Higher Education Community Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT) for Ares

In order to protect the Institution and its systems, vendors whose products and/or services will access and/or host institutional data must complete the Higher Education Community Assessment Toolkit (HECVAT).

The HECVAT:

• Helps higher education institutions ensure that vendor services are appropriately assessed for secuirty and privacy needs, including some that are unique to higher education
• Allows a consistent, easily-adopted methodology for campuses wishing to reduce costs through vendor services without increasing risk
• Reduces the burden that service providers face in responding to requests for security assessments for higher education institutions

The latest version of the HECVAT for Ares, please click at the bottom of the page to retrieve a version presented in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet