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Cybersecurity Services for Higher Education
Collaborate with a specialized Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) to enhance threat detection and protection in higher education. Our tailored solutions are designed to empower educational institutions in meeting compliance requirements for data protection.
Meet Industry Requirements
GLBA Compliance Solutions & Services
Protecting financial data and ensuring GLBA compliance is a top priority for higher education institutions. Vancord partners as your MSSP to achieve and maintain GLBA compliance, allowing you to focus on providing quality education while we handle cybersecurity.
Seamless Security Services​
We have a very customized process to acquaint Vancord with your organization. We learn about your deployed technologies, organizational priorities, staffing and hierarchy, and systemic obstacles that might affect security improvements. We will determine the level of security that is appropriate and tailor our services and solutions to meet your unique requirements.
Your Trusted Partner for Security Threats in Higher Education
Vancord delivers the right-sized services within your budget to protect your organization against security threats.
Access The Right Expert When You Need It
Vancord will assign a dedicated individual to serve as the primary resource that will be responsible for providing security leadership, program development and direction. You will gain access to an entire team of professionals that your liaison will engage as needed, whether for technical or strategic support.  Â
Consult Information Security Leadership
We align security initiatives with business objectives by emphasizing program development, strategic planning, policy improvement, and reporting. Vancord regularly provides briefings and presentations to organizational executive leadership such as boards and committees.
Fulfill Cyberliability Insurance Requirements
We can offer Security Awareness Training, either customized, in person, or online on-demand. In addition, Vancord develops customized phishing campaigns based on your technology and organizational environment to show how effective your training is.Â
Benefit from Our Extensive History Serving Higher Education Institutions
Vancord has significant expertise in higher education and will bring that experience to every engagement. Our security experts have either worked full time or consulted for Universities and Colleges.Â
We have expertise in:
- Information Security Programs
- Identity Management
- Vulnerability Management
- Incident Response
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
- Security Policy Development
- Managed EDR
- Log Collection
- Vendor Risk Assessments
- Penetration Testing
- Data Privacy Compliance
Services
Let's Build Your Defenses Against Security Threats
Vancord offers our higher education clients cost-effective, reliable and expert IT and cybersecurity support that allows you to focus on their educational missions while building their security program and improving the security and efficiency of their IT infrastructure. We can customize our partnership to deliver what you need within your budget.
vISO Experts
Guidance on demand from our Virtual Information Security Office
Security Assessments
Ransomware assessments performed for network security
Security Policies
Integrated team support to develop and maintain policies
Threat Protection
Dual proactive incident planning and rapid response support
Tabletop Exercises
Simulated attacks designed to test team response and remediation
Data Privacy
Privacy risk assessments performed for data security
What Does Security Excellence Look Like?
Get the resources you need to keep your organization and clients safe. Download our free guide on Information Security for Higher Education.
Operational Advantage
The Vantage Protect Difference​
Vantage MDR is Vancord’s cutting-end managed endpoint detection and response solution powered by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) and delivered by Vancord’s security experts.
Evaluate your team’s incident response time and remediation protocol​
Close the security gaps hiding in administrative and technical controls
How mature is your institution’s security program for modern ransomware attacks?
Not sure where to start? Consider our Ransomware Protection bundle. Offered at a very reasonable price point, this combined assessment and interactive tabletop exercise will become the guidance you need.
