EDUCAUSE_WRC08 and Network Security and Applications

The practice of information assurance in a university computing environment requires a well-established patch management system, balanced with a vulnerability assessment process to effectively protect institutional resources. This presentation will introduce a model that has proven successful at our institution.

This presentation discusses how California College of the Arts met the challenge of securing an evolving wireless network.

Enterprise authorization requires the management of group, role, and privilege information to ensure consistent access policy across applications. This session will compare and contrast how multiple institutions have implemented this infrastructure and offer an initial view into shared practices for access management.

Hear from one of Shibboleth's developers how USC is using Shibboleth to provide web-based services to federated guests and secure access to Google Apps. Additionally, this presentation will describe the Shibboleth test environment at USC that provides a quicker, easier, and more secure means for departments to integrate their applications.

Virtualization is a hotly discussed topic nowadays among technology professionals with concerns regarding implementation, manageability, and security. This session will discuss the challenges and steps taken by Art Center College of Design to reinvigorate its network by using network virtualization techniques and methodologies.