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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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How to Think Like a Risk Manager
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April 17, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Having heard the enterprise risk management (ERM) panel, you are now wondering what is going on in the risk management department across the street from your office, how they view you and your issu…
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The Enemy Is Us: Doing the Work of Information Security Better
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April 17, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Within information security departments, staff often get so bogged down in "getting the job done" that they can never assess how they are doing their job and whether they can do anything …
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Supporting High-Value, High-Risk Cloud Services with Federated Identity Management
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
The community has good approaches for handling access to simple cloud or third-party services. But what about higher-value services that require access to sensitive data, such as medical or financi…
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IT Compliance Framework for Institutions of Higher Ed
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Institutions of higher education are increasingly expected to comply with various regulatory requirements specifically focused at data privacy and protection. Sometimes there could be overlap in ef…
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Third-Party Assessments: Not Just a Questionnaire
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Four years ago, Indiana University began assessing the security of cloud vendors and other third parties using a simple questionnaire. Over time, the process has matured to take advantage of IU…
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Rapid Windows Analysis
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Sometimes IT professionals can't perform a full analysis of every system that is suspected of being compromised in a timely manner. This presentation will give IT pros some tips on performing …
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Using Students to Pen Test Your Network (for Credit)
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
We taught CMSC498L, an undergraduate class on penetration testing entitled "Secure Maryland" in spring 2012. The main novelty of the class was that students were able to discover, probe…
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A Pragmatic Information Security Program for Small Institutions
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
When no one has "information security" in their job title, how can a small institution develop (and maintain) a reasonable IT security profile? An institution's information security …
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What's Your Number? Measuring the Maturity of Your Security Program with HEISC's New Assessment Tool
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Do you know how mature your security program is? EDUCAUSE has developed an enhanced information security program assessment tool to help you gauge your program. A panel of several early adopters …
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Information Security or Identity and Access Management?
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April 16, 2013
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A session at the Security Professionals Conference
Information security shares a complex and interrelated space with identity and access management. IAM forms the basis for many of the other security controls we deploy; however, often there are gap…
