EDUCAUSE | Podcasts and Security Risk Assessment and Analysis

Podcast: The FTC as an Educational Partner in Improving Data Security and Privacy

gbayne — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:40:38 -0500

This 38 minute podcast features a keynote address by Mary Beth Richards, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the Federal Trade Commission. Her speech, "The FTC as an Educational Partner in Improving Data Security and Privacy," was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Policy Conference in Arlington, Virgina.

The Federal Trade Commission deals with issues that touch the economic lives of most Americans. The current portfolio includes protecting consumers in the areas of data security and privacy, identity theft, Social Security number misuse, identity management, spam, maintaining the National Do Not Call Registry, and other IT issues of interest to colleges and universities. The FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, although a regulator of businesses, is also an educator: it seeks to educate consumers and provide businesses and other organizations with the information they need to comply with the rules of the road and to provide consumers with the necessary tools to engage in commerce intelligently. This session highlights information policy issues the FTC is addressing and educational resources institutions of higher education can leverage to improve student, faculty, and staff awareness of data security and privacy risks.

Podcast: Addressing Complex Security Threats Through Risk Management

gbayne — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:25:56 -0500

This 40 minute podcast features a keynote address by Rebecca Whitener, Former Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management and Chief Risk Officer at EDS. Her speech, "Addressing Complex Security Threats Through Risk Management," was recorded at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Security Conference in Arlington, Virginia.

In this session, we address the current cybersecurity issues that are challenging higher education leaders today as they try to stay on top of the risks associated with attacks on information systems from internal and external sources. Emerging enterprise risk management (ERM) methodologies are examined as a source of guidance for creating an effective risk-based approach for managing current and future threats.

E07 Podcast: An Interview with Cedric Bennett - Security Concerns and Risk Management

gbayne — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:14:03 -0500

In this fifteen minute podcast, we feature an interview with Cedric Bennett, Emeritus Director for Information Security Services at Stanford University. Mr. Bennett also serves on the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force. We interviewed him at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, where he was presenting a session entitled, "Stop, Drop, and Roll: Prevent and Douse Cyber Incidents".

E07 Podcast: Bruce Schneier on Information Security: Ten Trends

gbayne — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:35:49 -0500

In this 43 minute podcast, we feature a keynote speech by Bruce Schneier, author and Chief Technology Officer for BT Counterpane, Inc. This speech was delivered at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington on October 26th, 2007. It is entitled "Bruce Schneier on Information Security: Ten Trends".

Surveying current trends in information security, it’s clear that a myriad of forces are at work. But fundamentally, security is all about economics: both attacker and defender are trying to maximize the return on their investments. Economics can both explain why security fails so often and offer new solutions for its success. For example, often the people who could protect a system are not those who suffer the costs of failure. Changing these economic incentives will do more to improve security than will more technology.

2007 Enterprise Conference: The Adaptable University

gbayne — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:20:48 -0500

This podcast features a keynote address from the 2007 Enterprise Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Our speaker is H. David Lambert, Vice President for Information Services and Chief Information Officer at Georgetown University. His speech is titled “The Adaptable University” and runs approximately 53 minutes.

Institutions of higher education have become increasingly concerned about their ability to maintain critical services to faculty, students, and staff in the event of a major disruption. As we build or buy new information systems, enhance new facilities, and design new programs, we must be concerned with business continuity and creating resilient, adaptable institutions that consider academic sustainability in every aspect of the enterprise.

EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: How to Successfully Defend

Carie417 — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:49:14 -0500

In this 36-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Tammy Clark and William Monahan in a session entitled How to Successfully Defend Against IRC Bots, Compromises, and Information Leaks. They discuss how to implement effective solutions and practices and a distributed management strategy to prevent exploits, IRC bot attacks, and unauthorized access.

E2005 Podcast: Security Assessments for Information Technology

podcaster — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 17:45:05 -0500

This 54 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled Security Assessments for Information Technology.

E2005 Podcast: A Successful Tool to Create Positive Change

podcaster — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:39:53 -0600

This 53 minute recording provides coverage of the 2005 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference Session entitled A Successful Tool to Create Positive Change: Result of an IT Risk Assessment and Benchmark at Scandinavian Universities.