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"Hotline: Cybersecurity and Privacy" tackles the philosophical, moral, strategic, and organizational quandaries related to higher education cybersecurity, privacy, and data. This month, Mike answers your questions about cybersecurity strategy, CMMC/CUI-compliant research computing and storage infrastructure, and the unchecked expansion of cybersecurity job responsibilities.

As the role of higher education evolves, cybersecurity approaches must adapt. By collaboratively reexamining the cross-functional ecosystem that supports cybersecurity, higher education leaders and cybersecurity professionals can better align risk, security, business, and technology efforts with institutional strategic goals.

A team at Arizona State University developed two self-service tools to help staff, faculty, researchers, and student employees classify and store institutional data in compliance with privacy and regulatory requirements by guiding data classification and mapping results to approved storage options.

"Hotline: Cybersecurity and Privacy" tackles the philosophical, moral, strategic, and organizational quandaries related to higher education cybersecurity, privacy, and data. This month, Mike answers your questions about the nature of cybersecurity, the ethical foundations of policy decisions, and the organizational challenges of incident response.

What’s the real threat to cybersecurity in higher education? Spoiler: It’s not just technology. In this candid Q&A, two higher education leaders unpack why culture and trust matter more than firewalls, and how optimism and collaboration can transform security.