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Re: Education sector most affected by malware
From: Brad Judy <win-hied () BRADJUDY COM>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 12:32:51 -0400
While there are vendors on the list and/or who read the archives, it violates the list rules for a vendor to solicit sales based on a list post that was not requesting information about products. "Please note that unsolicited commercial communications to constituent group participants as a result of postings to a Constituent or Discussion list violate the promotional messages and advertising provisions of these guidelines and may result in the loss of access to the listserv in question." Given that your post clearly did not, I would say that Blue Coat violated the rules and someone from Educause should send an appropriate note to them (depending if this is a first-time or repeat event). Brad Judy Emory University -----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 11:29 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/articl e/180337/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SCMagaz ineHome+%28SC+Magazine%29 Mick A. DiGrazia University of Connecticut Information Technology Services (860) 486-1336 mick.digrazia () uconn edu
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- Re: Education sector most affected by malware Leo Song (Oct 07)
- Re: Education sector most affected by malware Doty, Timothy T. (Oct 07)
- Re: Education sector most affected by malware Roger Safian (Oct 07)
- Re: Education sector most affected by malware Valdis Kletnieks (Oct 07)