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Re: CISO?
From: Melissa Guenther <mguenther () COX NET>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:19:40 -0700
Although the position was in place already , some of the regulatory drivers that require that position (or strongly recommend it) support it. -------Original Message------- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv Date: 01/21/04 14:59:07 To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] CISO? Hi all, I am a Network Security Analyst - you know, a low-level technical grunt. :-) The management structure above me is a little fuzzy, but the longer I work here the more apparent one thing becomes: We do not have a senior management-level Information Security position. (And no, I am not looking for a position to be promoted into!) For those of you who do have a CISO position on your campus, how did you go about getting the position created? Was there a watershed event or was it just a natural evolution? Have you had a CISO for a while now or was it just recently you saw a need for one? For those of you without a CISO-type position on your campus, do you think you need one? Do you plan on creating one? Does your technical staff fill that role, or has senior IT management assumed those responsibilities? Sorry if my questions are a little fuzzy - this is hardly a scientific survey. I am trying to figure out how to communicate what I see as a need here to senior University administration, and I always like to see if someone else has tackled this first. Thanks in advance for any advice! Phil -- ======================================= Philip A. Rodrigues Network Analyst, UITS University of Connecticut email: phil.rodrigues () uconn edu phone: 860.486.3743 fax: 860.486.6580 web: http://www.security.uconn.edu ======================================= ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/. . ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
