Security Awareness

2026 EDUCAUSE Students and Technology Report: Steady through Change

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:07:05 Z

Explore how students navigate technology, AI, course experiences, and workforce preparation in higher education, based on insights from 8,622 students today.

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:49:40 Z

The 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Supporting Agency, Trust, Transparency, and Involvement

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:09:12 Z

This report describes how advancing the future of higher education cybersecurity and privacy will be done by supporting agency, trust, transparency, and involvement among stakeholders.

2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:46:52 Z

The 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.

2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:49:21 Z

The 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

Student Data Privacy and Security: A Call for Transparent Practices

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:08:54 Z

The results of our survey of U.S. undergraduate students to better understand students’ experiences with institutional data privacy and security.

2022 Students and Technology Report: Rebalancing the Student Experience

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:09:41 Z

The results of our survey of US undergraduate students, across 4 areas key areas: Technology Challenges and Solutions, Modality Preferences, Access to Educational Technology and Student Success

Higher Education Regulated Research Workshop Series: A Collective Perspective

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 19:03:31 Z

After an eight month effort concluding in June of 2021, 155 participants from 84 research institutions from across the United States gathered in six facilitated, NSF-sponsored workshop sessions to determine if coming together as a community could improve the support of individual programs to secure regulated data in research involving the Department of Defense or health sciences.

2020 Student Technology Report: Supporting the Whole Student

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:48:51 Z

The 2020 Student Technology Report: Supporting the Whole Student report presents important findings from EDUCAUSE's 2020 research on students’ experience with information technology.

Cybersecurity Awareness for College Students: 7 Things to Do Now

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 15:06:38 Z

Purdue University provides internet safety and cybersecurity awareness guidance for college students .

Campus Security Awareness Blogs, 2019

Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:02:31 Z

These 12 EDUCAUSE Review Security Matters column blog posts are part of the 2019 Campus Security Awareness Campaign.

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).

IT Communications Community Group Virtual Coffeeshop: Update Your 2019 NCSAM Toolkit With Ideas That Work!

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 17:36:29 Z

This webinar – held on July 18, 2019 – offers a variety of cybersecurity awareness ideas and resources to add to your toolkit and help you to rethink your communication channels as you prepare for October.

Higher Education Information Security Council Charter

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:03 Z

The HEISC mission is to support higher education institutions as they improve information security governance, compliance, data protection, and privacy programs.

Phishing Simulation Programs

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:21:06 Z

This updated document briefly explains the benefits and potential risks of deploying a phishing simulation program, and also includes a list of popular phishing simulation programs or tools to consider. Information security practitioners can use this resource to help gain executive-level support for phishing campaigns at their institution.

A Campus Culture of Cybersecurity

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:22:56 Z

Among colleges and universities that have made cybersecurity a top priority, some have found innovative and comprehensive ways to educate and motivate people about good security practices.

Two-Factor Authentication: Lessons Learned

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:54:38 Z

Two-factor authentication provides a straightforward way to increase the security of online systems and resources, and implementing the technology requires cultural as well as technical change.

Safety and Security When Traveling Abroad

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:58:37 Z

The FBI's guidance on IT security while traveling abroad.

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.

HEISC Webinar: Chapter 2: Too Legit to Quit: How to Avoid Making Legitimate Campus Messages Look Phishy

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:23:09 Z

With phishing attacks becoming more sophisticated and increasingly successful, we can’t simply rely on educating end users. How do we avoid making legitimate campus messages look phishy?