Security/Privacy
- Louisiana Opts for e2Campus for Emergency Notifications
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12/13/2007
The state of Louisiana has selected Omnilert's e2Campus communications system for use as an emergency notification platform for higher education. Through the State Contract for Emergency Notification Services, Louisiana colleges and universities will be able to purchase the system without the need for an additional RFP, according to Omnilert.
- Norton AntiVirus 11 Adds Leopard Support, 'Vulnerability Protection'
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12/12/2007
Symantec this week released a full-version update to its Norton AntiVirus suite for Mac OS X. The latest version incorporates support for Mac OS X ("Leopard") and adds a new feature called "Vulnerability Protection," which is designed to guard against infections from applications connected to the Internet. The company has also updates its Norton Confidential for Mac to support Leopard.
- Duke Law School Reports Social Security Numbers Exposed
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12/10/2007
Duke University Law School alerted about 1,400 people whose Social Security numbers were stored on a school website that it was illegally accessed, the school reported. School administrators said they were contacting affected people as a precaution but did not know whether the records were accessed.
- Facebook Founder Loses Court Battle Over Personal Docs
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12/10/2007
A federal judge has denied a petition by Facebook Inc. to force a Harvard alumni magazine to take down documents pertaining to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder, the Associated Press reported. The documents, including Zuckerberg's Harvard College application, a personal diary, and an e-mail he wrote to the college admissions office, are part of a court battle between Facebook and ConnectU, a social networking site founded by Harvard students where Zuckerberg worked before he went on to found Facebook.
- Vista SP1 To Enhance Security, Block Piracy
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12/4/2007
Responding to feedback from customers and channel partners, Microsoft said Tuesday that the first service pack for Windows Vista will fight off known exploits as well as kill off its "reduced functionality mode," a feature that locks out what the system perceives to be unlicensed users.
- Bethel U Integrates Enterasys NAC with Cisco Infrastructure
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12/3/2007
Bethel University in Minnesota has deployed the Enterasys Network Access Control for more than 7,000 students, faculty, and staff to help manage more than 4,000 networked devices. The NAC provides role-based policy management for security and bandwidth control.
- Hedgehog 1.2 Adds Context-Based SQL Injection Security
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11/30/2007
Sentrigo has enhanced its Hedgehog database monitoring software to identify SQL injection security problems in database built-in packages. SQL injections in packages have represented the lion's share of database exploits in recent years, according to the company.
- SpamTitan Launches Antivirus Suite for Higher Ed
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11/30/2007
Security software developer SpamTitan is launching a new antivirus tool designed specifically for higher education named, appropriately enough, SpamTitan for Higher Education. The new software, which includes spam and malware protection features, will be available Monday.
- Rave Joins SunGard HE Collaborative, Sets Mobile Agenda
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11/29/2007
Higher education mobile services provider Rave Wireless has joined the SunGard Higher Education Collaborative and said it will provide mobile services, including alerts and collaborative technologies, for SunGard customers. The SunGard HE Collaborative is a network of companies whose stated aim is to help "colleges and universities build and manage reliable, integrated solutions that extend and enhance a unified digital campus."
- Feeling Smart at Nova Southeastern
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11/28/2007
A new "Shark Card" has been issued to more than 25,000 students, faculty, and staff at Nova Southeastern University incorporating both contact and RFID-enabled smart chips, plus biometrics.
- Bryant U Rolls Out NAC-Based Emergency Notification System
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11/27/2007
Bryant University in Smithfield, RI is expanding its emergency notification system for students, staff, and faculty. The university has adapted its Campus Manager NAC solution to provide alerts to its campus population through the system's messaging capability. The NAC-based solution is a supplement to the university's existing notification system, which includes voice and e-mail alerts.
- Coverity Adds Java Support to OSS Scan Service
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11/27/2007
San Francisco-based Coverity Inc. has expanded its static source-code analysis scanning solution. The solution now supports Java-based open source software (OSS) projects. Developers can check their OSS Java applications for free using Coverity's hosted solution. The solution scans applications and points out security and quality problems in the code without actually running the tested application.
- 'Connecting All Cars'--Rutgers Building Wireless Patrol Net
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11/26/2007
Rutgers University will design and deploy a wireless network that will connect its Division of Public Safety's 14 patrol vehicles.
- Mirage NACs Stave Off Storm Worm
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11/21/2007
Network Access Control systems from maker Mirage Networks can now recognize and isolate the Storm Worm, and variants thereof. The Storm Worm incorporates infected computers into a global, distributed botnet estimated to range in size anywhere between 250,000 and 10 million infected computers.
- Unified Threat Management Platform Expands Mail Security
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11/19/2007
Check Point Software Technologies today rolled out new versions of its Unified Threat Management appliances and software. The updates expand the range of protection the systems offer for e-mail, including adding a second layer of virus/malware protection and adding enhancements to spam filtering.
- Security Experts Alarmed by Exposed Database Servers
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11/16/2007
Responding to a soon-to-be released study revealing that as many as a half a million database servers aren't protected by firewalls, security experts contend the findings constitute a call to action for security pros and database administrators everywhere.
- Emergency Notification: Penn State Stays on Message
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11/15/2007
With 80,000 students and 24 campuses across a state that's intimately familiar with inclement weather, Pennsylvania State University clearly needs a reliable--and redundant--system of emergency notification.
- Historic GW University Rolling Out Security Messaging System
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11/15/2007
George Washington University is deploying GW Alert, a system based on ActiveAccess from BIA Information Network, a private label campus security application installed on student, staff and faculty computers to alert students to campus safety events.
- File Sharing Back in House Legislation
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11/12/2007
Illegal file sharing at colleges and universities is back on the agenda in Congress. In a bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives late last week by Reps. George Miller (D-CA, chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor) and Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), language was introduced requiring institutions to deal with file sharing and the illegal distribution of copyrighted material by students. However, reports on the legislation (and responses to the reports) may be overstating the significance of the wording.
- CMU Research Team Analyzes Internet 'Miscreants'
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11/9/2007
A team lead by Carnegie Mellon computer science researchers has developed computer tools capable of following the operations of electronic black markets for viruses, stolen data, and attack services. Adrian Perrig, a CMU associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and public policy has led a team that developed the automated techniques to measure activities of spammers, virus writers, and identity thieves. In addition to Perrig, the team included Jason Franklin, a Ph.D. student in computer science, Vern Paxon of the International Computer Science Institute, and Stefan Savage of the University of California, San Diego.
- Security in 2007: No Surprises Here (Well Maybe a Few)
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11/9/2007
Well, the results for 2007 are in. And no surprises here, IT directors cite lack of staff resources, lack of funding, higher education’s culture, and lack of defined security policy as the biggest barriers to improving information security.
- Blackboard Commerce Suite To Integrate FeliCa Technology
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11/9/2007
Education technology developer Blackboard has partnered with Sony to deliver support for Sony's smart card technology in its Blackboard Commerce Suite for use with campus ID cards.
- Stanford Offers Advanced Security Certification Online
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11/9/2007
Stanford University this fall began to offer its advanced computer security certificate program completely online in an effort to improve access to the program.
- Following Miscues, Ohio U Redoubling Security Efforts
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11/8/2007
Ohio University CIO Bruce Bible has outlined plans to strengthen campus security practices and awareness following a series of setbacks over the last year, according to a report in The Post, OU's campus newspaper. In a meeting to university trustees last week, Bible outlined the steps his office has taken to strengthen its security defenses and plans for the future, according to the Post.
- A Plan for Maximum Participation in Campus-Based Text-Messaging Alert Systems
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11/8/2007
How do you get students (and others) to opt in to text-messaging campus alert systems, such as the one used to good effect earlier this semester at the University of Colorado? Once they've opted in, how do you capture their attention and get them to keep your system loaded with their current information?
