When a leading West Coast university recognized a need to re-examine their cybersecurity and risk-management processes, EY US professionals and ServiceNow provided an integrated approach to help the institution protect its community.
The team completed a baseline study of where and by whom sensitive information was housed, identified the risks posed in each of these disparate areas and recommended controls to safeguard them. Our cyber team mobilized a governance, risk and compliance capability on the ServiceNow platform to manage risk intake, analysis, disposition and response.
The process alerted university administrators to areas of vulnerability, thoroughly assessed the challenges across more than 50 schools and implemented effective tools to protect the institution’s most sensitive information across the entire campus community.
The result for the university is an expanded safety net of rules and guidance, limited access to data by designated gatekeepers and centralized security operations.
“Universities have a responsibility to help protect the students, faculty, researchers, staff and guests that constitute the university ecosystem,” said Rob Belk, Principal, Cybersecurity Consulting, Ernst & Young LLP. “With a new system in place, students and faculty can feel confident that the university is protecting their data, so they can confidently focus their attention on learning and research.”