Re: Policy regarding servers on the network

[Gary Dobbins <dobbins () ND EDU>]

Brian,

We're also amidst developing/adapting such standards, and several are
already in place at other schools.

You may find useful material among the resources at:

http://www.educause.edu/EffectiveSecurityPracticesGuide/1246
and
http://www.educause.edu/resources

behind the 'Cybersecurity' and 'Policy' links.


Brian Viscuso wrote:
> I am curious to see if or how many institutions have a specific policy
> that regulates how servers are put on the network? And, do you have a
> formal request system in place for getting these servers on-line? We are
> working on formulating a policy for college/departmental servers on our
> network in an effort to 'corral' rouge servers and tighten up our
> network traffic going to these servers. We aren't saying they can't have
> them, we just want to know about them in advance and make sure they are
> compliant with common security standards. If anybody out there has
> something similar in place I would be interested in seeing their policy
> or implementation.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> - Brian
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