Case Study
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU)
Case Study Modern day universities and colleges face myriad challenges in trying to pro- tect the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of institutional assets: stu- dents who “push the envelope” on the use of resources, the deployment of new technologies like WiFi networks, a strong tradition of academic freedom that supports open access, and a broad range of compliance requirements like PCI, HIPAA, and FERPA. Adding to these challenges, the centralized leadership of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) is faced with creating a definitive yet flexible security and compliance program framework that can be executed cost-effectively across a range of independent-minded organizations. As one of the nation’s largest higher-education systems, MnSCU faces these infor