Security Operations

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.

Higher Education Research, Cybersecurity, and CMMC Compliance

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:03:53 Z

This 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.

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).

Security Operations Center (SOC) Case Study

Wed, 29 May 2019 15:09:16 Z

Higher education institutions are beginning to organize operational security into security operations centers to monitor and respond to security incidents as a means to improve efficiency.

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.

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.

DIY Information Security Peer Review Assessment Toolkit

Tue, 15 May 2018 17:23:19 Z

This paper was prepared by members of the Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) to provide guidance for conducting peer-review assessments of higher education information security programs. Learn more about HEISC and the EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity Program.

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?

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.