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The DFARS Interim Rule came into effect on September 29, 2020, and it affects Higher Education Institutions that conduct DoD-sponsored research

Conducting a GLBA Pre-Audit Assessment will serve as evidence for your auditors and a guide for your institution

Learn everything you need to know about the GLBA in Higher Education with our comprehensive blog post

IT Risk Assessments are a critical component of any mature security program. Learn how to conduct your own with this quick guide.

Learn how you can leverage the HECVAT to build a robust and efficient Vendor Risk Management (VRM) process across your higher ed institution.

Regulations can help direct our efforts to where work might need to be done, but risk assessments give us advance notice of exactly where those gaps might be. Using a variety of applicable regulatory frameworks, anyone can shore up their compliance through the use of questionnaire-based risk assessments.

For anyone in the medical field, HIPAA sets the standards for the use and protection of medical information and impacts every organization across the healthcare ecosystem, whether interacting with patients or not. As if the threat (and reality) of breaches wasn’t enough, the regulators behind HIPAA mean business when it comes to compliance.

Executing a risk assessment and protecting sensitive consumer information under the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) cybersecurity regulations

As you start to focus on the issues discovered during a cybersecurity risk assessment, figuring out how to address them can prove difficult. However, there are a few strategies that can help

Using spreadsheets to conduct a risk assessment can be a powerful tool, but they have their limitations.

In-house and outsourced IT risk assessments both have their advantages and disadvantages. Depending on your institution’s needs, it is important to explore different arrangements

Justifying even a modest, incremental budget for a security program can be challenging. A few checklist key tactics can help you make a difference when convincing your key stakeholders

A security risk assessment is a daunting task for any security team. This article will uncover the five biggest problems that they face