Re: Security Awareness for students

["Skinner, Lara" <lskinner () KEENE EDU>]

"Orientation seems to be the only time students listen to us :-)"

That's really the only time of the year I think anyone has a student's
undivided attention.

We send out a computing resources CD to all of our incoming students
during the summer. McAfee, MS updates, CCA, and links to HelpDesk
information on the Web. So we know they're getting the software
requirements at least. If they're paying attention to anything else on
the CD we just got lucky. It's all on the Web too if they ever need to
find it again.


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Carpe Diem
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Lara Skinner
IT Group
358-2594

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Marchany [mailto:marchany () VT EDU]
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:48 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Security Awareness for students
>
> Our Help Desk developed a 30 minute presentation that is done during
> summer
> freshmen orientation. It's mandatory so every student has to attend.
They
> get
> a VTNET cd which contains ensures their firewall is on, set for auto
patch
> updates, installs AV software if needed. They're told to run the CD
before
> connecting to our net when they come back for fall check-in. We've
just
> completed our 4th year so hopefully we've cycled through the entire
> student
> body.
>
> Orientation seems to be the only time students listen to us :-).
>
>       -Randy Marchany
>       VA Tech