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Sunday, October 15, 2006
A Unified Approach to Information Security Compliance - M. Peter Adler, EDUCAUSE Review
The information age has led to a heightened concern that personal information is not being protected. The high speed at which private information can be used and shared, often without permission, enables and increases the possibility of identity theft and other unauthorized uses of personal information. Initially, self-regulation through the implementation of good security practices was thought to be the way to protect electronic personal information. In the latter part of the twentieth century, a sectoral approach to information security regulation started to gain favor with the passage of laws protecting health and financial information. However, between February 2005 and July 2006, there were 237 reported security breaches involving the compromise of more than 89 million records containing personal information.1 Of these, 83 incidents involved institutions of higher education, including academic medical centers. The number of reported security incidents demonstrates that self-regulation has generally failed.
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