Re: Screensaver Timeouts

["Tindall, Dave" <dtindall () SPU EDU>]

Be ready to take some flack no matter what you decide..  We use group
policy on our Windows domain for fac/staff desktops to enforce the
setting (no over-rides are allowed for the individual user).  We
experimented with 30 minutes, then settled at 2 hrs after some
additional "user input."  We also encourage users to lock their systems
whenever they leave their desks.
 
It's not perfect, but seems to strike a reasonable balance.
 
--Dave

Dave Tindall
Asst VP for Technology Services (CIO)
Seattle Pacific University
Computer & Information Systems
Phone: (206) 281-2239
Fax: (206) 281-2850
Email: dtindall () spu edu <mailto:dtindall () spu edu> 
Web: http://www.spu.edu <http://www.spu.edu/>  

 

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From: Clonts, Neal D. (HSC) [mailto:Neal-Clonts () OUHSC EDU] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:01 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Screensaver Timeouts


Fellow Security Professionals,
 
Our campus is looking at implementing a policy for screensaver timeouts
and we are wondering if anyone else currently has this type of policy in
place.
If you do have a policy on screensaver timeouts, how many minutes do you
require before the screensaver is activated?

Neal Clonts, CISSP, CISA, MCP
Information Security Services
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Office Phone: 405-271-2476, Option 2
Cell Phone: 405-255-2999
Website: http://security.ouhsc.edu <http://security.ouhsc.edu/>