
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March 13, 2011
The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) PCI DSS policy seeks to apply best security practices to protect against the exposure and possible theft of account and personal cardholder informa…
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EDUCAUSE Comments on Proposed FERPA Rules (May 23, 2011)
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May 23, 2011
This May 23, 2011 letter to the Department of EDUCATION includes comments from EDUCAUSE on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). T…
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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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Data Security: It's All About the Desktop
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October 20, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Data is only as secure as the weakest link. After experiencing our share of computer thefts, viruses, and simple carelessness at Vassar, we are implementing a broad spectrum of desktop technologies…
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Access to Data Tomorrow Means Good Data Management Today
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October 20, 2011
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Data management is the foundation for scholarly research. Publishers and funding agencies are increasingly requiring researchers to share their data. Having a data management plan fulfills federal …
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Security for Mobile Computing and Storage Device Policy
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April 6, 2011
This Security for Mobile Computing and Storage Device Policy within the Connecticut Community Colleges (“CCC”) is established to ensure the security of Protected Confidential Information (…
