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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
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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.
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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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Data Custodians, It's 11 p.m.: Do You Know Where Your Confidential Data Is?
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March 20, 2013
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A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Many campuses find that the proliferation and continued storage of confidential data on desktop and laptop computers to be one of their top security risks. In combination with policy and awareness …
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Making Information Security a Shared Responsibility at Harvard Business School
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March 29, 2011
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2011
With increasing legislative attention to personal privacy and data protection, a successful information security program must be centered on the shared responsibilities of individuals within the or…
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Seminar 01A - IT Security in Higher Education: Prepare, Prevent, Protect-It's Everyone's Responsibility! PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee are required to attend this seminar.
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March 28, 2011
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2011
This seminar will be presented by a group of information security experts who will discuss the four basic components of security: prevention, detection, response and recovery. Prevention is the are…
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Effective Incident Response Strategies for Managing Sensitive Data Incidents
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March 10, 2010
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2010
In 2009, MIT's Data Incident Response Team (DIRT) experienced a surge of reports of suspected sensitive data exposure incidents. As awareness of the new Massachusetts Data Breach Notification …
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Digital Self-Defense Training for Students, Faculty, and Staff
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March 9, 2010
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2010
Internet-based learning, teaching, and scholarship are not limited to classrooms and laboratories anymore. They also occur in wireless hotspots, Internet cafés, hotels and hostels, off-campus resi…
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It's Past Midnight: Do You Know Where Your Data Are?
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March 17, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2008
Since instituting a mandatory review and approval process for all contracts involving IT, we've become aware of how few people know how to prepare a good contract and how few contracts truly p…
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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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Seminar 3P - A Blueprint for Handling Sensitive Data: Security, Privacy, and Other Considerations PLEASE NOTE: Separate registration and fee are required to attend this seminar.
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March 19, 2007
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 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 Applied Researc…
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Cyber Security Haunted House: Creating a New Approach to Reach Students
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March 12, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2007
The month of October provides an exciting theme to leverage the message of security awareness. Indiana State University--along with its traditional marketing and information tools of newspaper ads,…
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Integration Through Participation: Security Is Everyone's Business
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January 17, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2007
How many people does the IT security staff serve? Thousands. Policies are needed and great to have, but the reality is that IT security depends on all users. We'll review security related poli…
