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HEISC Quarterly Update, March 2017
From: Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 16:02:42 +0000
I am sharing this update on behalf of our HEISC co-chairs. Thank you! Valerie ________________________________ Dear Colleagues, It’s just a few months into 2017 and our Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) volunteers are busy planning new community activities and resources for the year. Here are just a few highlights. Since January, we have posted a dozen guest blogs by community members and graduate students in the EDUCAUSE Review Security Matters column<http://er.educause.edu/columns/security-matters> as part of Data Privacy Month. You can also review the recording, slides, and transcript for Cindy Compert’s 1/26 webinar: Big Data: What’s the Big Deal?<http://events.educause.edu/educause-live/webinars/2017/big-data-whats-the-big-deal> If your campus hosted a Data Privacy Day<http://www.educause.edu/dpd> event in January or February, we’d love to hear from you. The 2017 Security Professionals Conference<http://www.educause.edu/sec17> program is now available online. Early-bird registration ends April 3. In addition to keynotes from Jack Daniel and Michelle Dennedy, there are seminars and track sessions on the latest infosec and privacy topics affecting higher ed and lots of opportunities to network with your peers. Several new security and privacy-related articles are now available in EDUCAUSE Review: * Create a Security Operations Center on Your Campus<http://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/create-a-security-operations-center-on-your-campus> * Consenting Adults? Privacy in an Age of Liberated Learning Data<http://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/consenting-adults-privacy-in-an-age-of-liberated-learning-data> * Information Security: Risky Business<http://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/information-security-risky-business> (part of the 2017 Top 10 IT Issues resource hub<https://www.educause.edu/research-and-publications/research/top-10-it-issues>) * Combating Security Uncertainty with Information Security Awareness<http://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/combating-security-uncertainty-with-information-security-awareness> Some infosec resources from the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) are now freely available to all EDUCAUSE members. A research bulletin on data breaches in higher ed was also recently published. * CDS Spotlight: Information Security<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/8/cds-spotlight-information-security> * The Successful Security Awareness Professional: Foundational Skills and Continuing Education<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/8/the-successful-security-awareness-professional-foundational-skills-and-continuing-ed-strategies> * Higher Education Information Security Awareness Programs<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/8/higher-education-information-security-awareness-programs> * Searching for a Smoking Gun, Chasing a Silver Bullet: Data Breaches in Higher Education<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/2/searching-for-a-smoking-gun-chasing-a-silver-bullet-data-breaches-in-higher-education> (currently available to ECAR subscribers only) If your campus uses the Information Security Program Self-Assessment Tool<https://www.educause.edu/security/assessment-tool>, please note that a new version was published in February that includes mapping for the 20 critical controls. Finally, don’t miss the third video<http://er.educause.edu/multimedia/2016/12/video--4-it-leaders-debate-security---part-3> in our series where 4 IT leaders debate the implications of information security being the top item on the 2016 EDUCAUSE Top 10 IT Issues list<http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/1/top-10-it-issues-2016>. These lively debates remain timely, as information security is also the top item on the 2017 EDUCAUSE Top 10 IT Issues list<https://www.educause.edu/itissues>. Now it’s your turn! Let us know how HEISC can provide this amazing community with new resources or content that can help strengthen your programs and departments! Thank you, Sharon Pitt and Melissa Woo, HEISC Co-Chairs www.educause.edu/security<http://www.educause.edu/security>
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