Contributing Editor: Jarret Cummings, Senior Advisor for Policy and Government Relations, EDUCAUSE
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking public comments on whether to require institutions that are subject to its Safeguards Rule, which includes colleges and universities, to report certain security events to it.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a revised version of the Safeguards Rule. The revised Rule will impose many new requirements on institutional cybersecurity operations in relation to student financial aid and other "customer" information.
Legislation that would mandate cyber-incident reporting to the federal government is circulating through Congress. The bills that are likely to pass do not cover higher education, but all of the proposals provide clues about what EDUCAUSE members may see in the future.
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Who owns all of the content that instructors created in response to the urgent need to move from face-to-face to remote instruction starting in March 2020?
Policymakers must begin to understand that Section 230 liability protection is much more foundational to the effective functioning of the internet than they realize.
A bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill has the United States set to make an unprecedented investment in broadband infrastructure and service affordability.
President Biden's recent executive order to promote economic competition reaffirmed his commitment to restoring net neutrality protections. For that to happen, however, he must first determine the composition of a new Democratic majority on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
As the Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT) celebrates its five-year anniversary in 2021, it is undergoing a major makeover.
EDUCAUSE joined more than twenty higher education associations in a letter to Congress encouraging policymakers to invest $5 billion in research and education networks as part of the $65 billion in broadband infrastructure funding that Congress is currently considering.
This article includes information about a proposal for national investment in research and education network infrastructure, continuing problems with the accessibility of federal agency websites, current trends in the access and affordability of consumer broadband and mobile technologies, and key post-pandemic considerations for higher education cybersecurity.
