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The Higher Education Information Security Council offers a variety of cybersecurity awareness resources for colleges and universities that can be adapted to fit the needs of your campus for campaigns during student orientations, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) each October, and throughout the year.
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Find resources and see what other campuses are doing this October for NCSAM.
NCSAM article in the latest EDUCAUSE Review offers resources and suggestions for campuses to support security awareness efforts in October.
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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Awareness
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"Caught in the Act" Raising Student Awareness of Safe Computing Practices
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January 1, 2004
In the past three years, computer security incidents at higher education institutions have increased tremendously, and the University of Buffalo (UB) is no exception. Students have lost UB IT acc…
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"Cyber Security on Campus" Executive Awareness Video
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January 1, 2005
Presidents Freeman Hrabowski from UMBC and Alan Merten from George Mason University collaborated with their CIOs, Jack Suess and Joy Hughes, respectively, to produce a provocative video on the re…
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"Securing the Human" on Your Campus: How To Successfully Deploy Your Security Awareness Program
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April 5, 2011
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference 2011
There is an old adage, "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link." During the past decade, as server-side vulnerabilities have been reduced and perimeter defenses have improved, huma…
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2002 Annual Gartner-EDUCAUSE Update
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January 1, 2002
Academic institutions naturally wish to encourage a creative IT environment, but in a post-September 11 world, higher education institutions must work for a better balance between IT freedom and re…
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2008 National Cybersafety, Cybersecurity, Cyberethics Baseline Study
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November 18, 2008
Study of the state of Cybersecurity, Cybersafety, and Cyberethics education in K-12 classrooms, including teacher preparedness to teach topics. S…
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2011 Security Professionals Online Conference: View Program, Register Now
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March 4, 2011
Unable to attend the 2011 Security Professionals Conference in person this year? You can now learn and network with colleagues without leaving your campus. Program details are now available f…
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6th Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month Kicked-Off by Secretary of DHS
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October 2, 2009
National Cyber Security Awareness Month was kicked-off on October 1st at an event held in Washington, D.C., attended by Secretary Napolitano from the Department of Homeland Security and other dig…
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7 Things You Should Know About Mobile Security
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March 17, 2011
Very small computing devices represent a new frontier in the computer security war. Mobile devices amplify existing security concerns while introducing a new set of risks, but most people have …
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A Blueprint for Handling Sensitive Data: Security, Privacy, and Other Considerations
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January 1, 2007
Information security risks at colleges and universities present challenging legal, policy, technical, and operational issues. According to a recent study by the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research…
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A Cybersecurity Agenda for the Next President
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May 7, 2008
There has been much improvement in securing cyberspace in the last five years, but much still needs to be done. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has established a Commissio…
