Security Awareness

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Awareness

Tune In January 4 -- Launch of Data Privacy Month for Higher Education

December 20, 2011

This free hour-long session, “ Launch of Data Privacy Month for Higher Education ,” will introduce the new privacy awareness campaign, highlight federal government efforts, and describe hi…

Starting from Scratch: IT Security at LSU

November 4, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference

LSU established an IT Security and Policy Office in the fall of 2005. This presentation will illustrate how LSU developed a strategy to tighten the security of its infrastructure by establishing po…

Seminar 15P - Security Awareness for the Net Generation

November 3, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference

While today's students are more knowledgeable and comfortable with the Internet and computer technology than previous generations, they do not necessarily have the skills or exhibit behaviors …

Results of the National Campus Safety and Security Project Survey

July 17, 2009

Emergency preparedness is a priority for all colleges and universities, with a large majority reporting that they have instituted campus-wide emergency preparedness plans covering a wide spectrum…

Leveraging Resources in Building Your Information Security Program

April 22, 2009 | A session at the Security 2009

This talk addresses key information security building blocks and how to leverage campus and other resources in developing and supporting these programs. Physical security, risk assessment and audit…

Together We Can Do More: Working with Distributed IT to Promote Campus Information Security

April 21, 2009 | A session at the Security 2009

Purdue University formed a Security Officers Working Group with members from centralized and departmental IT units in July 2005. This presentation will discuss the organization's formation and…

Soft-Selling Tough Issues

April 22, 2009 | A session at the Security 2009

Louisiana State University's IT communications and security officers join forces to effectively educate campus populations about IT security threats, IT policies, and best practices. …

Beating a Dead (Trojan) Horse: Finding New Ways to Communicate the Same Security Message

February 24, 2009 | 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…

Top 10 Threats to Computer Systems Include Professors and Students

December 17, 2008

College network security staff are findign the weakest part of a campus network is the users, including professors and students, who carelessly give out their passwords or leave important informa…

Tune In October 4 -- Cybersecurity as a Shared Responsibility: Stop, Think, and Connect

September 27, 2011

In this free hour-long session, “ Cybersecurity as a Shared Responsibility: Stop, Think, and Connect ,” Swartz, Conrad, Hampden, Menna, and Norin will talk about international and national…