Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy

[Pete Hickey <pete () SHADOWS UOTTAWA CA>]

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 01:01:38PM -0600, Willis Marti wrote:
> randy marchany wrote:
> > This is an interesting thread and I have another question to ask. Given
> > the nature of IPS and it's ability to basically read any email, chat, or
> > any data sent through the wire, how are institutions dealing with the
> > potential public relations nightmare of explaining to your constituents
> > that this device and its keepers have that ability?
>
> The issue occurs in other situations besides an IPS.

Yeah.  The most obvious spam filters.  In a confidientiality agreement
with some external group we specified that we would not read their
mail, however automated filters, intented to maintain the integrity
of our system may read it.

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