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Information Security Guide: Effective Practices and Solutions for Higher Education
The Information Security Guide: Effective Practices and Solutions for Higher Education is a compendium of information providing guidance on effective approaches to the application of information security at institutions of higher education. It is a key publication of the Higher Education Information Security Council. The guide's content is actively maintained by a large group of volunteers who are information security practitioners at a variety of colleges and universities. The content itself is a rich combination of materials written for the guide, articles written for other publications, presentations from information security conferences, case studies, examples of processes, procedures, and forms used by various institutions, toolkits, hot topics, and references to a wide variety of other materials from EDUCAUSE and other sources. This infographic provides a quick overview of the guide.
Featured Resources of the Information Security Guide include:
- Confidential Data Handling Blueprint
- Data Classification Toolkit
- Data Incident Notification Toolkit
- Data Protection Contractual Language: Common Themes and Examples
- Guidelines for Data De-Identification or Anonymization
- Guidelines for Information Media Sanitization
- Electronic Records Management Toolkit
- Guidelines for Responding to Compulsory Legal Requests for Information
- Hot Topics (e.g., malware, mobile devices, and social networking)
- Information Security Governance
- National Cyber Security Awareness Month Resource Kit
- PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) Resource Page
- Risk Assessment Consultants List, Sample RFPs, and Tools List
- Risk Management Framework
- Security Awareness Quick Start Guide, Detailed Instruction Manual, and Speakers Bureau
- Top Information Security Concerns for Campus Executives and Data Stewards
- Top Information Security Concerns for HR Leaders & Process Participants - Protecting Your HR Assets
- Additional Toolkits
Updated October 2012
Latest News
InCommon will be heavily involved in a $1.8 million grant awarded to Internet2 to build a consistent and robust privacy infrastructure. Partners include Carnegie Mellon, Brown, University of Texas...
Virginia Tech has become the first identity provider to achieve Bronze and Silver certification as part of the InCommon Assurance Program.
The annual EDUCAUSE Conference in Denver will provide an opportunity to explore the range and depth of issues that campuses must consider as they build...
Find a variety of E12 security and privacy-related sessions in Denver or online.
NCSAM article in the latest EDUCAUSE Review offers resources and suggestions for campuses to support security awareness efforts in October.
Eve Maler, an expert on emerging identity and security at Forrester Research, discusses the past, present, and future of SAML in this webinar recording.
Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Management
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2007 Enterprise Conference: The Adaptable University
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June 15, 2007
This podcast features a keynote address from the 2007 Enterprise Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Our speaker is H. David Lambert , Vice President for Information Services and Chief Informatio…
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7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Security
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September 3, 2010
Cloud computing promises to provide considerable benefits for colleges and universities, including increased reliability and flexibility, with lower or more transparent costs. At the same time, c…
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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 Analysis and Res…
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A Model for Today: Partnering with Industry to Enhance Institutional Information Security Capabilities
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Many academic organizations are facing the same problems: an aging decentralized computing infrastructure, growing use of mobile devices, increasing use of network resources, and ever-present exter…
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A Successful Tool to Create Positive Change: Result of an IT Risk Assessment and Benchmark at Scandinavian Universities
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October 21, 2005
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference
Current cost pressures, technology changes, and new requirements meant that changes were needed in the way IT was managed at Scandinavian universities. This session will present results from an IT …
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A Systematic, Comprehensive Approach to Information Security
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July 6, 2005
Information security is a process of business risk management that must be performed on an ongoing basis. It is critical to take an approach to information security that examines the risks and s…
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A Tour of the Security Task Force's IT Risk Management Framework
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April 21, 2009
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A session at the Security 2009
No one can be oblivious to the data privacy and security risks that our institutions face these days. The real question is, what can we do about it? Most security experts agree that a fundamental s…
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A Unified Approach to Information Security Compliance
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January 1, 2006
© 2006 M. Peter Adler EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 5 (September/October 2006): 46–61 M. Peter Adler, JD, LLM, CISSP, CIPP, is the President of Adler InfoSec & Privacy Group LLC …
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A Web Tool to Assist Risk Assessment at the University of Florida
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May 5, 2008
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A session at the Security 2008
The University of Florida is implementing a risk assessment process using Achilles, an internally developed web application and specialized survey tool intended to facilitate the interview phase of…
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Addressing Complex Security Threats Through Risk Management
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May 6, 2008
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A session at the Security 2008
In this session, we will address the current cybersecurity issues that are challenging higher education leaders today as they try to stay on top of the risks associated with attacks on information …
