Results for the May 2018 HEISC Survey on Current Risks & Top Issues

[Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Dear Security & Privacy Discussion Group members,
Thank you for responding to our latest HEISC survey on current risks and top issues in the higher ed community. A 
summary is provided below.

The top 5 issues/risks that survey respondents are currently facing (May 2018):

  1.  Limited resources for the security program (too much work, not enough time or people), 32%
  2.  Phishing & social engineering, 29%
  3.  GDPR compliance, 28%
  4.  Risk management, including risk assessments, 21%
  5.  Protecting Personally Identifiable Information (reducing end-user storage and access to PII), 19%

119 individuals took the poll, and the top 3 roles represented were:

  1.  CISOs, 22%
  2.  Director/lead InfoSec, 17%
  3.  CIOs, 12%
Have a great week!
Valerie

Valerie Vogel
Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Program

EDUCAUSE
Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good
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