Proposal for an Implementation Guide for a Computer Security Incident Response Team on a University Campus

• Main Authors: William Villegas-Ch., Ivan Ortiz-Garces, Santiago Sánchez-Viteri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
• Series: Computers
• Subjects: informatics security; cybersecurity; CSIRT
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/10/8/102

Currently, society is going through a health event with devastating results. In their desire to control the 2019 coronavirus disease, large organizations have turned over the execution of their activities to the use of information technology. These tools, adapted to the use of the Internet, have been presented as an effective solution to the measures implemented by the majority of nations where quarantines are generalized. However, the solution given by information technologies has several disadvantages that must be solved. The most important in this regard is with the serious security incidents that exist, where many organizations have been compromised and their data has been exposed. As a solution, this work proposes the design of a guide that allows for the implementation of a computer incident response team on a university campus. Universities are optimal environments for the generation of new technologies; they also serve as the ideal test bed for the generation of security policies and new treatments for incidents in an organization. In addition, with the implementation of the computer incident response team in a university, it is proposed to be part of a response group to any security incident at the national level.