Re: Recommended Security Camera Equipment - IT roles?

[Chad McDonald <chad.mcdonald () GCSU EDU>]

We are in the development phase of that policy.  We have no microphones,
apparently there is some notification requirement if you capture voice.  Our
legal depart has not had any problem current guidelines for camera use.  We
have NO cameras that are publicly available and don't intend to.  We have
escaped that thus far by stating that the intent of the cameras is for
security and that the strain placed upon our network by making them viewable
to the public would adversely impact the ability of our P.S. officer to
review footage as necessary not to mention the impact on our students'
ability to access network resources.  We have an acceptable use policy that
precludes anyone from attaching any server or server device to our network
without registering it with our NOC.


Chad McDonald, CISSP

Chief Information Security Officer

Georgia College & State University

Office    478.445.4473

Cell       478.454.8250



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From: Graham Toal [mailto:gtoal () UTPA EDU]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 12:07 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Recommended Security Camera Equipment - IT roles?


Chad McDonald wrote:


I quickly recommended that our IT staff get out of the Camera business and
instead focus on our core compentencies.  We have in the past supported
camera systems and DVRs but the support that we are actually able to provide
is limited to rebooting the DVR or assigning and IP address.  All other
issues have to be referred to the manufacturer or a repair center.  That
being the case, we have moved ownership of our 80+ new cameras and 50+
legacy cameras to Public Safety.  Our office worked with physical plant, the
vendor, and public safety to develop requirements and installations plans.
We encouraged Public Safety to purchase a comprehensive maintenance plan for
the cameras and the DVR's.  Monitoring and archiving are the responsibility
of Public Safety.



Do you have any policy on who can put up a camera, whether it is publicly
accessible, etc?
Do you require disclaimers that an area is under camera surveillance?  Do
any of the
cameras have microphones?

I'm worried about FERPA, and displaying images of students.

G