UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
Working alongside and in competition with peers There are several comparison models the university can look to , as they are part of the ‘ Big 12 ’: an American collegiate athletic organisation driven by healthy competition in a number of sports .
“ We try to align with our peers and also institutions at comparable Carnegie research levels . We ' re an R1 research institution , which means we produce a lot of research every year . So certainly as we have gone through this transformation , and we ' re looking at capabilities and policies , we do certainly compare ourselves across other institutions ,” says Baillio .
“ When we want to be a leader in one area , or if we find ourselves behind in certain areas , it does help us to benchmark where we want to be . Across academia , it hasn ’ t been very regulated as far as information technology goes . I think culturally there have been some impacts from how academia works , how research works and where money comes from . But there ’ s not been a whole lot of focus from a business perspective on IT risk . As things have modernised and we have external policies , laws , and other compliance requirements , that has helped transform not only IT but IT security , which affects the running of an institution like a university ,” he adds .
Utilising many strengths The teams were able to build on the strengths that came from each campus . In the health science centre , the security teams are very adept at policy and governance , as they are driven by HIPAA regulation , a compliance heavy environment .
Meanwhile on the Norman campus , a typical four-year graduate study institution ,
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