Educause cyber director looks to grow higher ed CISO community

Cyber leaders across higher ed hope to expand a vendor assessment project called HECVAT to reach more universities and vendors.

New tools from Cisco are allowing a three-person team to do "encrypted threat analytics and more," said chief information security officer Don Bryant.

Responding to growing demand for technical talent in Northern Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam has announced agreements with 11 universities.

After a similar incident last year and a major data breach in April, the university's "emergency response team" is now instating "corrective action."

Applications for risk management planning and mapping are helping school administrators better coordinate with emergency response agencies.

Privacy regulations only go so far to protect data, so institutions need to make it a priority, educators said at Educause's annual conference.

New survey data shows that presidents, provosts and chief financial officers are not well engaged with the technology issues facing their campuses.

The system is requesting $100 million for IT transformation efforts and shared services it hopes will offset a 20 percent decline in enrollment.

The organization released its newest list of top IT issues at its annual conference in Chicago this week, all of them pointing toward student success.

Proactive learning interventions, deadline reminders and increased use of trend data are all things the next generation of students say they want.