Defending Your Institution Against Prolific Cyberthreats? Is it Time to Get Help?

Wednesday, October 23 | 11:30AM–12:15PM CT | EDUCAUSE Commons, Cybersecurity and Privacy Central Theater
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Presentation/Panel Session
Paralyzed campuses are on the rise, and the importance of securing the institution has never been more critical. Digital experiences are driving a new era in education, and a university’s SecOps will need to be better equipped to defend the institution robustly. They play a massive role in ensuring that the institution meets its mission, its students are successful, and the impacts of attacks are minimized. Restricted budgets and limited skilled personnel mean the answer is fewer tools and a heavier reliance on automation and AI. Two university leaders discuss how they moved to embrace new visibility and automation by optimizing security toolkits to extend detection and response to meet today’s threats. Learn how this is more than securing the institution?it's pivotal to the success of the whole institution.

Presenters

  • Jesse Beauman

    Deputy CIO, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
  • Helen Patton

    Cybersecurity Advisor, Cisco Systems, Inc.
  • Lance Peterson

    Chief Information Security Officer, The University of South Dakota