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Re: Advice on Network Security Policies[Message Scanned]
From: Jimmy Fikes <fikesj () WBU EDU>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:18:32 -0600
After reading Nancy Flynn's book, E-mail Rules, A Guide to Managing Policies, Security, and Legal Issues (AMACON, 2003), we implemented an e-mail retention policy. We were also motivated by an unfortunate allegation against a person that potentially threatened to harm both the individual and the university. Flynn makes a persuasive argument for message archiving. It is not inordinately expensive or difficult and may someday prove to be less expensive than a lawyer. Jimmy Fikes Director of Information Technology Services Wayland Baptist University -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Theresa M Rowe Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:59 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Advice on Network Security Policies[Message Scanned] I encourage you to review your questions with your legal staff and your police department. After much review here, the decision was that personally identifiable log info is kept for 48 hours. No email is kept; we do not even backup our email system for emergency purposes. We specify our practice in our system administrator policy http://www2.oakland.edu/audit/POLCY880.HTM The feeling was if we don't have it, we cannot turn it over. And yes, the FBI and "other sorts" have been here, expressed surprise, but no other issues have come up. Theresa Rowe ---- Original message ----
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:40:14 -0500 From: "Parker, Ben C" <parkerbc () MUC EDU> Subject: [SECURITY] Advice on Network Security Policies
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To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Question in which I am hoping for some advice from those with expertise? Where is a good place to find out what we as a small private liberal arts college are required to keep/have as far as legal issues are concerned with some of the following things? 1. How detailed and how long do we need to keep firewall logs? Currently we are logging denies and NAT timeouts. What are we required to keep, and what would be good to have in case we get file sharing notice( Since in the year and a half I have been here we have kept things locked down tight enough that students haven't been able to file share, but there is strong pressure to open things up more.) 2. What other things should we be auditing and how extensively? 3. What are the other questions I should be asking be don't even know what to ask about? ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Theresa Rowe Assistant Vice President University Technology Services www.oakland.edu/uts - the latest news from University Technology Services ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
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- Advice on Network Security Policies[Message Scanned] Parker, Ben C (Jan 13)
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- Re: Advice on Network Security Policies[Message Scanned] Theresa M Rowe (Jan 13)
- Re: Advice on Network Security Policies[Message Scanned] Joel Rosenblatt (Jan 13)
- Re: Advice on Network Security Policies[Message Scanned] Jimmy Fikes (Jan 13)
- Re: Advice on Network Security Policies[Message Scanned] Jimmy Fikes (Jan 13)