EDUCAUSE | Web Seminars Contributed by EDUCAUSE and Cybersecurity Policy

What Price Insularity? Reflections About Computer Security Failings

ckeller — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:44:07 -0600

Why is it risky for technologists to ignore the nontechnical context where their systems will be deployed? Furthermore, what is the risk when policymakers ignore the limits and potential of technology? How can we structure dialogue between technologists and policymakers to address security failings—to revisit identity theft, electronic voting machines, digital rights management, and network neutrality? Fred Schneider, editor of the National Research Council study Trust in Cyberspace and longtime researcher on what makes computer systems secure, will consider these and other questions.

IT Security Essential Body of Knowledge: A Competency and Functional Framework for IT Security Workforce Development

ckeller — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:06:50 -0600

The Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division worked with subject matter experts from government, the private sector, and academia to develop an umbrella framework that establishes a national baseline representing the essential knowledge and skills IT security practitioners must have to perform their jobs. The IT Security EBK builds directly on established work and is not intended to represent a standard, directive, or policy by DHS. Instead, it further clarifies key IT security terms and concepts for well-defined competencies, identifies notional security roles, and defines primary functional perspectives to help advance the IT security training and certification landscape as we strive to ensure that we have the most qualified and appropriately trained IT security workforce possible.

Overview of U.S. Federal Government Identity Management Initiatives

drupal — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:09:54 -0500

Peter Alterman will present an overview of the federal government's electronic identity management initiatives, focusing on eGovernment and eCommerce. He will touch on the government's electronic security initiatives as they interact with the eGov services efforts and suggest how these two threads will impact identity management for colleges and universities in the near future.