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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
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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...
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Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Management
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Cloud Computing Policy and Legal Issues
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March 16, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2010
As institutions explore alternative IT sourcing strategies, including cloud computing, there are a variety of policy and legal issues that must be carefully considered as part of the planning proce…
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Navigating the Web of Regulated Data
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January 14, 2010
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2010
In response to the data breach of over 38,000 Social Security numbers in January 2008, Georgetown University Information Services initiated a university-wide data inventory and campaign to address …
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Building a Standards-Based Information Security Program
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March 24, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009
Safeguarding IT assets and protecting community members' privacy is an important goal for colleges and universities. IT organizations play an important leadership role as information is increa…
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Information Security from the Ground Up
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March 23, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2009
In 2005 the University of Notre Dame suffered a serious incident that brought information security into the campus spotlight. In response, we partnered with a Big Four consulting firm to conduct a …
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Ferreting Out Sensitive Data
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March 10, 2009
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A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2009
FERPA, HIPAA, and red flag rules: we're swimming in an alphabet soup of federal regulations related to information privacy and prevention of identity theft. Learn how MIT approached the proble…
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Providing Secure Access to On and Off-Campus Resources: A Case Study in Federated Identity
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January 8, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009
The demand for secure access to a variety of resources both on and off campus continues to grow. These needs present new challenges for IT staff, as ease of access must be balanced with security an…
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Performing Risk Analysis and Testing: Outsource or In-House? A Towson University Case Study
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January 7, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009
To ensure that institutional systems are secure and meet payment card industry requirements, managers must perform regular risk tests on various systems across campus. When we lost our security eng…
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Implementing Data Encryption: Opportunities and Challenges
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January 7, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2009
This presentation will discuss the implementation of data encryption at Rutgers University. It will also include a review of the features and pros and cons of other encryption products to help atte…
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Lightning Round of Innovative Work and Projects
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March 18, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2008
Come learn about innovative work being done in the Midwest region at this brisk, lively showcase of five-minute presentations from ten of your peer institutions. Time will be allotted for Q&A, …
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Lancope
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March 18, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2008
Lancope is the provider of the StealthWatch System, a widely used network behavior analysis and response solution that unifies flow-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring to pro…
