Security Task Force Announcements, Cybersecurity, and Executive Security Awareness

Explore the security and privacy-related conference sessions at EDUCAUSE 2008 (October 28-31 in Orlando, Florida). Register for the conference by September 29 to receive the low early-bird rates.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force would like to encourage you to consider ways you can raise awareness among your faculty, staff, and students, and invite you to help promote NCSAM. For further suggestions, please consult the Resource Kit for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, developed by the Security Task Force's Awareness and Training Working Group.

Additional EDUCAUSE resources include:

• NCSAM Sample Kit
• Cybersecurity Awareness Resource Library
  
• EDUCAUSE Security Awareness Resource Center

Additional National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) resources include:

• NCSAM Toolkit
• NCSAM Web Banners

Many colleges and universities are already planning events or developing awareness resources for NCSAM that the Security Task Force would like to highlight as part of higher education's ongoing efforts to increase awareness within our community. A list of institutions holding events in 2006 is currently available online. We would like to update this list with additional events that will be held in October 2006. Please share the URL or plans for your NCSAM-related initiatives with the participants of the Security Discussion Group or send an e-mail to: Security-Task-Force@educause.edu.