Re: User Awareness Program

[Jacob Barros <jkbarros () GRACE EDU>]

We too have trouble getting people to read anything but we're still offering
the opportunity to stay informed.  Our department, with much hesitation has
started a bi-weekly email newsletter that we send out to all faculty and
staff.  One of the articles included is a security 'soap box' where I get to
preach about passwords on sticky notes or post articles about hackers and
such.  (The other articles are related to happenings within computer
services which includes server administration, desktops, printers and
laptops, our ERP system and telephony so ther's always something to say.)
It's not much, but it's a step in the right direction with your only expense
being the time to think through the policy involved.

Feel free to respond with questions or request archived issues.

Jacob Barros
Network Security Administrator
Grace College and Seminary



-----Original Message-----
From: Steven R. Smith [mailto:Steven.R.Smith () HOFSTRA EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:03 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] User Awareness Program


We'd like to start a system security user awareness program at our
University.  We don't want it to be a 1 time event (like a single email),
but we also don't want it to be so intrusive (and/or boring) that people
ignore the message.  I'm wondering what other schools have done, and if you
wouldn't mind sharing the cost of any programs you've implemented.  It might
give me some ammunition to get some funding.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Steve.


Steven R. Smith
IS Security Specialist
Hofstra University
516.463.3944

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