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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.
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Awareness
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Awareness Is the Key to Security
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January 1, 2003
Security awareness is the knowledge of potential threats and the ability to anticipate what types of security issues and incidents staff may face in the routine of their job functions. Technology a…
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Baylor University's IT Security Risk Assessment Program
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October 12, 2006
This case study examines Baylor University's risk assessment program for information technology security, which was established in the face of the escalating demands that security places on …
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Beating a Dead (Trojan) Horse: Finding New Ways to Communicate the Same Security Message
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February 24, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2009
Communicating with institutional customers about safeguarding their private and personal information, preventing digital copyright infringement, and increasing their awareness of a hostile Ethernet…
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Best Practices for User Education
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January 1, 2003
Raising the information security consciousness of our students, faculty, and staff is a difficult challenge that must be met in order to successfully achieve our information security goals. This in…
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Breakout Session Reports
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December 13, 2005
A brief report from each of the five breakout session leads A brief report from each of the five breakout session leads …
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Briefing to CSIS Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency
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March 13, 2008
This "Briefing to CSIS Commission on Cyber Security for the 44 th Presidency" By Rodney Petersen and Jack Suess on behalf of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 IT Security Task Force was present…
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Building a Campus DShield
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April 11, 2006
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A session at the Security 2006
The DShield project is a component of the Internet Storm Center: host systems submit copies of their firewall logs to a central facility database. This presentation describes how to create a local …
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Building a Culture of Security
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April 4, 2005
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A session at the Security 2005
It's not enough to write great policy or to reconfigure and secure the network. The only way to protect the campus computing environment is to build a culture of security, one individual at a …
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Security Awareness Program: What You Need to Know
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April 26, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2006
Building and sustaining an awareness program is difficult. Involving key people, understanding your audience, and communicating technical messages to the average user in a creative manner are vital…
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Campus and National Approaches to Improving Cyber Security Awareness
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January 1, 2004
The solutions necessary to improve cyber security require a combination of approaches that involve people, processes, and technology. Consequently, a key ingredient to any cyber security strategy…
