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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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Teens, Social Media, and Privacy
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May 21, 2013
According to this May 2013 Pew Survey, teens share more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-te…
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Overcoming Hurdles to Social Media in Education
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April 1, 2013
Key Takeaways According to a recent study, 100 percent of colleges and universities surveyed use social media , but instructors use it far less for teaching than they do for per…
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2012 CDS Executive Summary Report
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January 24, 2013
This report summarizes results from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey. Using a matched set of 616 CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions, this year’s report is a detaile…
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Enterprise IT, E-Learning, and Transformation: Prospects in Higher Education
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October 3, 2012
Which way to Millinocket? " Well, you can go west to the next intersection ," a Mainer explains, ". . . get onto the turnpike, go north through the toll gate at Augusta, �…
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Using Flickr for Media-Rich Classes
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October 3, 2012
Key Takeaways When teaching and learning revolve around images, the way that a learning management system buries images as a discussion develops hinders the image flow so cruci…
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Virtualization Increases Institutional Knowledge of Student Learning Activities
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July 18, 2012
Abelardo Pardo is Associate Professor at the University Carlos III of Madrid. Key Takeaways By asking students to install a virtual appliance (a computer within…
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The EDUCAUSE 2011 Core Data Service Report: Highlights and Insights into Higher Education Information Technology
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January 31, 2012
Authors: Susan Grajek , Vice President for Data, Research, and Analytics, EDUCAUSE Pam Arroway , Senior Statistician, EDUCAUSE This report summarizes results from the 2011 EDUC…
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That Was The Year That Was, 2011
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January 9, 2012
So, what did the EDUCAUSE Policy group in Washington do in 2011? In general, we did what we've always done: worked closely with our campus constituents to understand and provide assistance…
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Penetrating the Fog: Analytics in Learning and Education
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September 12, 2011
George Siemens ( gsiemens@gmail.com ) is with the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University. Phil Long ( longpd@uq.edu.au ) is a Professor in the Schools of …
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Mobile Computing 5-Day Sprint—Summary
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June 3, 2011
This EDUCAUSE brief summarizes the main themes from the EDUCAUSE Mobile Computing 5-Day Sprint, held April 25–29, 2011. This learning experience brought together presenters and hundreds of par…
