Who: Apogee, a leading managed technology services provider solely focused on higher education, will present a webinar, “The Road to Resilience: How GLBA and NIST Help Strengthen Higher Ed Security Posture” with San Joaquin Delta College on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. This webinar will focus on the security and compliance-related challenges confronting higher education, and the importance of finding innovative solutions to protecting infrastructure, systems, and data.
Panelists include:
- Jacob Picart, vice president of security services, Apogee
- Craig Oberlin, campus virtual chief information security officer (vCISO), Apogee
- Chris Kirschenman, assistant director of systems development, San Joaquin Delta College
What: Faced with many competing priorities and limited in-house security expertise, many higher education institutions struggle to maintain a robust security posture amid rapidly evolving cyberthreats. In this webinar, panelists will discuss compliance and security frameworks like the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and NIST-800-171. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce whose mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. These regulations are complex and difficult to manage under normal circumstances yet are essential to addressing vulnerabilities and managing cybersecurity insurance costs.
Meanwhile, the costs of maintaining the status quo can be significant. According to research by Inside Higher Ed conducted in July 2022, nearly 75 percent of ransomware attacks on higher education institutions were successful, with an average cost to remediate of $1.4 million for the calendar year 2021.
“With the acceleration of bad actors targeting colleges and universities, institutions without comprehensive oversight of their security posture can be especially vulnerable. And with tight budgets and an even tighter supply of information security experts available, campus IT teams must look for innovative ways to take control of their security posture, ensure comprehensive compliance, and protect their institutions from financial and reputational harm,” Picart said.
Attendees will learn about:
- The costs and operational consequences of a piecemeal approach to security posture;
- Common security frameworks important to higher education and their value in comprehensively strengthening security posture and ensuring compliance; and,
- The process and steps vCISO experts utilize to determine relevant security frameworks, assess cybersecurity risk, identify vulnerabilities, and isolate tasks for remediation.
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2024. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. CT
Where: Webinar
How: For more information and to register for the webinar, please visit https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PzQERNACT7iwpr2gdbjp1Q#/registration.
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