Re: MOUs/Mutual aid agreements between universities and colleges

[WALTER KERNER <walter_kerner () FITNYC EDU>]

There are also Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) that you
can join for little or no money that cover Higher Ed.  We belong to
Multi-State (MS-ISAC) since we are part of a state system, and there is
also the Research and Education Network (REN-ISAC).  They do a great job of
helping out in incident situations and making their constituents aware of
new threats.







Walter Kerner

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SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] *On Behalf Of *Ben Marsden
*Sent:* Thursday, January 25, 2018 10:11 AM
*To:* SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
*Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] MOUs/Mutual aid agreements between universities
and colleges



+1,  this question came up here as well a few days ago when I was
presenting a review of, and our takeaways from last fall's NTTX event.



We have a "Five Colleges" consortium, and it's my understanding that
there's a high level understanding (ie. no formal MoU) that, at the
presidential level, every effort will be made to assist a peer institution
in need as resources permit.  Arguably, this type of open-ended agreement
allows for dynamic flexibility depending on the crisis at hand.



-- Ben



On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Ben Woelk <fbwis () rit edu> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

Do any of you have working agreements, either formal or informal, with
other universities or colleges to assist in the event of a cyberattack,
etc. that exceeds your resources to handle?



If there’s anything you can share around that, please drop me a note with
details, experiences, etc. I know of one example in the DC area.



Thanks,



*Ben Woelk,* CISSP, CPTC

Member, Awareness and Training Working Group

Higher Education Information Security Council

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