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Resources Developed by the Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC)
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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Risk Assessment and Analysis
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Software-as-a-Service Email Security: Risk vs. Trust
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May 31, 2012
Many organizations would be interested in treating e-mail as a commodity —cutting costs and resource investments by outsourcing it to a software as a service (SaaS) provider. However, …
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Ten Steps to Secure Your Copier or Multi-Function Device (MFD)
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June 3, 2010
These resources have been gathered to specifically address concerns related to the security of sensitive information that may be stored on the hard drives of copiers, printers, or multi-function …
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Incident Response at UT Austin
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January 1, 2006
An interview with VP for IT Dan Updegrove. The recent break-in to an administrative database at the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin (TX), discovered April 21, 2006, may have compromised the…
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Locking Down Departmental Data
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January 1, 2006
As hackers have found their way into computer networks around the country in recent years — putting individuals' personal information at risk of identity theft and embarrassing companies, co…
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Open-source bugs undermine digital signatures
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January 1, 2006
A pair of security bugs in cryptography software could allow an attacker to insert content into a digitally signed message or forge signatures on files. …
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Surveying the Steps to a Secure Emory University
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March 28, 2006
This research bulletin summarizes how Emory University used the results of a security survey of higher education institutions to make important, peer-informed decisions on how to secure and prote…
