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Top EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference Takeaways

I had the honor of joining some of my fellow CampusGuardian’s attending the EDUCAUSE Security Professionals Conference here in my hometown of Chicago this past week, and I have a handful of takeaways that I would like to share with you all.

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Phishing Your Own Users

Phishing your own users is a great exercise to gauge awareness and how well your employees can identify a phishing email in a controlled environment. Promote the habit of knowing and understanding the way phishing messages work to help them build success on how to react appropriately to phishing messages.

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Inaugural CEO Blog to all CampusGuard Customers

CampusGuard celebrates our 10 year anniversary this month and I couldn’t think of a better way to kick-off my inaugural blog then to acknowledge all of the hard-working, dedicated CampusGuard team members that work tirelessly on behalf of our loyal customers.

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A Well Run PCI Program: How Do They Do It?

How are organizations successfully monitoring and maintaining ongoing compliance efforts? Regardless of their size, it requires a daily, coordinated focus and must be actively maintained.

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Updated Industry Guidance on Accepting Telephone Payments

The move towards VoIP technology has created multiple concerns and uncertainties for PCI compliance. If phone calls include the transmission of cardholder data, whether spoken or keyed in, that data is in scope for PCI DSS.

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NIST SP 800-171 Series: The Fifth Control

With so much sensitive data readily available within college and university systems, it is critical for institutions to continue to strengthen access controls in order to prevent unauthorized access.

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NIST SP 800-171 Framework Series: Configuration Management

The fourth family of controls within the NIST SP 800-171, Configuration Management, defines how appropriate levels of security are to be maintained as various system changes are made.

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Data Classification in Higher Ed

Because data is often managed by individuals across multiple systems or applications outside of a standardized records management system, it can be difficult to keep track of the type and amount of sensitive data held by different parties.

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Hacking Building Controls: The Target breach – 5 years later

HVAC and other environmental systems are now being connected into corporate networks to automate building controls. Organizations using Internet-connected systems without security controls can provide hackers an opportunity to gain access to other critical organizational systems and networks.

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