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Recommendations for Risk Analysis in Higher Education Institutions

Authors:
Lidia Prudente Tixteco
María del Carmen Prudente Tixteco
Gabriel Sánchez Pérez
Linda Karina Toscano Medina
José de Jesús Vázquez Gómez
Arturo De la Cruz Tellez

Keywords: risk analysis; higher education institutions; information systems

Abstract:
Computer attacks do not only happen in large companies or organizations. Educational Institutions have also began to become aware of computer threats to which their information assets are exposed. Among these institutions, universities, higher education and research centers are the most at risk, because they handle information regarding scientific and technological research and/or developments, personal data of their staff and students, academic records, and many others. A risk analysis is one step to start an information security strategy. It allows assessing the risk of information assets in order to know their security status, and helps to define a security controls implementation plan to avoid threats that exploit some vulnerability that could cause serious damage to an asset or infrastructure of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This paper presents some recommendations to perform a risk analysis in HEIs to identify threats and helps to reduce the risk of their information assets.

Pages: 125 to 130

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: September 10, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2162-2116

ISBN: 978-1-61208-582-1

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from September 10, 2017 to September 14, 2017