Panelists from schools both large and small, public and private will candidly discuss what has succeeded and what has failed in their efforts to fund an information security program. Surveys regarding IT security budgets for a variety of industries indicate the security budget is between 2% and 5% of the total IT budget. EDUCAUSE surveys find that the sweet spot in higher education averages 3% of the total IT budget. This value varies considerably and obtaining the necessary funding to maintain and grow a security program requires deft skills at "selling up" the value of security to leadership.

OUTCOMES: Understand the fragility of information security budgets * Learn about a variety of ways to sustain an information security budget * Understand what metrics sell the value of security to university leadership