NYC based security reputation firm SecurityScorecard just released its 2015 Higher Education report (PDF) which has some surprising results. According to ArsTechnica the security startup pegged MIT near the bottom of its security posture list. What the Ars article did not tell us what universities had excellent security postures.
The other surprising result is that Henry Ford Community College, in Dearborn, Michigan has the 5th best security posture in the SecurityScorecard report of 485 colleges and universities.
The report says HFCC is among the best securing their network. HFCC scored well in all phases of the online security studied including:
- Web Application Security,
- Network Security,
- Endpoint Security,
- Hacker Chatter,
- Social Engineering,
- DNS Health,
- IP Reputation,
- Patching Cadence, and
- Password Exposure.
The report explains that each category consists of dozens of security-risk indicators, resulting in a holistic security assessment.
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As an alumnus and former instructor at HFCC, I say well done!
Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.