Managing Identity in Higher Ed = Fewer Breaches? Part 1
Read this two-part blog series to explore the evolving data breach landscape in higher education and the crucial role that “people security,” or managing identities and access rights, occupies. In December 2017, Ed Tech Magazine published an article entitled “Education Sector Data Breaches Skyrocket in 2017.” If you missed it, you can find it here. […]
Success in Higher Ed Security Requires Collaboration
Security is hard. Any security practitioner will tell you that, although almost everyone will have a different reason why. Some will say a lack of budget, while others will cite people resources. A few say a lack of respect for the cybersecurity role, or where it is placed in the org chart. You will also […]
Implications of the EU ‘Right to be Forgotten’ on U.S. Higher Education Institutions
On May 25, 2018, the much-hyped General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in all the European Union Member States. Some of its most talked about features, alongside the potential for a €20 million (US$23.5 million) fine or 4 percent of annual turnover (whichever is higher), include the bolstered ‘user rights,’ chief among them, the […]
Cambridge Analytica and the University of Cambridge
In his recent testimony before the U.S. Congress, Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg intimated that the University of Cambridge carried some blame for the Cambridge Analytica blunder. As he told New York congressman Eliot Engel (D): “So we need to understand whether there is something bad going on at the University of Cambridge overall that will […]
