Re: FW: Residence Hall Virus Solutions

[Tammy Clark <isttcx () LANGATE GSU EDU>]

Sandy

We have the same amount of licenses and we pay about $4.66 per user.  We utilize a reseller & competitive bidding.

Tammy L. Clark, CISSP
Information Security Officer
Georgia State University
tlclark () gsu edu
404-463-9612
> > > SANDY () BUMAIL BRADLEY EDU 08/27/03 20:26 PM >>>
Thanks very much.  That certainly sounds like a very comprehensive program.  We have looked into pricing for NAV, and 
$30 appears to be the best price we can find (we have 6,000 students).  Are you aware of an academic program that 
provides better pricing, or are you paying that much?  
 
Thanks again for your timely response.
 
Sandy

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: Tammy Clark [mailto:isttcx () LANGATE GSU EDU] 
        Sent: Wed 8/27/2003 7:02 PM 
        To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU 
        Cc: 
        Subject: Re: [SECURITY] FW: Residence Hall Virus Solutions
        
        

        Hello, 

        At Georgia State University, we have a policy that each residential student's computer have antivirus software 
(we provide Symantec antivirus software to all students, staff & faculty members) and a personal firewall.  Each 
student authenticates through Cisco BBSM using their campusID and agrees to comply with our computer use agreement.

        This year, due to the influx of students bringing infected systems to the campus, we are conducting security 
checks for the Blaster and Welchia worms on students' systems.  We are also checking to see if they are patched against 
the latest vulnerabilities (RPC, Direct X). We are then installing antivirus software and a personal firewall (free 
version of ZoneAlarm) on their systems.  We also offer them an option to conduct a self-check with an accompanying 
validation process.

        To ensure that they don't attempt to connect to the housingnet with a system that has not been checked, we 
register the MAC address of their system to their port.

        We've generated a CD/step-by-step instruction with an executable scripting routine (rpccheck.exe) that 
automates the process of checking for worms and patches, applies the fix programs and installs the patches if 
necessary. It applies the patches appropriate for the Windows version on the student's pc. The CD also contains an 
unattended installation of the antivirus software and the executable file to install the ZoneAlarm personal firewall.

        Regards, 
        Tammy L. Clark, CISSP 
        Information Security Officer 
        Georgia State University 
        tlclark () gsu edu 
        404-463-9612 
        >>> SANDY () BUMAIL BRADLEY EDU 08/27/03 19:13 PM >>> 


        > Hi there -  I am interested in quick summaries of how people are handling students bringing computers back to 
school with no virus protection.  We do not have a policy in place to require virus protection software.  Thank you 
very much.

        > 
        > Sandra J. Helms 
        > Director of Academic Computing 
        > Bradley University 
        > 1501 W. Bradley Avenue 
        > Peoria, IL  61625 
        > 309.677.2808 
        > sandy () bradley edu 
        > 

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