Network Vulnerability Assessment

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Network Vulnerability Assessment

Information Security Program Assessment Tool

April 15, 2013

This self-assessment tool was created to evaluate the maturity of higher education information security programs using as a framework the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 2700…

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…

Improving Security Event Correlation and Analysis Using Intelligent Agents

April 22, 2009 | A session at the Security 2009

Attacks on computer resources are security events that are more complex and difficult to quickly and effectively collect, analyze, and respond to. This presentation will explain how the use of inte…

Building and Maintaining a Successful Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management Program

April 2, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2008

The practice of information assurance in a university computing environment requires a well-established patch management system, balanced with a vulnerability assessment process to effectively prot…

Network Registration System Scanner

January 1, 2004

As of fall 2003, the University of Connecticut network consists of approximately 20,000 hosts, 11,000 of which are in the residential halls. Our commercial Internet link is about 200 Mbps, and th…

Collaborative Information Security Project – Vulnerability Assessments

January 1, 2004

In 2001, five California community colleges and state universities began collaborating to address mutual security needs through a Title V grant. These institutions first came together as members …

Lessons Learned from RIT’s First Security Posture Assessment

January 1, 2004

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is the 11th largest private university in the United States with approximately 22,500 hosts on our network. We have one of the largest computer science and…

Five-Year Rotating Audit Focus Based on Risk Assessment at Georgia Tech

January 1, 2004

Georgia Tech operates one of the most complex networks in the world. The institute has more than 30,000 machines accessing the backbone daily. Most legacy, state-of-the-market, and state-of-the-a…

Integrating Vulnerability Scanning with Web Authentication

January 1, 2004

During fall 2003, a large scale Internet worm (W32.Blaster) exploited a widely known Windows operating system vulnerability throughout academic institutions in the United States. This worm infect…

Honeypots as a Tool to Improve Incident Response Readiness at USP

April 12, 2007 | A session at the Security 2007

A honeypot network was deployed in the main campuses of USP. This presentation will discuss how these honeypots were configured, as well as the initiative's impact on the perception of inciden…