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Information technology policy is impacted by a wide range of perspectives from international, national, state, and campus levels. This resource page underscores the connections among these different levels and how international organizations, Congress, federal agencies, state governments, and the courts all play a role in shaping IT policy and law, as well as why this matters to higher education. Campus policies, whether developed to comply with legal mandates or to formalize institutional norms and processes, are under constant development and review as a result of changes precipitated by the introduction of new information technologies.

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The Use of Social Security Numbers in California Colleges and Universities: July 1, 2010

The author's stated intention was "to minimize both the collection and storage of [the SSN] at colleges and universities, given the odds of it being released to unauthorized viewers, b…
Higher Education Information Security Council 2012–2013 Strategic Plan: February 24, 2012

The HEISC mission is to improve information security, data protection, and privacy programs across the higher education sector through its working groups of volunteers and professional EDUCAUSE s…
Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing: December 18, 2009

Adopting cloud computing is a complex decision involving many factors. It is the Cloud Security Alliance hope that the guidance contained in this work will help others better understand what que…
"The Right to Be Let Alone": February 4, 2010

© 2010 Kent Wada. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa…
Sen. Bill Would Make State Data Systems, Not IPEDs, Focus of Student Data Reporting: February 24, 2012

Earlier this month, U. S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the “Student Right to Know Before You Go” Act (Senate Bill 2098) , which proposes to give students, their families, and th…
Colleges Warily Turn Sensitive E-Mail Over to Outside Companies: September 22, 2009

Colleges began trying such free services for students a couple of years ago, but most college technology leaders thought they would never put their most sensitive accounts on the systems as well.…
A Comprehensive Approach to Data Privacy and Security: November 6, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference
As institutions of higher education move from a reactive to a proactive approach to addressing information security, they recognize that both prevention and response capabilities are required as pa…
January is Data Privacy Month: Free Webinars and Easy Ways to Increase Awareness: December 7, 2011

You know the importance of protecting personal identities and the effects social media can have on privacy, but does everyone on your campus? During the month of January, EDUCAUSE is expanding o…
Ferreting Out Sensitive Data: March 10, 2009 | 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…
Information Confidentiality: March 11, 2009

Protecting information confidentiality is a critical security objective for all colleges and universities. Institutions must deploy confidentiality controls in addition to security controls, and…

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