AHECS SERVICE COORDINATION
ADVOCACY
| Raise the HE and research sector cybersecurity profile with government and its agencies, acting as an influencer, promoting efforts, services and outcomes from within the HE sector and ensuring that the HE sector influences policy, legislation and funding opportunities relating to cybersecurity and safety. |
ADVICE ON REGULATORY CHANGES
| Monitoring and provision of timely communication and advice to members on regulatory changes (e.g. MDBR, GDPR, APP, Encryption Bill etc); maintaining awareness of developments in the domain that may affect members or services. |
GOOD PRACTICE GUIDES & TEMPLATES
| Facilitating good (fit for purpose) practice through the CAUDIT repository. This will provide good practice templates, contextualised governance, guidelines, assessment and implementation checklists – as provided by AHECS, members and external parties. |
COORDINATION ON INITIATIVE IDENTIFICATION & MANAGEMENT
| Research and develop opportunities for new and improved services and delivery (including based on Top Ten Topics) to assist members address changing demands in the cybersecurity landscape. Members provide weighted feedback to drive initiatives and direction that are presented back to members through business cases for approval to proceed. |
