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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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Recommended IAM Sessions at EDUCAUSE 2012

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Recommended Security & Privacy Sessions at EDUCAUSE 2012

Find a variety of E12 security and privacy-related sessions in Denver or online.

Policy Matters NCSAM Article (Sep/Oct 2012)

NCSAM article in the latest EDUCAUSE Review offers resources and suggestions for campuses to support security awareness efforts in October.

The Future of Federated Identity: Or, Whither SAML?

Eve Maler, an expert on emerging identity and security at Forrester Research, discusses the past, present, and future of SAML in this webinar recording.

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The Power and Potential of Analytics in Higher Education: November 15, 2011

This webinar will focus on the higher education ecosystem of analytics and the interrelationships of data developed for standard reports to query and inform stakeholders about student outcom…
Goldilocks and the 13 Open Repositories (Finding the “Just Right” One): November 7, 2011

Join Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, as they moderate this webinar with Jacky Hood. Repositories of open educational resources …
Irene/Katrina Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: November 9, 2011

Disaster recovery and business continuity are no one’s favorite topics on a good day; in times of economic downturn, making the case for being prepared may be even more difficult. However, the…
What's at Stake in the HathiTrust Lawsuit?: October 28, 2011

On September 12, the Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Écrivaines et des Écrivains Québécois (UNEQ), and eight individual authors filed suit against HathiTrust, …
Getting Our Attention: Building a Successful Relationship w/CIOs: October 12, 2011

Learn the basics of how higher education is organized, how institutional decisions are made and communicated, and characteristics and examples of successful higher-ed IT campus-corporate partner…
Openness: Decoupling the Future to Radically Improve Access to Education: October 10, 2011

The costs of higher education are soaring for a variety of reasons. A significant factor that will continue to drive costs over the next two decades is that the number of students trying to ente…
Bootstrapping Your Analytics: October 3, 2011

Join Malcolm Brown, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative director, and Veronica Diaz, ELI associate director, as they moderate this webinar with Vernon Smith, vice president of academic affairs at Rio S…
Cybersecurity as a Shared Responsibility: Stop, Think, and Connect: October 4, 2011

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month . In this webinar, representatives from the White House, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Higher Education Information Security Cou…
Navigating the Next IT Revolution: September 19, 2011

It has become commonplace to open discussions of technology with a nod to the ubiquity of change. Storage, network bandwidth, and computing power double every 18 months. Today's smartphones…
EDUCAUSE Member Update and Input Session, September 13, 2011: September 13, 2011

Topics that were covered in the September 13, 2011 Member update included: Enhancements to EDUCAUSE Review 2011 Membership Survey Highlights New Policy Initiatives: Pol…