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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
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Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Management
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Are universities protecting students from the RIAA?
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October 18, 2007
The author suggests that schools may be purposely not retaining IP logging data on students to protect them from copyright infringement lawsuits. …
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Awareness and Outreach Task Force Report to the National Cyber Security Partnership - Executive Summary
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January 1, 2004
The mission of the task force is to promote a comprehensive national awareness program to empower all Americans—businesses, the general workforce, and the general population—to secure their ow…
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Bagels and Schmear: Cybersecurity Planning and Statutory Compliance for Homeland Security Research Initiatives
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April 11, 2006
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A session at the Security 2006
Positioning a research organization for statutory compliance where select agents are the primary component requires extensive planning and partnering between academic research areas and enterprise …
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Balancing Privacy and Security in Times of Cyberterror
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January 18, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2007
Some 230 years ago, Patrick Henry aid, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Kansas Senator Patrick Roberts recently said, "You have no civil liberties if you're dead." This…
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Balancing Privacy and Security in Times of Cyberterror
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February 22, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2007
Some 230 years ago, Patrick Henry said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!" Kansas Senator Patrick Roberts recently said, "You have no civil liberties if you're dead." Thi…
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Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror
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March 21, 2007
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2007
Technology gives us the ability to create a surveillance society beyond anything Orwell could have imagined. Our limitations are no longer external but internal: We must choose how much privacy we&…
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Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror
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March 13, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2007
Technology gives us the ability to create a surveillance society beyond anything Orwell could have imagined. Our limitations are no longer external but internal: We must choose how much privacy we&…
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Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror
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October 21, 2004
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2004 Annual Conference
After the 9/11 terror attacks, the free world of cyberspace now includes walls, barriers, and checkpoints. How do we retain the benefits of an open Internet in the face of constant attacks? What�…
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Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror
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April 28, 2005
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2005
After the 9/11 terror attacks, the free world of cyberspace now includes walls, barriers, and checkpoints. How do we retain the benefits of an open Internet in the face of constant attacks? What�…
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Balancing Security and Privacy in Times of Cyberterror
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May 8, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2007
Technology gives us the ability to create a surveillance society beyond anything Orwell could have imagined. Our limitations are no longer external but internal: We must choose how much privacy we&…
