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New Cyber Threats Put Higher Education in the Crosshairs

October 1, 2010

Cyber criminals and nation states have changed the game in computer attacks. Because of three special characteristics of colleges, they become a favorite target. In this fast-paced briefing you&#…

EDUCAUSE Member Update and Input Session - September 7, 2010

September 7, 2010

This is an archive of President Oblinger's online discussion of EDUCAUSE plans for this fall’s annual conference. Other topics to be discussed include ACTI, InCommon, DNSSEC, EDUCAUSE Revi…

DNSSEC for the .edu Domain

April 29, 2010

The Domain Name System (DNS) was built without security, leaving Internet traffic exposed to forged DNS data, which, among other things, allows the spoofing of addresses to redirect traffic to ma…

Trends in Malicious Code on the Internet

January 1, 2006

The presentation will identify the FBI's role in combating malicious code outbreaks and investigating computer intrusion incidents, as well as the objectives of malware analysis. The malicio…

A Tale of Two Tracks: Social Engineering Your Students and Detecting Bots with DNS

January 1, 2006

High-speed connections and lots of personal computers make campus networks target-rich environments for malware and botnet recruitment. Without a policy enforcement tool to manage student connect…

PKI Implementation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

January 1, 2006

This session provides a practical example of how the University of Wisconsin–Madison researched various PKI system models and deployed a managed solution to issue digital certificates to encryp…

Advantages and Challenges of Network Quarantine

January 1, 2006

This discussion provides an overview of the capabilities of Cornell's Network Quarantine solutions, outlines the objects and requirements that supported the decision to invest in this soluti…

Wireless Security with 802.1x

January 1, 2005

The 802.1x standard has recently become a viable option for providing true wireless network security. When deployed properly, 802.1x can authenticate wireless users and provide robust over-the-ai…

Improving Security Through Automated Policy Enforcement

January 1, 2004

The growing threat and impact of computer worms and viruses has forced many institutions to look for automated solutions to improve the security of devices that connect to campus networks. The co…

PKI: A Technology Whose Time Has Come in Higher Education

January 1, 2004

Mark Franklin will explore how PKI addresses many of higher education's increasingly urgent needs for cyber security, presenting his vision for using it to enable strong and universal digita…