The Chronicle of Higher Education

Colleges Face Rising Costs for Computer Security

Institutions spend more to defend their networks, a Chronicle survey finds

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Computer worms and other network pests are boring holes in campus technology budgets. More than half of American colleges and universities said they spent a greater portion of their information-technology budgets on security this year than last year, according to...

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