Re: Security in Small Institutions

["Gordon D. Wishon" <gwishon () ND EDU>]

Rodney,

I've forwarded your note on to the Independent Colleges of Indiana mailing
list.  ICI is composed of mostly smaller institutions in the state.  I'd
like to encourage the members of the security mailing list list to forward
Rodney's note to other similar consortia that you may be aware of....

Gordon

At 06:15 PM 1/19/2004 -0700, you wrote:

> The Security Task Force continues to be interested in the security needs
> and challenges of small colleges and universities.  A recent report by the
> EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research attempted to distinguish security
> issues between size and type of institutions.  Not surprisingly, a major
> finding was more security staffing and funding available to larger
> enterprises, especially doctoral research universities.  On the other
> hand, smaller institutions were more likely to deploy border firewalls and
> in some cases had better policies, practices, and security programs in
> place because of standardized and centralized environments.  We are
> holding discussion sessions at all of the EDUCAUSE Regional Conferences
> (<http://www.educause.edu/conference/>http://www.educause.edu/conference/)
> this coming Winter and Spring to better understand security issues that
> confront smaller institutions.
>
> I would welcome learning more about the security challenges and successes
> of small colleges and universities.  I am especially interested in
> "effective practices and solutions" for small college environments and
> learning more about smaller institutions that have successful security
> programs.  I would be especially grateful if you would be willing to share
> your "lessons learned" with others.  Please feel free to describe your
> experiences for the benefit of this list or contact me directly if you
> have any feedback or are willing to participate in ongoing Security Task
> Force initiatives.
>
> Rodney Petersen
> Security Task Force Coordinator, EDUCAUSE
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