1.
At Risk?
Take the IT Risk
Assessment
@ShaunHolloway Association of College and
University Housing Officers – International

2.
Our Time Together
10 - Assessment Tool Overview
25 - Complete the IT Risk Assessment
10 – Results Discussion, Actionable Next Steps
Questions and Assistance

3.
Assessment Tool
Created in 2016
Used with the Board of Directors in
2016 and 2019 assessments
Needed a way to identify areas of risk
that were actionable

4.
Reputable Instrument
Educause
IT Risk Register
U.S. National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Guide for Conducting Risk Assessment
U.S. Government Accountability Office
InfoSec risk assessment matrices

5.
Assessment Framework
36 risk statements
34 defined by the Educause IT Risk Register
2 added by ACUHO-I for direct user-based scenarios
11 IT Domains
Management of IT
IT Support Services
Educational Technology Services
Research Computing Services
Data Centers
Communications Infrastructure
Enterprise Infrastructure and Services
Information Security
Identity Management
Systems and Applications
Business Continuity

6.
Assessment Framework
6 Functional Areas
Compliance
Financial
System
Service
Operational
Reputational
Strategic

7.
Assessment
Scoring

8.
Assessment Scoring
Undesirable
1.0 – 0.8
Effort is needed to address the risk statement and understand the current
situation and factors that are contributing to the situation.
Reviewable
0.7 – 0.4
A discretionary review by management is needed to determine whether the
level of risk is acceptable or if the risk statement is undesirable.
Acceptable
0.3 – 0.0
Risk statement is deemed to be in a state that does not need to be reviewed
by management.

9.
RISK ASSESSMENT TIME
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10.
RESULTS DISCUSSION
ACUHO-I’s Findings

11.
Data Analysis - 2016 v 2019
Undesirable… Reviewable… Acceptable…
Undesirable
1.0 - 0.8
Reviewable
0.7 - 0.4
Acceptable
0.3 - 0.0

12.
Functional Area Analysis
0
10
20
30
Compliance Financial System Service Operational Reputational Strategic
Undesirable (n=2) Reviewable (n=7) Acceptable (n=27)
0
10
20
30
Undesirable (n=2) Reviewable (n=7) Acceptable (n=27)
Compliance Financial System Service Operational Reputational Strategic

13.
Service Area Analysis
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Undesirable (n=2) Reviewable (n=7) Acceptable (n=27)

14.
Data Suggests
0
10
20
30
Undesirable
1.0 - 0.8
Reviewable
0.7 - 0.4
Acceptable
0.3 - 0.0
Risk Statement Distribution
2019 2016

15.
Rationale Contributions
Apply human interpretations
Evaluation team discussion outcomes
Focus on the UNDESIRABLES
Define next steps

16.
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