What does security have to do with IT?

This session will address the relationship between security threats and research data with specific application to the digital humanities. Advance persistent threats are nation-state initiated attacks that operate without global Internet governance or recourse, and target higher education for its advanced intellectual property and data used in research. At stake is not merely the infringement of intellectual property or even theft of the data for use in other countries but the integrity of an individual research’s data and results. This fact takes on more significance as humanists avail themselves of digital tools and analytic forms of research.