Re: Education sector most affected by malware

[Leo Song <song () UOGUELPH CA>]

In my opinion, if vendors are just "trolling" individual off-line which
is totally OK with me, I haven't seen much vendors trolling the whole
list for aggressive sales initiative, majority of the vendors are aware
of the "rules" here.

Having vendors in the list to perceive our needs, concerns will enable
them deliver products / services fit for us.


On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 10:42 -0500, Gina Mieszczak wrote:

> I believed that that was what this list was for - to share information
> among the Universities.  If vendors are trolling the list, I'd like to know
> before I posted any information.  If that's the case, I'd rather contact
> people off list and go that route.
>
> Is anyone aware of this sort of activity?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gina
>
>
> Gina Mieszczak
> Network Security Administrator
> Email: gmieszcz () iit edu
> Phone: 312.567.3879
> Fax: 312.567.5968
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of DiGrazia, Mick A
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:29 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Education sector most affected by malware
>
> I wanted to just caution the group that after sending this email I received
> a sales attempt from Blue Coat referencing my email, wanting to discuss how
> to prevent "such malware" at our institution.
>
> I clearly sent the message to provoke discussion not as a cry for help from
> vendors anxious to make a large sale. I thought this list was for higher
> education InfoSec professionals but learned that this may not be the case. 
>
> While Blue Coat will never receive my business based on their questionable
> tactics, I wanted to make the group aware that this list may not be the best
> place to be sharing information pertinent to your organization; unless, of
> course you feel that this type of use (and perhaps other, more insidious
> uses) of this list are okay. 
>
> If Blue Coat is trolling the list for sales opportunities, I'd question who
> else has access to this list and harvesting information.
>
>
> Mick A. DiGrazia
> University of Connecticut
> Information Technology Services
> (860) 486-1336
> mick.digrazia () uconn edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DiGrazia, Mick A 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 9:16 AM
> To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> Subject: Education sector most affected by malware
>
> Education owns 44% of malware infections by industry
>
> http://www.scmagazineus.com/education-sector-most-affected-by-malware/articl
> e/180337/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SCMagaz
> ineHome+%28SC+Magazine%29
>
>
> Mick A. DiGrazia
> University of Connecticut
> Information Technology Services
> (860) 486-1336
> mick.digrazia () uconn edu


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Leo Song - Senior Analyst and Cluster Lead
Networking and Security - CCS
University of Guelph
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