CISO

EDUCAUSE Workforce Studies

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 19:55:20 Z

A list of all the EDUCAUSE workforce reports, 2014 to present.

2025 EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity and Privacy Workforce in Higher Education

Thu, 29 May 2025 22:14:31 Z

This report examines the cybersecurity and privacy workforce in higher education and identifies challenges and priorities.

Frequently Asked Questions about Cyber Insurance

Fri, 16 May 2025 12:14:00 Z

This document contains advice intended for general information only. To learn how cyber insurance applies to your institution, please contact your institution’s risk management office or chief information officer.

The IT Leadership Workforce in Higher Education, 2024

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16:27:47 Z

This report aims to map the current contours of the higher education IT and technology leader workforce, understand its current challenges and opportunities, and reflect on what it all might mean for building a stronger workforce and, ultimately, a stronger higher education for the future.

The Cybersecurity and Privacy Workforce in Higher Education, 2023

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:04:30 Z

This report examines the cybersecurity and privacy workforce in higher education.

The Evolving Landscape of Data Privacy in Higher Education

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 20:19:59 Z

The Evolving Landscape of Data Privacy in Higher Education report explores data privacy management; examines recent privacy legislation and issues that have arisen during the pandemic; and uncovers some of the biggest challenges and most promising paths forward for data privacy.

Regional Cybersecurity/Cyberinfrastructure Workshop Targeting MSIs: Low-Cost/High-Impact Cyberdefense and Cyberinfrastructure Resources

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:36:42 Z

The purpose of the inaugural CyberRISK Workshop was to bring together CIOs and CISOs from regional Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in order to introduce effective, community-developed and -coordinated cybersecurity protections and cyberinfrastructure (CI).

The Higher Education Chief Information Security Officer Study, Reports 2014-2017

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:00:16 Z

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) study examines the demographics of the higher education CISO, the career route they have taken to their role, and the activities and attributes needed for a CISO according to the CISO and the CIO.

The Center for Higher Education CIO Studies Reports, 2003-2018

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 21:27:11 Z

This research hub includes all the various studies of the The Center for Higher Education CIO Studies (CHECS)

Why Cybersecurity Matters: and What Registrars, Enrollment Managers and Higher Education Should Do About It

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:00:13 Z

The purpose of this white paper, jointly written by the National Student Clearinghouse, EDUCAUSE and REN-ISAC, is to build upon registrars’, enrollment managers’, IT’s and higher education’s day-to-day, nationwide dialog around cybersecurity and vulnerabilities.

Budget-Conscious Information Security Resources

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:07 Z

How can institutions that are just starting out with an information security program, or those with even more limited resources, successfully protect institutional IT resources and data?

IT Leadership in Higher Education, 2016: The Chief Information Security Officer

Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:09:36 Z

As part of its series of studies of the IT workforce in higher education, the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) conducted a survey of chief information security officers (CISOs).

Technology in Higher Education: Information Security Leadership

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:19:41 Z

This report provides insight into the evolving CISO position—an understanding of which is critical to ensuring the strategic success of information security leaders in higher education.

InfoSec Leadership Survey 2016

Tue, 03 May 2016 17:08:31 Z

This survey seeks to understand skills required of information security leaders in higher education.

The EDUCAUSE Information Security Almanac 2019

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:46:15 Z

This two-page, easy-to-scan almanac shares the most important EDUCAUSE data regarding the state of information security, privacy, and identity management in higher education.