Enemy at the Water Cooler

Chapter 10. Rapid Remediation—A University in the United States

	“You can’t defend. You can’t prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.”
	--Bruce Schneier

Colleges and universities, by design, are open environments that promote access to and sharing of information within the institution and amongst outside groups. Historically, they haven’t been early adopters of security solutions. However, I’ve actually seen an increased level of interest in security among university systems over the past two years. Security for them is often an afterthought, except perhaps around sensitive areas of research. When it comes to the general student population using network resources, accessing the Internet, or otherwise interacting with computers, ...