EDUCAUSE | Contributed by Organizations or Campuses; Articles, Papers, and Reports; and Security Implementation

The Human Element in Information Security

ckeller — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:04:56 -0500

The author discusses the best ways to enforce information security in a university setting.

Security Checklist: Strategy Setting

drupal — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:33:36 -0500

The author provides information on how implement a comprehensive information security plan.

This article reprinted with permission from CDW-D's EdTech Higher Education Focus Magazine.

U.S. Colleges Struggle to Combat Identity Theft

drupal — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:20:56 -0500

"Despite their image as leafy enclaves of higher learning shielded from the real world, universities across the United States are finding themselves on the front lines of the battle against identity theft. With their huge databases, universities may rival financial institutions as attractive targets for the crime, estimated to affect over 9 million Americans a year at the total cost of more than $50 billion, experts said. Nearly half of the publicized incidents of data breach since January occurred at universities, according to the San Diego-based Identity Theft Resource Center."

Who Says Safe Computing Must Remain a Pipe Dream?

drupal — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:26:27 -0600

The author updates his list of PC security recommendations.

Academia Headaches

drupal — Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:22:13 -0500

Academic institutions who have to add, manage, and secure thousands of new users within a period of just a few days face political and social issues on top of the immense technical ones.