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This EDUCAUSE community group is sponsored by the Higher Education Information Security Council. The purpose of the group is to provide a forum to identify problems and share strategies or solutions as colleges and universities continue to improve information security governance, compliance, data protection, and privacy programs. The group will also inform the council's Advisory Committee of current issues and trends and will help identify and promote effective community practices.
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The purpose of this group is to provide a forum for information security professionals, privacy professionals, and IT communicators to discuss information security and privacy awareness, training, and education efforts on campus. Participants are encouraged to collaborate and share effective practices, resources, and methods to raise awareness of cybersecurity and privacy issues among college and university faculty, staff, students, and executives. This community was formerly known as HEISC Awareness and Education.
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The purpose of this group is to provide a forum to discuss information security topics pertaining to governance, risk, privacy, policies, legal issues, and compliance. Participants are encouraged to collaborate and share effective practices and resources that help higher education institutions incorporate information security into the enterprise governance processes, implement information security risk management processes, and understand the implications of existing and proposed laws and industry standards on institutional policies and compliance. This community was formerly known as HEISC Governance, Risk, and Compliance.
last person joined 14 hours ago
The purpose of this group is to provide a forum to discuss practices, tools, and procedures that higher education institutions have found to be practical solutions to preventing or responding to security problems, with an emphasis on technology and process solutions. Participants are encouraged to collaborate and share resources or effective methods related to operational security procedures and responsibilities. This community was formerly known as HEISC Technologies, Operations, and Practices.
The purpose of this group provides a forum to discuss NIST 800-171 compliance. Participants are encouraged to collaborate and share effective practices and resources that help higher education institutions prepare for and comply with the NIST 800-171 standard as it relates to Federal Student Aid (FSA), CMMC, DFARS, NIH, and NSF activities. As other federal government regulatory items for cybersecurity are announced, they are discussed as appropriate. This community was formerly known as HEISC 800-171.
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