2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report® | Information Security Edition

Published:: Tuesday, February 16, 2021
: Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports

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Source(s) and Collection(s):: Sources(s): EDUCAUSE Publications Collection(s): Horizon Report

ParentTopics:: Agreements and Contract Management BYOD Cloud Computing and Services Cloud Computing Contracts Cloud Security Collaborations and Partnerships Compliance Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Policy Data Privacy Data Security Federal Privacy Law Identity and Access Management Incident Management and Response Intrusion Detection and Prevention Mobile Computing Network Security Online Learning Privacy Research Security Architecture and Design Security Management Working Remotely

This report profiles important trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of information security, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape

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Anticipating the Future of Information Security

With this inaugural issue of the information security edition of the Horizon Report, we recognize that security and data privacy have an extraordinary and increasing significance for the future of higher education institutions.

Given the complicated threats and uncertainty these days, this report does not attempt to list a single set of predictions. If we've learned one thing from 2020 it's that the future is more a set of possibilities than it is a single predictable pathway.

Our goal was to create a report that will enable you to learn, plan, and act on all that is influencing higher education information security, now and in the future.

Trends: Scanning the Horizon

This section of the report describes the trends that are influencing global higher education information security presently and that will continue to shape the future.

Key Technologies & Practices

This section of the report details six key technologies and practices that are beginning to have a significant impact on higher education information security. Included in this section are college and university exemplar projects demonstrating the impact of the technologies and practices.

Learn more about the emerging technologies and practices on page 14 >

Possible Scenarios (In 10 Years)

This report paints brief but evocative portraits of four possible future scenarios for higher education information security.

Read the possible future scenarios on page 28 >

Implications: What Do We Do Now?

This section features seven Horizon panelists reflecting on the report’s findings and illustrating the ways in which issues overlap, diverge, and intersect in different parts of the world, and at institutions of different sizes and types.

Read the essays exploring key issues in global higher ed on page 33 >

Expert Panel

The 2021 Horizon panel comprised 50 higher education experts from around the globe.

See the Expert Panel on page 50 >

Reports and Supporting Materials

**Thank You to Our Information Security Horizon Report Sponsors**

Issues, Technologies, and Trends Resources

Higher education leaders and decision makers use the annual Issues, Technologies, and Trends resources—the Top IT Issues, Trend Watch report, and the Horizon Reports—to know what's important and where to focus in their IT planning and management activities. When viewed together these resources provide more complete and nuanced guidance on institutional IT priorities.

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