The cross-university preliminary project to increase information and IT security (UVI-Sec for short) represents a milestone in cross-university cooperation in the field of digitalization. For the first time, the 22 public universities are jointly carrying out a cybersecurity project. The aim is to strengthen resilience to cyber attacks across the board and increase information and IT security at Austrian universities, as well as to leverage synergy potential in the collaboration.

Steering committee consisting of:

• Heads of Central Information Services at public universities
• Members of ArgeSecur
•  ACOmarket

The core project team consisting of:

•     Project manager
•     Members of the ARGE Secur
•     External experts for information and IT security

Activities to date

As part of the project, workshops were held, a maturity level analysis was carried out and measures and an implementation plan were developed. A joint security baseline was also defined. Participation on the part of the universities is very high.

c Hero: Markus Spiske, unsplash