HEISC Quarterly Update, March 2015

[Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Greetings,
This message is posted on behalf of the HEISC co-chairs. (Apologies for cross-posting if you also received this via the 
CIO list.)
Thank you,
Valerie
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Dear Colleagues,
The Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) continues to focus on three priorities in 2015: Strengthening 
Foundations, Continuing to Build the Security Profession, and Advancing Information Security Strategies in Higher 
Education. To learn more about our vision and mission, please see our new HEISC charter<http://www.educause.edu/heisc>.
Since the beginning of the year, we have accomplished several important activities.

  1.  Announcing registration and programs for the 13th annual Security Professionals 
Conference<http://www.educause.edu/sec15> in Minneapolis and online.
  2.  Publishing the “Top 3 Strategic Information Security 
Issues<http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/top-3-strategic-information-security-issues>” in the January/February 2015 
issue of EDUCAUSE Review.
  3.  Coordinating 7 guest blogs and 1 webinar for Data Privacy 
Month<applewebdata://BCD51177-AA7F-42CE-9940-D51DE518479C/www.educause.edu/dpm> in January and February.
  4.  Submitting comments to NIST on behalf of the higher education community regarding Special Publication 800-171.
  5.  Upgrading and migrating the Information Security Guide<http://www.educause.edu/security/guide> to a new (and more 
secure) version of Confluence with the assistance of Internet2.
If there are specific resources you’d like us to address this year, please let us know. And stay tuned for our next 
update in June!
Thank you,
Elias Eldayrie and Melissa Woo, HEISC Co-Chairs
www.educause.edu/security<http://www.educause.edu/security>

Valerie Vogel Program Manager

EDUCAUSE
Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good
direct: 202.331.5374 | main: 202.872.4200 | twitter: @HEISCouncil | educause.edu<http://www.educause.edu/>