“The problem is that colleges and universities
in a 24 x 7 operations center, conducting risk
have small teams. They don’t typically have the
assessments and delivering final presentations
resources in-house to dedicate people solely to
to corporate executives. This model of on the
cybersecurity, unlike a
financial services firm
or other large corpora-
job training cannot
Higher education is ideally po-
tions,” Wilson noted.
sitioned to offer a service that
“And, in order to pass
involves sharing resources and
a standard cyberse-
educating tomorrow’s work-
curity audit, colleges
and universities are
force. We are already a collab-
be duplicated in
an “academic only”
environment.
The University will
establish a fully
functional cyberse-
expected to prove that
orative space and the cyberse-
they are adhering to
curity framework is a natural
supports the MCIEN
basic steps, like col-
extension of that environment.
goals and deliver-
curity center that
lecting and monitoring
ables, headquar-
security logs.” Above
tered at the UMASS
all else, the open and
collaborative environ-
The cybersecurity center will focus (initially) on
providing the following cybersecurity services:
– Larry Wilson
Chief Information Security Officer for
the UMASS President’s Office
President’s Office
in Shrewsbury, MA,
ment of higher educa-
with satellite offices
tion makes it a fertile
at UMASS campuses
environment for such a program.
“Higher education is ideally positioned to offer a service that involves sharing resources
and educating tomorrow’s workforce. We are
already a collaborative space and the cyberse-
Help customers design and build
their cybersecurity programs.
2. Cybersecurity Operations
Help customers run, test, operate,
and monitor their cybersecurity
programs.
3. Advanced Threat &
Vulnerability Management
Help customers identify and remediate
threats and/or vulnerabilities that could
impact critical assets (applications,
systems, network ̰