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HEISC Quarterly Update, December 2017 - Check out all the helpful resources!
From: "Pitt, Sharon" <spitt () UDEL EDU>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:36:15 +0000
Dear Colleagues, Before the winter break begins, we wanted to share the latest resources and upcoming events on behalf of our HEISC volunteers. * Save the date for our EDUCAUSE Live! webinar on January 25, 2018, 1-2 pm ET. Kathleen Styles<https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/om/pirms/leadership.html> (Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Education) is our guest speaker. * Help your campus respect privacy and safeguard data: Celebrate Data Privacy Day<https://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/cybersecurity-program/awareness-campaigns#privacyday> on January 28, 2018. * Twelve (!) new monthly topics are now available as part of the 2018 Campus Security Awareness Campaign<https://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/cybersecurity-initiative/community-engagement/security-awareness#securityawareness>. Use the customizable content and suggested resources as you plan next year’s infosec awareness and training activities. * The 2018 Security Professionals Conference program committee has finalized proposal selections and speakers have been notified. The agenda and registration will be available online in mid-January. * Updated versions of the HECVAT and HECVAT lite<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2016/10/higher-education-cloud-vendor-assessment-tool> are now available. This page includes a link to the REN-ISAC’s Cloud Broker Index. * Cyber Liability Insurance FAQ<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2015/9/cyber-liability-insurance-faq>: A new resource from URMIA and EDUCAUSE. * NIST Special Publication 800-171: A Guide to Helping Colleges and Universities<https://library.educause.edu/resources/2017/10/new-federal-data-protection-requirements-impact-higher-education-institutions>: A new resource from Deloitte and EDUCAUSE. * Stay informed about the EU GDPR<https://library.educause.edu/topics/policy-and-law/eu-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr> with the latest resources from EDUCAUSE and our partner organizations. * Two dozen new guest blogs have been published in the EDUCAUSE Review Security Matters column<https://er.educause.edu/columns/security-matters> since our last update! Please note that this is our final quarterly HEISC update in 2017. As such, a special thanks to the HEISC volunteers for their great work in the past year as well as the EDUCAUSE staff who support this community's efforts! We look forward to hearing from you in the new year about any unique challenges that you are facing or potential resources you would like to see us tackle in 2018. Happy holidays! Sharon Pitt and Mike Corn Co-Chairs, Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC) www.educause.edu/security<https://www.educause.edu/security> Sharon P. Pitt Vice President of Information Technologies University of Delaware 030 Smith Hall Newark, DE 19716 (302) 831-0221 spitt () udel edu<mailto:spitt () udel edu> twitter@sppitt
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