Data Privacy Week is January 27–31. This curated list of resources can help spark conversations about privacy and the importance of safeguarding personal information in an increasingly digital world.
In a recent Cybersecurity and Privacy Program evaluation survey, EDUCAUSE asked IT professionals whether cybersecurity and privacy functions should be integrated or kept separate.
The Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment team is launching HECVAT 4 in January 2025. The updated toolkit will include questions about privacy and artificial intelligence.
EDUCAUSE researchers and panelists discuss takeaways from the 2024 Horizon Report, Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition.
Conventional approaches to security training are insufficient to meet the rising tide of cybersecurity threats. Conducting a risk assessment is the first step in identifying the highest risks to human behavior, and mitigating those risks is how the security culture of an organization is changed.
Colleges and universities implement countless third-party products and services, any of which could pose risks to the institution, its data, and its constituents.
Higher education institutions must treat cybersecurity as a fundamental competency, raising awareness among users, developing plans, and assessing tools and resources, as cybersecurity threats expand and evolve alongside the laws, policies, practices, and solutions aimed at protecting data and digital systems, all in order to safeguard institutional assets and train tomorrow’s cybersecurity professionals and leaders.
Ensuring that your entire team understands what actions to take can make an important difference in how—and how quickly—your institution emerges from an incident.
As the types and amounts of personal data increase, users and institutions need to strengthen the ways they protect the sensitive information they collect and use.
A chief privacy officer shares four insights to help better understand several nuanced and easily overlooked dimensions of data privacy.
