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HECVAT 3.0 Now Available in Standards Library

HECVAT 3.0 Now Available

The HECVAT, or Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Tool, is a questionnaire framework designed to help institutions of higher education measure their vendor risk. HECVAT was developed by EDUCAUSE's Higher Education Information Security Council (HEISC), a team dedicated to security, data governance, and compliance in higher education.

HECVAT recently upgraded to version 3.0 which includes the following changes:

  • General Question Revisions
  • Expansion to include Accessibility
  • Updates to Identity and Access Management
  • Reorganization for Ease of Use
  • New Crosswalks

For more information on HECVAT 3.0, click here.

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