Re: Education sector most affected by malware

["Doty, Timothy T." <tdoty () MST EDU>]

For anyone desiring a more restricted forum for information sharing I
suggest you check out REN-ISAC (http://www.ren-isac.net/). They provide
closed lists focused on security in higher education.

Tim Doty

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Gina Mieszczak
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:43 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Education sector most affected by malware
>
> 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
>
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> malware/articl
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>
> Mick A. DiGrazia
> University of Connecticut
> Information Technology Services
> (860) 486-1336
> mick.digrazia () uconn edu

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