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CampusCISO IT Policy Framework

2026 Edition

The CampusCISO IT Policy Framework: inventory of 17 policies, 24 standards, and seven sector-wide gaps for higher education. Built on annual research at 400+ institutions. Free Community Edition.

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What's included in the Community Edition

The Community Edition is the complete framework. Nothing is held back for a paid tier.

  • Complete inventory of 17 policies and 24 standards organized by prevalence at research universities (Universal, Common, Emerging)
  • Seven sector-wide gaps with current adoption data and regulatory context
  • Diagnostic scoring methodology, including the formula for the 0 to 100 diagnostic score, four relative maturity levels, and the qualitative governance rubric
  • The framework's design and the annual research that validates and updates it, including stratified sampling, visibility classification (Full Visibility, Public Titles, Discovery Gated), and margin-of-error treatment
  • Aggregate findings showing diagnostic score distribution across the sector and by institutional tier
  • Architectural observations from six R1 institutions illustrating distinctive design choices
  • Edition history documenting framework evolution
  • Self-Assessment method institutions can use to baseline their own policy programs

The framework is updated annually as new research data becomes available.

The 2026 Edition reflects the 2026 CampusCISO IT Policy Study (410 institutions, December 2025 - January 2026).

About the Community Edition

The CampusCISO® IT Policy Framework is available as a free Community Edition on Leanpub. By providing your email address, you get access to the framework and an online community forum. We're making the entire framework available under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) so higher education leaders, consultants, and advisors who serve the sector can read the full text, complete the Self-Assessment, and use the inventory as a reference for their own work.

CampusCISO's advisory services build on this framework with peer benchmarking data, trend analysis, and professional insights tailored to individual institutions' needs. We're providing the underlying framework itself as a free resource for higher education institutions and the advisors who support them.