Solution.

The HBCU-ISACTM will serve HBCU member institutions by promoting cybersecurity operational protection and response.

HBCU-ISACTM member institutions will benefit from threat intelligence and other automated data collection and sharing tools to enable informed decisions about threats and events and peer assessment services to improve the institution’s overall security posture. In addition, the HBCU-ISACTM also fosters the building of operational relationships and functional networks through several educational events and cybersecurity response exercises to facilitate trust. Working groups and committees focus on topics and activities of importance to the sector. A shared services portal will provide the support functions required to protect the HBCU ecosystem and its business units, utilizing a well-defined infrastructure to enable higher-value service delivery for the benefit of all.

SERVICES

The mission of the HBCU-ISACTM is to improve the overall cybersecurity posture of HBCUs through coordination, collaboration, cooperation, and increased communication.
Areas of Information Sharing
  • Threats
  • Vulnerabilities
  • Incidents
  • Mitigation measures
  • Lessons learned
  • Challenges
  • Good practices
  • Trends
  • Policy development
Joining the HBCU-ISACTM is free, and membership is open to all HBCUs. The only requirement is agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, which outlines a member’s responsibilities to protect shared information. Membership benefits fall into two categories: No cost information-sharing service and fee-based services detailed below.

Fee-based Services and Activities

Resource / Expertise Augmentation

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Resource / Expertise Augmentation

Cybersecurity expertise is scarce, and it is difficult for many organizations to maintain a cadre of qualified personnel. The HBCU-ISAC will provide access to a pool of highly technical resources with years of experience in SOC Operations and Incident Management that the universities can leverage for monitoring and incident response activities

Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

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Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

HBCU-ISAC multi-tenancy Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Services model can significantly lower TCO when compared to expanding existing internal security operations to a 24x7 model or moving to a comparable dedicated managed security service offering.

Leverage GovCloud Fusion Platform

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Leverage GovCloud Fusion Platform​

HBCU Managed Security Services (MSS) solution and was purposebuilt for the operation and services of the HBCUISAC. The platform provides our analysts, incident responders, and customers with case management and incident tracking capabilities. Also, it incorporates some of the most advanced technologies for threat Intel contextualization, machine learning event correlation, and Security Orchestration and Automation Response (SOAR) processes.

Unrivaled Threat Intelligence

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Unrivaled Threat Intelligence

The HBCU-ISAC will leverage its strategic relationship with Trustwave Government Services SpiderLabs (SL) Research team collects and cultivates Threat Intelligence and telemetry from multiple sources both internally from our seven global SOCS/honeypots and externally through third-party relationships (Microsoft, Virus Total, Team Cymru, ThreatExchange). Our SL team conducts over 2500 penetration tests annually, and we research over 9 million web application attacks yearly. Additionally, the SpiderLabs team has been the largest provider of Oracle vulnerabilities for the past 12 years and was named a Top Contributor for Threat Indicators by Microsoft.

HBCU Annual Cyber Exercise

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HBCU Annual Cyber Exercise

HBCU-ISAC provides a venue for HBCUs and government, the private sector, and international partners to come together to simulate the response to a large-scale, coordinated, significant cyber incident impacting the HBCU ecosystem and its infrastructure. During the event, HBCUs will exercise their incident response plans and identify opportunities for coordination and information sharing. Together, HBCU participants will identify areas for growth and improvement to strengthen the HBCU ecosystem’s cyber resiliency.
The HBCU-ISACTM will offer members daily cybersecurity news reports, alertsand advisories, analysis reports of cybersecurity threats and mitigation, and an active, interested community of subject matter experts who provide feedbackon practices and standards. We foster professional training and development through monthly webinars and regional workshops. HBCU-ISACTM will act as a cleared Network Security Operations Center and deploy Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) for the HBCU member institutions

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