Re: Mandatory Security Training in Higher Education

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

Connie,
We are traveling down this rock road also.  We have managed to work
with our human resources department (thanks to an IT Audit - Scott,
If you're reading this - THANKS!) to have a base level training
course incorporated into the new employee orientation program right
alongside the mandatory sexual harassment course and benefits
information session.  Where I fear we will hit a stumbling block is
with the entrenched faculty who see this as another bureaucratic hoop
that they must jump through.  As for how we accomplish training, an
"introductory" course is offered through our CMS that records the
score and other pertinent information.  We are working to have more
advanced courses developed that focus on specific areas of interest.

Chad McDonald, CISSP, CISA
Chief Information Security Officer
Georgia College & State University
Office  478.445.4473
Cell            478.454.8250
Email   chad.mcdonald () gcsu edu

On Oct 18, 2006, at 5:56 PM, Sadler, Connie wrote:

> Having come from a background in the Corporate world, where
> security training is *mandatory*, I'm wondering how many
> institutions of higher ed require security training for staff and/
> or faculty. We are planning to require it for our ERP system users
> (and all staff soon), but the question always comes up - "What are
> others doing"? So I'd appreciate information about how you folks
> have approached your senior administration in terms of why
> mandatory training is so important. If you are not yet requiring
> training, I'd be interested in the barriers you still face. It
> seems particularly challenging for faculty.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> Connie
>
> Connie J. Sadler, CM, CISSP, CISM, GIAC GSLC
> IT Security Officer
> Brown University Box 1885, Providence, RI 02912
> Connie_Sadler () Brown edu
> Office: 401-863-7266
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