Security/Privacy
- New Ohio U CIO Knocks Out Strategic Plan in 75 Days
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7/24/2007
Bruce Bible, Ohio University's recently appointed chief information officer, has completed an initial 75-day review of OU's information technology needs. The result is a new IT-management strategy to restructure the central office, designate advisory groups, and identify opportunities to collaborate with IT workers across the university's Athens and regional campuses.
- HEA Reauthorization Amendment To Crack Down on University File Sharing
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7/24/2007
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) plans to introduce a new amendment to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act requiring a number of universities to police and report uses of illegal file sharing on its campuses.
- Bull Durham: Duke WiFi Outage Leads to iPhone Outrage
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7/23/2007
The media's search for iPhone flaws maintained its pace last week when Duke University's wireless local area network (WLAN) jammed for 10 to 15 minutes, apparently the result of newly commissioned iPhones inundating the university's Cisco wireless network servers.
- Admissions of Guilt
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7/19/2007
One of the discussions I have been in for the last week or two has been about the growing use within academia of MySpace information for what verges on "official" purposes.
- UVA-Wise Taps Mirage for Network Security
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7/18/2007
The University of Virginia's College at Wise (UVA-Wise) will implement network security technology from Mirage Networks (Austin, TX) to protect network communications at its residence halls.
- Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Cyber Heart?
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7/13/2007
Universities don't become headlines because a $2,000 computer is hacked or lost. They become headlines when sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and medical information is stolen. In terms of liability, the asset is not equipment; it is information.
- Cardiff U Identity Project Widens Access to Campus Systems
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7/13/2007
Cardiff University in Wales is leading an effort to persuade universities across the U.K. to share research on each other's campus online activity as a way help fight online fraud, hackers, and malicious software attacks.
- FBI, Carnegie Mellon Identify 1 MM BotNet Nodes
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7/13/2007
The FBI and Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) have identified the IP addresses of more than 1 million zombie computers throughout the United States as a part of security sweep nicknamed "Operation Bot Roast."
- U Texas Project To Train Health-Emergency Responders
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7/13/2007
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has formed a partnership with a simulation software firm to develop Web-based content for training staff in emergency response procedures.
- UC Santa Barbara Prof Studies Psychology of Phishing
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7/13/2007
Most e-mail scams work by luring victims with a sense of familiarity or legitimacy, according to a new study by a University of California, Santa Barbara psychologist.
- Davenport U Offers Degree in Accounting Fraud Detection
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7/13/2007
Michigan's Davenport University will introduce a bachelor's degree program in accounting fraud investigation this fall at the university's Midland, MI, campus. The program is designed to provide students a combination of technical skills in accounting, computer security, and legal investigation that are required in fraud examination.
- Indiana U Draws New Tool Against Cyber Crime
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7/13/2007
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics are turning to popular mass media tools to help get through to the public about computer security dos and don'ts.
- U Maryland Goes Global With Net Security Lab in Japan
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7/12/2007
University of Maryland's University College is working with Cisco Systems to open up a string of university-based network security labs around the planet.
- U Michigan Team Recommends Anti-Virus Overhaul
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7/12/2007
A report by researchers at the University of Michigan's electrical engineering and computer science department concluded that anti-virus products are inconsistent when it comes to identifying worm, phishing, and botnet attacks.
- Indiana U To Back Up State Government Data Center
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7/10/2007
Indiana University has signed an agreement to provide its home state government with back-up data center services. Representatives from the Indiana Office of Technology and IU said the deal will give the state a hot site that will enable IOT to continue operations for critical IT services should its primary center in Indianapolis become unavailable.
- California Enlists Higher Ed Hackers To Test Voting Machines
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7/10/2007
A team of technology professors, computer security experts, and computer hackers last week met to hack into three electronic voting machines that will be used in California's first February presidential primary next year.
- Notre Dame Sharpens Online Alumni Offerings
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7/5/2007
The University of Notre Dame is revamping its alumni relations with social networking and online engagement capabilities, which it will provide to roughly 120,000 graduates in more than 300 alumni clubs, classes and affinity groups.
- Campus Messaging System Upgrades Continue Apace
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7/3/2007
Colleges and universities around the country are continuing to rapidly adopt or upgrade their electronic and wireless messaging systems for campus emergency alerts in the wake of the Virginia Tech mass murder.
- U Washington To Serve Students Recording Industry Lawsuits
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7/2/2007
The University of Washington last week said it would charge students it detects are illegally downloading music with copyright violations on behalf of the recording industry.
- Johns Hopkins, U Maryland Open Language Tech Center
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7/2/2007
Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland have been tapped by the United States Department of Defense to create and operate a high-tech language analysis center that would focus on developing systems for automatically analyzing a range of speech, text, and document image data in multiple languages.
- Virtual Ed Link To Provide Emergency Response
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6/25/2007
Emergency response software provider Viyya Technologies will be teaming up with energy management firm The Atlantic Cos. to launch Virtual Ed Link, a new unit designed to provide emergency management technologies for K-12 and higher ed institutions. The letter of intent between the two companies was signed earlier this month.
- Virginia Tech Expands Emergency Notification
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6/22/2007
Virginia Tech this week reported that it's expanding its emergency notification system "significantly," launching the new VT Alerts system July 2. The campus has also announced the appointment of John Beach as interim director of emergency management effective immediately.
- NSA Recognizes Capitol College IA Curriculum
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6/21/2007
The National Security Agency awarded Capitol College's (Laurel, MD) Master of Science Information Assurance (IA) curriculum for meeting federal Information Assurance courseware standards at the most advanced levels.
- TAMU Corpus Christi Prof Loses Flash Drive With 8,000 Student Records
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6/18/2007
A flash drive with information on about 8,000 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi students was lost by a mathematics professor while on vacation in Madagascar, the Corpus Christi Caller reported.
- Securexam 'Cheat-Proofs' Remote Test Taking
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6/13/2007
Software Secure (Cambridge, MA) has released its Securexam Remote Proctor system, which provides exam security for distance learning environments. Working with Troy University's (Troy, AL) distance learning program--which maintains an advanced distance learning program--the system eliminates the need for remote students to take exams on-site or in the presence of a proctor.
