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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Security Risk Assessment and Analysis
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Information Systems Under Attack: Managing Enterprise Risk
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February 22, 2007
Today's enterprise information systems are increasingly coming under attack by sophisticated adversaries around the world including nation-states, terrorist organizations, criminals, hackers, …
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Most Improved: How Four Institutions Developed Successful IT Security Programs
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November 3, 2006
Researchers conducted this in-depth case study to complement the ECAR study, Safeguarding the Tower: IT Security in Higher Education 2006. The case study examines how four higher education instit…
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Safeguarding the Tower: IT Security in Higher Education 2006
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October 11, 2006
Presentation at EDUCAUSE 2006, October 9-12, 2006, Dallas, Texas. This presentation summarizes the findings of the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research 2006 study of information technology securi…
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Going Beyond Recovery to Continuity: Lessons Learned
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January 1, 2006
The main campus of The George Washington University is located just a few blocks from the White House. The series of events surrounding 9/11 helped to accelerate advancement of a university-wide …
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Defend IT: Security by Example - Book Review
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January 1, 2005
Recommended Reading Defend IT: Security by Example Ajay Gupta and Scott Laliberte Addison Wesley Professional, 2004 $34.99 (paper), 384 pp. ISBN 0-321-19767-4 …
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Two Approaches to PCI DSS Compliance
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April 11, 2006
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A session at the Security 2006
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) poses a unique challenge to institutions of higher education, which often host many diverse credit/debit card merchants on our campuses. L…
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Security Assessments in an Academic Environment
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April 11, 2006
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A session at the Security 2006
Baylor University recently conducted a campus-wide IT security assessment. This session presents the process from choosing a consultant to remediation of the assessments discoveries. The result is …
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Current IT Issues Survey Report, 2006
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January 1, 2006
Current Issues Current IT Issues Survey Report, 2006 Security and Identity Management edges out Funding IT as the top strategic challenge, while Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity reemer…
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RINGS Open Source Device Registration and Security
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March 14, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2006
RINGS provides a complete open source system that scales to the entire campus. This system includes layered security, DHCP services, device registration, account management, security notifications,…
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Risk Assessment 101
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March 13, 2006
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2006
Have you examined how to physically protect your data? With federal requirements imposed such as GLBA, FERPA, and HIPAA and threats of identity theft, where do you start? Learn where we began by as…

















