Re: Remote scanning of student machines

[David Harley <dharley () SMALLBLUE-GREENWORLD CO UK>]

Well, you could get them to run a free online scanner. But I suspect you're
after something that offers more validation than that?

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David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP
Small Blue-Green World






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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Witmer, Robert
Sent: 06 August 2009 19:26
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Remote scanning of student machines



Does anyone have students scan their laptops prior to showing up on move in
weekend?  Our Help Desk gets swamped because almost every student lands in
quarantine the first day they are here.  We are working on procedures for
students to remediate their own machines once they get locked in quarantine.
But I was wondering if we could have them run our scan from their home
(prior to move in weekend) to ensure A-V/Windows updates are done when they
get here.  Just wondering if anyone else has attempted it and the details.
Bad idea?

Regards,
Bob


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