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Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy
From: Pete Hickey <pete () SHADOWS UOTTAWA CA>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:57:44 -0500
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 01:01:38PM -0600, Willis Marti wrote:
randy marchany wrote:This is an interesting thread and I have another question to ask. Given the nature of IPS and it's ability to basically read any email, chat, or any data sent through the wire, how are institutions dealing with the potential public relations nightmare of explaining to your constituents that this device and its keepers have that ability?The issue occurs in other situations besides an IPS.
Yeah. The most obvious spam filters. In a confidientiality agreement with some external group we specified that we would not read their mail, however automated filters, intented to maintain the integrity of our system may read it. -- Pete Hickey The University of Ottawa There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Ottawa, Ontario Canada Those who know binary, and those who don't.
Current thread:
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy, (continued)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy randy marchany (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Gary Dobbins (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Joel Rosenblatt (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Basgen, Brian (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Alex (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Gary Dobbins (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy randy marchany (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy randy marchany (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Basgen, Brian (Nov 13)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Willis Marti (Nov 14)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Pete Hickey (Nov 14)
- Re: Network IPS Information Security Policy Thomas R. Davis (Nov 18)