https://library.educause.edu/topics/cybersecurity/encryptionen{303EC605-46F9-45B1-95C2-49CEEC0E879D}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2024/9/2024-educause-horizon-report-cybersecurity-and-privacy-editionThe 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of cybersecurity and privacy, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:46:52 Z{4DE3CF90-68BD-4D48-92F5-690A9B33D904}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2022/2/educause-comments-ftc-safeguards-rule-proposed-reporting-requirementEDUCAUSE joined the American Council on Education (ACE) and eleven other higher education associations in submitting comments to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding its proposal to add a reporting requirement to the FTC Safeguards Rule. Mon, 14 Feb 2022 23:39:55 Z{76112D0C-C230-4FE7-A5AA-0F3B5DF3D870}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/8/higher-education-research-cybersecurity-and-cmmc-complianceThis brief, a joint effort on the part of EDUCAUSE and PreVeil, was written to clarify the Department of Defense’s (DoD) new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework and to guide your institution on its journey to CMMC compliance.Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:03:53 Z{D8116F65-20F8-4FE7-9EB4-B7D47AB34379}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2020/1/higher-educations-2020-trend-watch-and-top-10-strategic-technologiesThe 2020 Trend Watch and Top 10 Strategic Technologies report focuses on those trends, technologies, and practices that are going to be most influential and receive the most attention from IT leaders as they face shifting higher ed, social, political, and technological landscapes in the year ahead. A focus on security and privacy, student success, and the promises and pitfalls of data will exert a great deal of influence on IT strategy in 2020. And IT leaders will be concentrating their attention on technologies and practices that enrich student experiences and success and advance their institution’s capabilities in safely and systematically using data resources.Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:51:07 Z{E3C6242C-2E31-4DF3-B574-ADABB7ADA2A2}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/2/higher-educations-2018-trend-watch-and-top-10-strategic-technologiesThis report focuses on the widespread trends and emerging technologies influencing higher education institutions.Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:17:30 Z{50E50488-F3E0-4BD0-B6A8-B3B66DC649E8}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/1/top-10-strategic-technologies-2018-interactive-listThe list provides a snapshot of the relatively new technological investments colleges and universities will be spending the most time implementing, planning, and tracking in 2018Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:07:44 Z{64DC23F3-0582-4F94-B0A2-9CD1122C2D3A}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/1/higher-educations-top-10-strategic-technologies-and-trends-for-2018The technologies and trends report provides a snapshot of the relatively new technological investments colleges and universities will be spending the most time implementing, planning, and tracking in 2018, and summarizes the influence of related trends on institutional IT strategy.Fri, 16 Feb 2018 20:00:11 Z{F1B94464-ED47-4691-BF01-1F51CC2DE181}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/4/2017-trends-and-technologies-security-identity-privacy-and-grcThis report covers the 20 technologies and 9 trends included in the security, identity, privacy, and GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) domain.Wed, 05 Apr 2017 19:04:02 Z{5E3C95B8-38B4-4718-9955-1EDC7F54A54F}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/3/digital-privacy-at-the-us-border-protecting-the-data-on-your-devices-and-in-the-cloudThe U.S. government reported a five-fold increase in the number of electronic media searches at the border in a single year, from 4,764 in 2015 to 23,877 in 2016.1 Every one of those searches was a potential privacy violation. Fri, 10 Mar 2017 17:07:11 Z{EC41829E-020C-4B07-B3F2-53781C9E28EC}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/1/top-10-strategic-technologies-2017-interactiveBased on survey responses to how much time, active attention, and priority CIOs and IT leaders gave to 85 different technologies, EDUCAUSE has identified the top 10 strategic technologies for higher education.Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:28:49 Z{FC83AC6A-DA08-4662-A91B-4574D54BCD46}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/9/torThe Onion Router (Tor) is a popular distributed network of global relays that provides anonymity against network surveillance and traffic analysis. Originally developed for the United States Navy, Tor is a free, open-source tool run by volunteers that helps users keep their browsing habits and physical locations private. Tor can be used for web browsers, instant messaging clients, mobile operating systems, and more.Thu, 08 Sep 2016 23:10:45 Z{3BFFB8D2-1B09-4FC9-B580-20D0C0A3A360}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/6/public-key-infrastructure-technology-spotlightPublic key infrastructure (PKI) certificates form the backbone of most if not all Internet security authentication for sites and services and encrypted network transport today. Higher education is heavily invested in the technology used to create and manage these certificates. PKI supports secure data exchange and authentication over the Internet via the distribution and identification of public encryption keys.Tue, 07 Jun 2016 21:37:02 Z{2E84777D-7804-4591-BEB5-6346F30A66EE}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/5/openpgp-technology-spotlightOpenPGP is a nonproprietary encryption suite that uses public key encryption to exchange e-mail messages and files (either e-mail attachments or files that might be exchanged via other means, e.g., web-based transfers) between individuals within and across institutions. OpenPGP can also secure files stored on mobile devices or in the cloud. Wed, 04 May 2016 21:56:34 Z{B92F4140-9F9E-414F-9C52-4C71668FFEC7}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2013/7/university-of-kansas-medical-center-operational-protocol-mobile-device-securityThe purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for the appropriate use and configuration of mobile devices as necessary to protect the KUMC network and\or information from unauthorized access or disclosure.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:35:54 Z{99C269B2-67D4-4FCD-81AA-3ED4CCA89421}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2011/5/catch-a-clue-from-an-edu-universities-that-get-security-rightIn these days of consumer gadgets and mobile access, corporations can learn a lot from how universities deploy multiple layers of security.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:28:06 Z{A317EAF2-1E49-4B06-8885-982CD14A0433}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2010/8/protecting-portablesAs mobile devices proliferate on campus, IT staff build lines of defense to secure hardware and information.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:28 Z{4BE066BC-6EB6-4243-9743-779FB65DF9B5}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2008/4/pkienabled-applications-that-workTue, 22 Dec 2015 17:18:39 Z{1E7016FB-0369-4D91-8913-A149DEEC7548}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2007/11/mounting-peertopeer-pressure-for-comcast"Comcast's traffic-filtering efforts are the subject of FCC complaints and a lawsuit. At issue: ISPs right to control the flow of data over their networks"Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:14:42 Z{5C3CB449-7D0B-4B8E-8DA1-2820850FDBBB}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2007/11/the-universitys-role-in-advancing-data-encryption-part-1"Much like Moore's Law, PGP has seen huge advances in encryption technologies over the years -- specifically the ability for encryption to work faster and easier in a network while still being transparent to the end user," said Phillip Dunkelberger, President and CEO, PGP Corporation.Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:16:18 Z{F4AE8A37-9628-4D65-B984-4D8C4D3A410E}https://library.educause.edu/resources/2018/2/safety-and-security-when-traveling-abroadThe FBI's guidance on IT security while traveling abroad.Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:58:37 Z