Firewalls

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Firewalls

Information Security

June 14, 2013

This Spotlight focuses on data from the 2012 Core Data Service (CDS) to better understand how higher education institutions approach information security activities. Information provided …

Are You Paying Attention to the Character Behind the (Layer 7) Curtain?

January 12, 2011 | A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2011

Many bad guys revised their attack methodology during 2010. Roughly 80% of attacks are now initiated through the web application layer 7 vulnerabilities, yet most higher ed Institutions allocate le…

RFP Template for Information Security Projects

November 10, 2009

This Request For Proposal template was created to help organizations identify and select a quality security vendor to perform professional services work. It also lists questions organizations sho…

Securing Campus Web Applications with Vulnerability Scanning and Web Application Firewalls

November 5, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference

Web application firewalls (WAFs) and penetration testing are excellent ways to secure your environment while meeting PCI-DSS requirements. This session will focus on our experience with each tool, …

Enhancing Application Security With a Web Application Firewall

February 17, 2011

UC Irvine has done extensive research in comparing the many different options short of physically testing each appliance. After meeting with each vendor, UC Irvine asked them to send a completed …

Web Application Firewalls at SCSU: Why and How

April 21, 2009 | A session at the Security 2009

Several years ago most people didn't have any idea what a web application firewall (WAF) was or why one might be needed. We will talk about the events that brought WAFs off St. Cloud State Uni…

Digital Self Defense Workshops

January 24, 2008

The Rochester Institute of Technology provides security awareness online workshops on protecting your computer and yourself from outside online intruders, and other data security information hand…

Border Patrol: Access Denied!

October 25, 2007 | 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…

Open Source Security Tools at Maricopa Community Colleges

January 1, 2004

The Maricopa Community Colleges consist of 10 colleges, two skill centers, and many college satellite centers, including classes being held at the Arizona state prison. More than 200,000 students…

Force10 Networks - Is Open Source Key to High-Speed Security?

April 11, 2007 | A session at the Security 2007

As network speed has increased over the past three years, security has failed to keep pace. Traditional firewalls and intrusion protection systems can't handle proprietary rule sets or increas…