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EDUCAUSE researchers and panelists discuss takeaways from the 2024 Horizon Report, Cybersecurity and Privacy Edition.

“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 cybersecurity strategy, CMMC/CUI-compliant research computing and storage infrastructure, and the unchecked expansion of cybersecurity job responsibilities.

Conventional approaches to security training are insufficient to meet the rising tide of cybersecurity threats. Conducting a risk assessment is the first step in identifying the highest risks to human behavior, and mitigating those risks is how the security culture of an organization is changed.

As the role of higher education evolves, cybersecurity approaches must adapt. By collaboratively reexamining the cross-functional ecosystem that supports cybersecurity, higher education leaders and cybersecurity professionals can better align risk, security, business, and technology efforts with institutional strategic goals.

Higher education institutions must treat cybersecurity as a fundamental competency, raising awareness among users, developing plans, and assessing tools and resources, as cybersecurity threats expand and evolve alongside the laws, policies, practices, and solutions aimed at protecting data and digital systems, all in order to safeguard institutional assets and train tomorrow’s cybersecurity professionals and leaders.

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CISOs have evolved into campus-wide strategic leaders. Their skills and experience make them ideally suited to step into CIO and other executive roles in higher education.

Colleges and universities implement countless third-party products and services, any of which could pose risks to the institution, its data, and its constituents.

“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 the nature of cybersecurity, the ethical foundations of policy decisions, and the organizational challenges of incident response.

“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 handling admissions data and avoiding staff burnout.