Re: Size of IT Security Department

[Nick Tate <n.tate () ITS UQ EDU AU>]

We have two to three people working on specific security for the University
and another 15 in the CERT that we run (AusCERT).

Regards

Nick Tate


At 11:19 28/08/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> Hello folks
>
> I am watching the discussions on Residence Halls and a question came to
> mind. How many people are usually working in your security department?
>
> We have about 3,000 students in our Residence Halls, 16,000 active
> machines during the day, and 6,600 faculty/staff on campus. Being
> proactive in terms of training, burning CDs, etc, is almost out of the
> question since we have a total of 40 hours full time and 40 hours part
> time invested on security. Surprisingly enough, we managed to do a
> pretty good job containing everything that hit us during the past weeks,
>  at the expense of some VERY long work days.
>
> I am about do a presentation to high level University officers on the
> state of campus security and would like to make some comparissons.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alex
>
>
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> J. Alex Campoe
> Associate Director, Systems Group and Data Security Administrator
> Academic Computing, University of South Florida
> Phone: (813) 974-1796
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Nick Tate
Director, ITS and AusCERT
The University of Queensland
BRISBANE, Queensland 4072
Australia

Email: N.Tate () its uq edu au
Phone: +61 7 3365 3521
FAX : +61 3365 9069

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