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Introduction
Awareness and training are critical at all stages and levels of information security. For example, upper management needs to learn about the institutional risks; users must be taught how to defend themselves against malicious code; system and network administrators require training to help them maintain and improve the security of the systems they oversee; and information security support staff must be well-versed in all of these areas and have a solid understanding of vulnerability assessment, intrusion detection, incident response, encryption, and authentication.
Resources Developed by the Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC)
- Cybersecurity Awareness Resource Library
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- National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) Resource Kit
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College and University Education and Awareness Programs and Resources
- Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI) CERT Coordination Center Resources for CSIRTs (Computer Security Incident Response Teams)
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Updated October 2012
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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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Security Standards: Complexity Is the Enemy of Security
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March 12, 2008
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2008
Everyone wants to know how to "be secure." The myriad higher ed compliance requirements, coupled with a constantly dynamic attacker strategy, have made this question more difficult than e…
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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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Digital Self Defense Workshops
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January 24, 2008
The Rochester Institute of Technology provides security awareness online workshops on protecting your computer and yourself from outside online intruders, and other data security information hand…
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Lassoing the Beast: How a Large, Diverse University Is Wrapping Its Arms Around Confidential Data
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October 26, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Penn designed the security and privacy impact assessment (SPIA) process and tool to raise awareness about where confidential data reside and to assess risks in seven major threat areas, which can b…
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Advancing Digital Self-Defense: Establishing a Culture of Security Awareness at RIT
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October 24, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Good user awareness is key to good information security practice. Learn how we're working to create security awareness and encourage standards compliance at Rochester Institute of Technology t…
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Training Your Staff to Protect SIS Data
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September 5, 2007
"No matter how robust your firewall, trained faculty and staff are your first line of defense against system breaches." "No matter…
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Committee Holds Hearing on Inadvertent File Sharing over Peer-to-Peer Networks
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July 24, 2007
On Tuesday, July 24, 2007, the Committee held a hearing to examine recent developments regarding inadvertent file sharing over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, the impact of such sharing on consumers…
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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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Computer Security Awareness Videos - Contest Winners 2007
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January 1, 2007
The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force and the National Cyber Security Alliance have chosen the winners of a computer security awareness video contest, which was held as pa…
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Danger, Internet Ahead! User Awareness Without a Lot of Jargon
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April 11, 2007
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A session at the Security 2007
Danger, Internet Ahead! is a user-awareness presentation designed for Cornell University workstation users without technical backgrounds. Anecdotes and simple illustrations of how hacking works hel…
