Security Standards: Complexity Is the Enemy of Security

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Title:Security Standards: Complexity Is the Enemy of Security (ID: NCP08101)
Author(s):Brian Smith-Sweeney (New York University), Christopher Misra (University of Massachusetts Amherst), and Daniel Adinolfi (Cornell University)
Topics:EDUCAUSE_NC08, Policy and Law: Campus, Security Awareness, Security Implementation, Security Management
Origin:Presented at NERCOMP Conferences (03/10/2008)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:

Everyone wants to know how to "be secure." The myriad higher ed compliance requirements, coupled with a constantly dynamic attacker strategy, have made this question more difficult than ever to answer. Come talk with representatives from three institutions that managed to craft a rational, coherent strategy for standardizing security.

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