Re: Faculty Grant Machines

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Zach Jansen wrote:
> I'm wondering how other schools handle computers purchased by faculty
> using grant money. Do you require that those machines be managed by
> your security software such as AV, patch management, etc? Do you
> segregate those from the rest of the network and leave them alone? Or
> do you let faculty do whatever they wish to do with the machines?
> Does anyone know what the institutions responsibility is in the event
> of a breach of confidential information on grant purchased research
> machines? Any sage advice or information is appreciated.

Most of the normal cases have already been discussed, but we do have
some systems that are part of instruments where the instrument vendor
claims they cannot be patched or altered. Those we either keep entirely
off the network or severely restrict network access through firewall
rules, granting them access to printing only, for example. We've gotten
little feedback, especially as we can cite past examples of bad
behaviour ;-)

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