The document discusses the significant cybersecurity threats faced by higher education institutions, highlighting the frequent instances of stolen data, including alumni and student information. It cites a 7% increase in malicious attacks in 2010, with 85% of U.S. companies experiencing such incidents. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of awareness and the need for cybersecurity standards in response to these growing risks.

1. PWNED
In
Higher Ed
Bryan Fendley
University of Arkansas at Monticello
Blog: http://bryanfendley.com

2. We are the most compromised industry

3. Frequently Stolen Information
 Alumni Data
 Student / Faculty Identification
 Credit Card Information
 Educational Content

4. Enablers
 Cloud Services
 Insecure Systems
 Social Media

5. Stats
 Malicious attacks in the U.S. are on the
rise. They climbed 7% in 2010
 85% of all U.S. companies have
experienced one or more attacks
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-13/sony-network-said-to-have-been-invaded-by-hackers-using-amazon-com-server.html

6. Simple Example
Trinity College Dublin discovered a file
containing student and information was
available to anyone on the college
network.
http://www.adamdodge.com/esi/archive/2011/04

7. Whose Been Hacked Lately in
Higher Ed?
http://www.adamdodge.com/esi/

8. When Evil Visits Your Website!
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/evil-hits-university-security-20110118-19vcw.html

9. Why Would Anyone Even Want to
Hack Our Website?
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227482/nasa_stanford_websites_hit_by_search_engine_scammers.html

10. It’s the Clouds Fault
http://techcrunch.com/2011/06/20/dropbox-security-bug-made-passwords-optional-for-four-hours/

11. Dependence on Plugins
http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

12. URL Shortners
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41120117/ns/technology_and_science-security/t/evil-url-shortener-shows-danger-misleading-links/

13. Social Networks
http://mashable.com/2011/03/09/chrysler-drops-the-f-bomb-on-twitter/
http://socialmediasecurity.com/

14. Multiple Authors
Warning there are images on this website that you may find offensive:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/seo/harvardedu-an-ivy-league-pornographic-playground/2446

15. But I was Only Exposed for a
Short Time
http://wayback.archive.org/web/

16. Arkansas Standards for
Cyber Security as it Relates to Web
http://www.dis.arkansas.gov/policiesStandards/Pages/Standards.aspx
http://www.dis.arkansas.gov/security/Pages/CyberSecurityToolkit.aspx
http://www.dis.arkansas.gov/security/Pages/ContinuityofOperationsProgram.aspx

17. Where to Find the Slides or Ask
Questions
Blog: http://BryanFendley.com
Twitter: @bfend
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