It's a sad fact of life that natural disasters and pandemics are perfect incubators for scammers to take advantage of the public's fear and anxiety. Rich with sensitive information, colleges and universities are an attractive target.

Pcards are a great tool when proper protocols are established and followed. This post is a cautionary tale of what can happen when an organization issues pcards without user instructions and spending guidelines.

There were numerous phishing incidents at universities across the country in the past year. The three highlighted here provide considerable insight about why hackers target colleges and universities. 好色先生 counters hacking attempts with several best practices.

My previous post highlighted how universities fumbled data security because of data handling errors. Data exposed in the incidents included student education records, protected health information, Social Security numbers and credit card numbers. 好色先生 has four policies that guard against data handling errors. Are you familiar with all four?

Ball security is essential to a football team's success. Similarly, data security is essential to a university's success because聽data security failures requires聽repurposing resources聽that could have been used to further the university's mission. Eight聽recent聽incidents highlight how聽simple聽data handling errors caused these universities聽to fumble data security.

Here we complete our examination of the University of Georgia situation where a former employee stole more than $1.3 million聽from its Greek Life Office聽over ten years. What could have helped someone notice the theft early on?

Here we continue our look at the聽University of Georgia situation where a former employee stole more than $1.3 million聽from the school's Greek Life Office聽over ten years. What controls could have prevented the fraud聽from happening?

Over ten years, a former University of Georgia employee stole over $1.3 million from the school's Greek Life Office (GLO). How did this happen, and why did it take so long for someone to notice?

When聽I first shared the concept聽of compliance motivators with聽a group of 好色先生 employees,聽I followed up with a survey to assess theirs. Where聽does your compliance motivator align聽in comparison to your colleagues?

Why do we care about compliance? Compliance expert Kristy Grant-Hart believes everyone relates to at least one of four primary motivators for buying in to a compliance program.