HEISC Quarterly Update, September 2018

["Corn, Michael" <mcorn () UCSD EDU>]

Dear colleagues,



We are sharing the latest resources and upcoming events on behalf of our HEISC volunteers. If you have any questions 
about existing resources or challenges you’d like to share, we’re ready to help and look forward to hearing from you!



What’s New?

  *   Get ready for NCSAM events & activities in October using our handy planning 
resources<https://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/cybersecurity-program/awareness-campaigns#ncsam>.
  *   Information Security Program Assessment 
Tool<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2015/11/information-security-program-assessment-tool>: A new version was 
published in August.
  *   If you missed the August 21 extended online event, Encore! Selections from the EDUCAUSE Security Professionals 
Conference 
2018<https://events.educause.edu/webinar/2018/encore-selections-from-the-educause-security-professionals-conference-2018>,
 recordings are now available for purchase.
  *   3 new Security Matters guest blogs published between June and August:
     *   Talking to Your Board About 
Cybersecurity<https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/6/talking-to-your-board-about-cybersecurity> by Michael Hites
     *   A Step-by-Step Approach to Creating a Security Education, Training, and Awareness 
Program<https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/7/a-step-by-step-approach-to-creating-a-security-education-training-and-awareness-program>
 by Sarah Sletzinger
     *   Save Time and Boost Credibility with the 
HECVAT<https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/8/save-time-and-boost-credibility-with-the-hecvat> by Jon Allen, Nick Lewis, 
and Kim Milford



Upcoming Events & Activities

  *   The 2019 Security Professionals Conference<https://events.educause.edu/security-professionals-conference/2019> 
call for proposals (CFP) launches the week of September 17. Proposal submissions for track sessions and preconference 
workshops will be accepted through November 12.
  *   October 11: MFA rollout at Utah Valley University (EDUCAUSE Live! webinar, registration available soon)
  *   November 19: GDPR + 6 Months: What We Know Now, What We Wish We Had Known 
Then<https://events.educause.edu/educause-live/webinars/2018/gdpr-6-months-what-we-know-now-what-we-wish-we-had-known-then>
 (EDUCAUSE Live! webinar, registration available now)



Thank you,

Sharon Pitt and Mike Corn

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

https://www.educause.edu/security


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Michael Corn | Chief Information Security Officer
mcorn () ucsd edu
University of California San Diego | ITS - Information Technology Services
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