Campus Technology

Solutions and Strategies for Higher Ed

9/3/2010

Security Spotlight

The Business of a Data Breach
Colleges and universities are learning that nobody can prevent a data breach from ever happening. All they can do is really manage the risk. At leading institutions such as Western Michigan U that translates to IT people learning how to work with risk managers.
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Campus Security News

Student Fear of Campus Shooters Low on the List
In the scheme of fears, Illinois college students rank a shooter on campus fairly low--in spite of the fact that just two years ago a gunman shot and killed six people and injured 18 at a university in their state, Northern Illinois University.
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Yale Laptop Theft Exposes 1,000 Health Records
Yale School of Medicine notified about 1,000 people whose clinical health information was contained on a laptop computer that was recently stolen from the school.
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BYU-Hawaii Fences Off Wireless Network
Brigham Young University-Hawaii is shifting to an appliance-based system for controlling access to its wireless network bandwidth.
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Awareity TIPS Service Tied to Clery Act Reporting
Awareity has launched a new reporting service that allows campus community members to report suspicious incidents or red flags online and instigate follow-up by the institution's crisis team.
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Colleges Continue Adding Emergency Notification Service
A lengthy list of institutions has signed on for emergency notification services from Omnilert this summer, among them, Central Texas College in Killeen, TX; Hanover College in Indiana; Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN; and Palo Alto University in California.
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Microsoft Updates Security Compliance Manager Tool
Microsoft has issued an update to its Security Compliance Manager tool, which helps IT pros set security policies for some Microsoft software.
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Washington College Adopts Digital Two-Way Radios for Public Safety
Washington College in Chestertown, MD has adopted a new digital two-way radio system from Motorola to replace an analog system that was cutting out on users as the campus grew.
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