Contributing Editor: Isaac Galvan, Community Program Director, Cybersecurity and Privacy
"Hotline: Cybersecurity and Privacy" tackles the philosophical, moral, strategic, and organizational quandaries related to higher education cybersecurity, privacy, and data. This month, Mike answers your questions about enforcing the rules, reporting metrics, and contextualizing fear.
Welcome to "Hotline: Cybersecurity and Privacy." This new monthly column will tackle the philosophical, moral, strategic, and organizational quandaries related to higher education cybersecurity, privacy, and data. This month, Mike answers your questions about required security training, trust, and procurement.
Cyberattacks, licensing limitations, and platform dependence are reshaping how libraries function. Brewster Kahle provides some context around these challenges, and a path toward sustainable access through local control.
Following the addition of accessibility questions in 2021, the latest version of the HECVAT implements several important improvements for usability and effectiveness.
Institutions vary in their processes for protecting controlled unclassified information, but taking immediate action, controlling project scope, and seeking support from leadership, cross-functional teams, and collaborative peer networks can help facilitate compliance with security requirements.
Institutions can reduce human resource needs by working with third parties to help manage and deploy email gateways and firewalls to protect users.
HECVAT 4 is here! The newest version of the Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit incorporates comprehensive improvements, including new and updated artificial intelligence and privacy questions, training materials for institutions and solution providers, and more.
As data risk management grows more complex, privacy has evolved from a compliance concern to a strategic imperative for higher education institutions. In this video, two chief privacy offers explore this evolution and share how it informs their approach to balancing risks and opportunities.
As colleges and universities collect and use more data for more purposes, understanding how to organize and safeguard it becomes critically important.
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.
