Data Security

How Higher Education Is Responding to the Canvas LMS Incident and Preparing for What's Next

A recent ransomware attack on Instructure's Canvas LMS has raised concerns across the higher education community about cybersecurity, data privacy, third-party risk, and institutional preparedness. More than 950 EDUCAUSE community members joined an EDUCAUSE QuickTalk webinar to discuss campus impacts, share questions, and explore how institutions are responding.

Reevaluating the Mission of Higher Education: Meeting Our Cybersecurity Challenges Together

As the role of higher education evolves, cybersecurity approaches must adapt. By collaboratively reexamining the cross-functional ecosystem that supports cybersecurity, higher education leaders and cybersecurity professionals can better align risk, security, business, and technology efforts with institutional strategic goals.