HEISC Quarterly Update, December 2017 - Check out all the helpful resources!

["Pitt, Sharon" <spitt () UDEL EDU>]

Dear Colleagues,


Before the winter break begins, we wanted to share the latest resources and upcoming events on behalf of our HEISC 
volunteers.



  *   Save the date for our EDUCAUSE Live! webinar on January 25, 2018, 1-2 pm ET. Kathleen 
Styles<https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/om/pirms/leadership.html> (Chief Privacy Officer, Department of 
Education) is our guest speaker.
  *   Help your campus respect privacy and safeguard data: Celebrate Data Privacy 
Day<https://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/cybersecurity-program/awareness-campaigns#privacyday>
 on January 28, 2018.
  *   Twelve (!) new monthly topics are now available as part of the 2018 Campus Security Awareness 
Campaign<https://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/cybersecurity-initiative/community-engagement/security-awareness#securityawareness>.
 Use the customizable content and suggested resources as you plan next year’s infosec awareness and training activities.
  *   The 2018 Security Professionals Conference program committee has finalized proposal selections and speakers have 
been notified. The agenda and registration will be available online in mid-January.
  *   Updated versions of the HECVAT and HECVAT 
lite<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/10/higher-education-cloud-vendor-assessment-tool> are now available. 
This page includes a link to the REN-ISAC’s Cloud Broker Index.
  *   Cyber Liability Insurance FAQ<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2015/9/cyber-liability-insurance-faq>: A new 
resource from URMIA and EDUCAUSE.
  *   NIST Special Publication 800-171: A Guide to Helping Colleges and 
Universities<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/10/new-federal-data-protection-requirements-impact-higher-education-institutions>:
 A new resource from Deloitte and EDUCAUSE.
  *   Stay informed about the EU 
GDPR<https://library.educause.edu/topics/policy-and-law/eu-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr> with the latest 
resources from EDUCAUSE and our partner organizations.
  *   Two dozen new guest blogs have been published in the EDUCAUSE Review Security Matters 
column<https://er.educause.edu/columns/security-matters> since our last update!



Please note that this is our final quarterly HEISC update in 2017.  As such, a special thanks to the HEISC volunteers 
for their great work in the past year as well as the EDUCAUSE staff who support this community's efforts!


We look forward to hearing from you in the new year about any unique challenges that you are facing or potential 
resources you would like to see us tackle in 2018.



Happy holidays!

Sharon Pitt and Mike Corn

Co-Chairs, Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC)

www.educause.edu/security<https://www.educause.edu/security>


Sharon P. Pitt
Vice President of Information Technologies
University of Delaware
030 Smith Hall
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-0221


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