Security Task Force Announcements, Cybersecurity, and Privacy

The 2009 EDUCAUSE and Inernet2 Security Professionals Conference—featuring keynote speakers Joanne McNabb, Chief of the Office of Privacy Protection, State of California, and Edward Amoroso, Chief Information Security Officer, AT&T—will address privacy and security topics in the areas of management and operations, policy and compliance, and technology.

Participate as a presenter: Presenters help create an innovative and informative program, make valuable contacts, and gain recognition for their achievements and their organization's. Presentations will need to address one of the following categories:

New federal regulations to address identity theft go into effect November 1, 2008, and are likely to affect colleges and universities in nuanced ways. Compliance will require careful study and collaboration among business officers, human resources, legal counsel, student services, IT, and other affected campus units. The rules require users of consumer reports to develop reasonable policies and procedures to apply when they receive a notice of address discrepancy from a consumer reporting agency. They also require that institutions develop and implement an Identity Theft Prevention Program for combating identity theft in connection with new and existing accounts.

The EDUCAUSE/Internet Security Task Force provided a briefing to the CSIS Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency on March 12, 2008, during the event "Improving Cybersecurity: Recommendations from Private Sector Experts". A 1-page summary of the briefing is available, as well as the complete transcript.

Designed for college and university attorneys and administrators with responsibility for information technology, the NACUA Fall Workshop 2007 covers legal issues that arise at the intersection of computers and  internet with legal obligations relating to privacy, security, and intellectual property. The program begins with a session covering recent developments in digital copyright and trademark law, and includes separate tracks on copyright and intellectual property issues as well as contracting  and information technology law. Please join your colleagues November 7-9, 2007, in Washington, DC, for this opportunity for professional education, networking, and discussion.

This workshop is presented by NACUA in cooperation with EDUCAUSE.

• Privacy & Security: An Overview by Rodney Petersen and Steve Worona
• The Privacy and Security Policy Vacuum in Higher Education by Fred H. Cate
• The Continuing Evolution of Effective IT Security Practices by John Voloudakis
• A Unified Approach to Information Security Compliance by M. Peter Adler
• Privacy Protection and Compliance in Higher Education: The Role of the CPO by Lauren Steinfeld and Kathleen Sutherland Archuleta
• Safeguarding Information Assets in Higher Education: The Role of the CSO by Rodney Petersen