Re: Education sector most affected by malware

["Doty, Timothy T." <tdoty () MST EDU>]

This is an open list and there are multiple vendors here. Being open it is
not advisable to post anything sensitive. Some vendors are better behaved
than others.

Tim Doty

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of DiGrazia, Mick A
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:29 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Education sector most affected by malware
>
> I wanted to just caution the group that after sending this email I
> received a sales attempt from Blue Coat referencing my email, wanting
> to discuss how to prevent "such malware" at our institution.
>
> I clearly sent the message to provoke discussion not as a cry for help
> from vendors anxious to make a large sale. I thought this list was for
> higher education InfoSec professionals but learned that this may not be
> the case.
>
> While Blue Coat will never receive my business based on their
> questionable tactics, I wanted to make the group aware that this list
> may not be the best place to be sharing information pertinent to your
> organization; unless, of course you feel that this type of use (and
> perhaps other, more insidious uses) of this list are okay.
>
> If Blue Coat is trolling the list for sales opportunities, I'd question
> who else has access to this list and harvesting information.
>
>
> Mick A. DiGrazia
> University of Connecticut
> Information Technology Services
> (860) 486-1336
> mick.digrazia () uconn edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DiGrazia, Mick A
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 9:16 AM
> To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> Subject: Education sector most affected by malware
>
> Education owns 44% of malware infections by industry
>
> http://www.scmagazineus.com/education-sector-most-affected-by-
> malware/article/180337/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campa
> ign=Feed%3A+SCMagazineHome+%28SC+Magazine%29
>
>
> Mick A. DiGrazia
> University of Connecticut
> Information Technology Services
> (860) 486-1336
> mick.digrazia () uconn edu

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