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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: An Introduction To The Evolving Federal Research Cybersecurity Landscape and What It Means For University IT Teams

Thursday, October 29, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT
Online

Federal requirements around research cybersecurity are growing quickly, and university IT teams are increasingly the ones expected to put them into practice. This session offers a plain-language introduction to that landscape: what the new requirements are trying to accomplish, where things stand today, and why work that used to live in research compliance offices is showing up in the systems IT teams build and support every day. The conversation pairs a national policy perspective from EDUCAUSE with practical resources from the research security community, plus a look at how IT, security, and research offices can partner effectively.

Speakers include:

Jarret Cummings, Senior Advisor for Policy and Government Relations, EDUCAUSE

Mike DiLalo, System Administrator, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers Health

Carolyn Ellis, Director, Research Cybersecurity and Compliance, Arizona State University

This event is part of a Series of Cybersecurity Awareness Month events hosted by the Big Ten Academic Alliance.

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

Contact

Big Ten Academic Alliance
Email

Interest

  • Academic (general)
  • Data Science & AI
  • Technology/Innovation

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