Cyber-Security and Privacy

In this hour and ten minute long podcast from the 2007 Seminars on Academic Computing, we hear from Fred H. Cate, Distinguished Professor at the School of Law and Director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University, with a speech entitled, Privacy and Security in Higher Education: Filling the Policy Vacuum .

The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force, the National Cyber Security Alliance, and ResearchChannel are pleased to announce the winning entries for the 2007 Computer Security Awareness Video Contest conducted by the Security Task Force to raise awareness of and increase computer security at colleges and universities.

The contest sought videos that explain computer security problems and specific actions that college and university students can take to safeguard their computers or personal information, and had two categories of videos: two-minute-or-less training or instructional videos, and 30-second public service announcements. The videos can be used in campus security awareness campaigns during student orientation and throughout the year.

The September/October EDUCAUSE Review is now available, with a focus section on Privacy & Security featuring articles by Fred H. Cate on the privacy and security policy vacuum in higher education, John Voloudakis on the evolution of effective IT security practices, M. Peter Adler on a unified approach to information security compliance; Lauren Steinfeld and Kathleen Sutherland Archuleta on the role of the CPO, and Rodney Petersen on the role of the CSO. This issue also includes articles on “Making Knowledge Services Work” and on higher ed IT in Brazil and Latin America, along with a report by the 2006 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee. EDUCAUSE Review is also available via RSS feed. Click the RSS icon on the EDUCUASE Review home page to